U.S.-UK Planning Visit - Collaborative Plasma Diagnostic Research, Applications and Undergraduate Educational Curriculum Development

gordon， matthew这个项目为英国利物浦大学的计划访问提供支持。美国首席研究员是阿肯色大学的戈登·马修。英国的合作者是詹姆斯·布拉德利。这次计划访问的主要目标是建立等离子体科学的国际合作研究和课程开发工作，并将其应用于纳米技术、生物技术和制造业。这次访问还将使PI获得在英国实验室常规使用的一些先进等离子诊断设备（Langmuir探针和质量和能量残余气体分析仪）的实践经验。PI将很快获得这样的设备，安装在他的美国实验室，在英国获得的实践经验将非常宝贵。这一合作将每个小组拥有的两个独特且互补的等离子体系统结合在一起。美国集团有一个射频磁控溅射系统，英国集团有一个直流脉冲磁控溅射系统。人们很有兴趣对这两种制度的优缺点进行彻底的比较研究。这项工作还将通过积极的实验室合作和交流访问，为美国学生提供积极的教育计划。

OISE 06-37897Gordon, MatthewThis project provides support for a planning visit to the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. The U.S. principal investigator is Gordon Matthew from the University of Arkansas. The U.K. collaborator is James Bradley. The main goal of this planning visit is to establish an international collaborative research and curriculum development effort in plasma sciences with applications in nanotechnology, biotechnology and manufacturing. This visit will also allow the PI to obtain hands-on experience with some advanced plasma diagnostic equipment (Langmuir probe and mass and energy residual gas analyzer) that is routinely used in the UK lab. Such equipment will soon be acquired by the PI for installation in his US lab and the hands on experience gained in the UK will be very valuable.This collaboration brings together two unique and complementary plasma systems that each group has. The US group has an RF magnetron sputtering system and the UK group has a DC pulsed magnetron sputtering system. There is much interest in a thorough comparative study of the strengths and weaknesses of these two systems. This effort will also lead to an active educational program for US students and through active laboratory collaboration and exchange visits.