Center for Functional Nanoscale Materials

克拉克亚特兰大大学（CAU）的功能纳米材料中心将促进多学科和跨学科的基础研究发现，创新和教育，在纳米技术的快速发展和重要领域。中心的研究项目包括纳米结构TiO 2/Al 2 O 3复合材料的制备及其光催化活性;功能化碳纳米管、纳米多孔多功能化有机硅酸盐和生物功能纳米材料的合成与性能研究。该中心将通过为学生提供支持，为教师提供技术和行政支持，并为开展研究和教育事业升级设备，显着提高中国农业大学纳米技术的研究能力。CAU将为纳米技术领域的新教师职位提供工资支持。该中心将增加有才华的少数民族学生留在科学和技术管道课程的数量，为有前途的高中学生提供奖学金，作为纳米学者进入该计划，并为研究生提供有竞争力的津贴和学费支持。该中心将允许CAU利用其参与其他NSF STC计划，并将纳米技术研究的机会扩展到本科生和研究生。

The Center for Functional Nanoscale Materials at Clark Atlanta University (CAU) will fostermultidisciplinary and interdisciplinary fundamental research discoveries, innovation, and education in therapidly developing and important field of nanotechnology. The Center's research projects will encompassthe Preparation and the Photocatalytic Reactivities of Nanostructured TiO2/Al2O3 Composites; theSyntheses and Studies of the Properties of Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes, NanoporousMultifunctionalized Organosilicates, and Biofunctional Nanoscale Materials. The Center willsignificantly enhance the research capacity in nanotechnology at CAU by providing support for students,technical and administrative support for faculty, and upgrades to equipment for carrying out the researchand education enterprise. CAU will provide salary support for a new faculty position in the area ofnanotechnology. The Center will increase the number of talented minority students staying the course inthe science and technology pipeline by providing scholarships for promising high school students to enterthe program as Nano-scholars and by providing competitive stipend and tuition support for graduatestudents. The Center will allow CAU to leverage its participation in other NSF STC programs and extendopportunities for research in nanotechnology to undergraduate and graduate students.