MRI: Acquisition of a Scanning Electron Microscope for Nanoscale Science and Technology Research, Training and Teaching

德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校(UTEP)将安装一台JEOL、型号、JSM-7000F热场发射扫描电子显微镜，进行研究、研究培训和指导。扫描电子显微镜将提供来自不同数量的材料和纳米结构的中程有序(10到100纳米尺度)信息，这对于了解它们的性质以及形成的物理和化学基础至关重要。该项目将加强国家重要领域的基础研究，如半导体、金属、介电和有机纳米结构的合成，以及在纳米电子、可再生能源、健康、国家安全和环境修复方面的应用。扫描电子显微镜将用于资助的研究项目，包括纳米异质结构的有序纳米级成核和晶体生长，碳纳米管的健康效应，搅拌摩擦焊接的分析，植物组织合成纳米颗粒，以及表面化合物的合成和分析。扫描电子显微镜还将用于UTEP学生的研究、培训和教育，UTEP是一所位于地理偏远和经济欠发达地区的少数族裔服务机构。扫描电子显微镜将在一门课程中用于教学和培训大量的学生和研究人员。扫描电子显微镜将加强UTEP在材料研究方面的优势及其显着改善和增加研究活动的战略目标。该项目将在代表性不足的地区建立一种独特的、具有重要战略意义的能力，并将予以宣传，以鼓励UTEP和其他地区学术和工业机构的研究人员使用该仪器。德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校(UTEP)将安装一台高性能电子显微镜(SEM)，用于教学和研究活动。这种功能强大的显微镜可以将图像放大500,000倍，使研究人员能够看到非常微小的特征，大约是十亿分之一米(纳米)。学生和研究人员将使用它来拍摄非常小的材料和设备结构的图像。应用包括催化剂、半导体和许多其他材料，它们的行为随着颗粒大小的变化而非常不同。该项目将加强国家重要材料的基础研究，这些材料在电子、可再生能源、健康、国家安全和环境修复方面有应用。扫描电子显微镜将用于高效太阳能电池、碳纳米管健康效应、新型焊接技术、植物环境修复和稳定颜料合成等领域的资助研究项目。扫描电子显微镜还将用于UTEP学生的培训和教育，UTEP是一所位于地理偏远和经济欠发达地区的少数族裔服务机构。扫描电子显微镜将在一门课程中用于教学和培训大量的学生和研究人员。扫描电子显微镜将加强UTEP在材料研究方面的优势及其显着改善和增加研究活动的战略目标。该项目将在代表性不足的地区建立一种独特的、具有重要战略意义的能力，并将予以宣传，以鼓励UTEP和其他地区学术和工业机构的研究人员使用该仪器。UTEP有计划长期运行和维护扫描电子显微镜。

A JEOL, model, JSM-7000F thermal field emission scanning electron microscope will be installed at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) to perform research, research training and instruction. The SEM will provide intermediate range order (10 to 100 nm scale) information from a diverse number of materials and nanostructures, which is crucial to understanding their properties and, physical and chemical basis of the formation. This project will enhance fundamental research in nationally important areas such as synthesis of semiconductor, metallic, dielectric, and organic nanostructures with applications in nanoelectronics, renewable energy, health, national security, and environmental remediation. The SEM will be used in funded research projects including; ordered nanoscale nucleation and crystal growth of nanoheterostructures, health effects of carbon nanotubes, analysis of friction stir welding, nanoparticle synthesis by plant tissues, and synthesis and analysis of surface compounds. The SEM will also be used for research training and education of students at UTEP, which is a minority serving institution located in a geographically isolated and economically underdeveloped region. The SEM will be used in a course to teach and train a large number of students and researchers. The SEM will fortify the strengths of UTEP in materials research and its strategic goals to dramatically improve and increase research activity. This project will create a unique and strategically important capability in an underrepresented region and will be publicized to encourage researchers from UTEP and other regional academic and industrial institutions to use the instrument. UTEP has plans for the long-term operation and maintenance of the SEM.A high-performance electron microscope (SEM) will installed at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) for teaching and research activities. This powerful microscope can magnify an image up to 500,000 times, allowing researchers to see very small features on the order of one-billionth of a meter (nanometer). Students and researchers will use it to image very small material and device structures. Applications include catalysts, semiconductors and many other materials which behave very differently as the particle size changes. This project will enhance fundamental research in nationally important materials, which have applications in electronics, renewable energy, health, national security, and environmental remediation. The SEM will be used in funded research projects in the areas of high-efficiency solar cells, carbon nanotube health effects, novel welding techniques, environmental remediation using plants, and synthesis of stable pigments. The SEM will also be used for training and education of students at UTEP, which is a minority serving institution located in a geographically isolated and economically underdeveloped region. The SEM will be used in a course to teach and train a large number of students and researchers. The SEM will fortify the strengths of UTEP in materials research and its strategic goals to dramatically improve and increase research activity. This project will create a unique and strategically important capability in an underrepresented region and will be publicized to encourage researchers from UTEP and other regional academic and industrial institutions to use the instrument. UTEP has plans for the long-term operation and maintenance of the SEM.