MRI: Acquisition of Metal Deposition Equipment for Integrated Electroactive Sensors, Nanostructures and Biotechnology Research and Training

这项研究的目的是通过教育和研究在高度跨学科，最先进的研究重点推进技术和培训。研究领域包括：(1)集成电活性传感器；(2)自组装纳米结构；(3)生物芯片。我们正在寻求的关键设备收购基本上保持不变，即CHA工业公司生产的SOLUTION沉积系统。它将沉积贵金属/生物相容性金属，难熔金属和电介质，用于制造聚合物传感器的超薄电极，用于我们创新的自组装纳米结构的量子点形成，以及用于生物芯片的生物相容性电极。这一研究重点的智力价值在于：(1)纳米和生物技术研究是国家的重大举措，(2)集成传感器系统遍布工业、医疗和军事系统，(3)VCU在；电活性“智能”聚合物；集成了CMOS的传感器；量子计算中独特的自组装量子点新型植入式生物芯片；living-cell-biosensors;电子鼻和VCU最先进的设备为实现这些研究目标提供了必要的基础设施。拟议活动的更广泛影响是：(1)为已经广泛的基础设施提供关键的新能力；(2)扩展可用于尖端本科教育教学和研究、工业合作伙伴和研究生研究的技术；(3)增强可用于工业和学术合作伙伴的基础设施；(4)在性别高度平等的城市人口分布中，向代表性不足的群体推进技术教学和研究；(5)通过在安全、保障和健康等基本领域的技术进步，提高我们所有人的生活质量，从而使整个社会受益。

The object of this research is to advance technology and training through education and research in highly interdisciplinary, state-of-the-art research thrusts. The areas of research are (1) integrated electroactive sensors, (2) self assembled-nanostructures and (3) biochips. The key equipment acquisition that we are seeking remains essentially intact, the SOLUTION deposition system manufactured by CHA Industries. It will deposit noble/biocompatible metals, refractory metals and dielectrics for fabricating ultra-thin electrodes for polymer sensors, quantum dot formation for our innovative self-assembled nanostructures as well as biocompatible electrodes for biochips.The intellectual merit of this research thrusts are (1) nano and biotechnology research are major national initiatives, (2) integrated sensor systems pervade industrial, medical and military systems, (3) VCU has established research prominence in; electroactive "smart" polymers; sensors integrated with CMOS; unique self-assembled quantum dots for quantum computing; novel implantable biochips; living-cell-biosensors; and the electronic nose and (4) VCU's state-of-the-art facilities provide the necessary infrastructure for accomplishing these research goals. The broader impact of the proposed activity is that it will: (1) provide a key new capability to an already extensive infrastructure, (2) expand technologies available for cutting-edge undergraduate education teaching and research, industrial partnerships and graduate research, (3) enhance infrastructure available to industrial and academic partners, (4) advance technological teaching and research to under-represented groups in an urban population distribution with high gender parity and (5) benefit society as a whole by enhancing the quality of all our lives, through technological advances in the fundamental areas of safety, security, and health.