MRI: Acquisition of an XPS system for Interdisciplinary Research and Education

非技术摘要由爱达荷州的博伊西州立大学和西北拿撒勒大学联合提交的这份NSR-MRI提案是为了获得一个多用户X射线光电子能谱（XPS）单元，供两所大学的研究人员和学生共享使用。XPS是一种高灵敏度的工具，可以识别样品中存在的不同元素并确定其浓度。一些将从XPS的可用性中显著受益的研究项目包括在硅等半导体中产生磁性行为的努力，新材料的开发以解决生物和生物医学研究问题，材料内部原子在高温下的相对运动，有毒和易燃气体检测，表面腐蚀，用良性分子涂覆有毒材料，以及磁性材料。超过16名教师，15名博士后研究员/科学家，32名研究生和80名来自物理，化学，材料科学，生物学，电气工程和地球科学的本科生的拟议研究活动将直接受益于XPS系统的可用性。 作为工业中广泛使用的表征技术，XPS培训将为学生提供工业职位。 XPS系统的可用性将支持最近开始的地球科学和电气工程博士课程的研究生的研究活动，以及博伊西州立大学正在开发的材料科学和生物分子科学领域的新博士课程。技术摘要由爱达荷州的博伊西州立大学和西北拿撒勒大学联合提交的这份NSR-MRI提案旨在获得一个多用户X射线光电子能谱（XPS）单元，供两所大学的研究人员和学生共享使用。XPS是一种高灵敏度的元素分析工具，沿着能够确定元素的氧化态、化学键合以及原子和离子的扩散。将从XPS的可用性中受益的一些关键研究项目包括开发用于自旋电子学应用的半导体中的铁磁性、氧化和腐蚀期间的界面反应、新型磁性气体传感、聚合物-生物分子界面的研究、纳米传感器、抗菌剂和使用纳米颗粒的纳米医学应用、基于生物分子的传感器、染料敏化太阳能电池和基于聚合物的化学传感器。超过16名教师，15名博士后研究员/科学家，32名研究生和80名来自物理，化学，材料科学，生物学，电气工程和地球科学的本科生的拟议研究活动将直接受益于XPS系统的可用性。 作为工业中广泛使用的表征技术，XPS培训将为学生提供工业职位。 XPS系统的可用性将支持最近开始的地球科学和电气工程博士课程的研究生的研究活动，以及博伊西州立大学正在开发的材料科学和生物分子科学领域的新博士课程。

Non-technical AbstractThis NSR-MRI proposal submitted jointly by Boise State University and Northwest Nazarene University in Idaho is to acquire a multi-user x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) unit for shared use by researchers and students at both universities. XPS is a highly sensitive tool that can identify different elements present in a sample and determine their concentrations. Some of the research projects that will significantly benefit from the availability of XPS include efforts to produce magnetic behavior in semiconductors such as silicon, development of new materials to solve biological and biomedical research problems, relative movement of atoms inside a material when subjected to high temperatures, toxic and flammable gas detection, corrosion of surfaces, coating toxic materials with benign molecules, and magnetic materials. The proposed research activities of more than 16 faculty members, 15 postdoctoral fellows/scientists, 32 graduate students, and 80 undergraduate students from physics, chemistry, materials science, biology, electrical engineering, and geosciences will directly benefit from the availability of the XPS system. Being a widely used characterization technique in industry, XPS training will prepare students for industry positions. Availability of the XPS system will support the research activities of the graduate students in the recently started PhD programs in geosciences and electrical engineering, as well as new PhD programs being developed in the areas of materials science and biomolecular sciences at Boise State University. Technical AbstractThis NSR-MRI proposal submitted jointly by Boise State University and Northwest Nazarene University in Idaho is to acquire a multi-user x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) unit for shared use by researchers and students at both universities. XPS is a highly sensitive elemental analysis tool along with capabilities to determine the oxidation states of the elements, chemical bonding, and diffusion of atoms and ions. Some of the crucial research projects that would benefit from the availability of XPS include development of ferromagnetism in semiconductors for spintronics applications, interfacial reactions during oxidation and corrosion, novel magnetic gas sensing, studies of polymer-biomolecule interface, nanosensors, antibacterial agents and nanomedicinal applications using nanoparticles, biomolecular nanowire-based sensors, dye-sensitized solar cells and polymer-based chemical sensors. The proposed research activities of more than 16 faculty members, 15 postdoctoral fellows/scientists, 32 graduate students, and 80 undergraduate students from physics, chemistry, materials science, biology, electrical engineering, and geosciences will directly benefit from the availability of the XPS system. Being a widely used characterization technique in industry, XPS training will prepare students for industry positions. Availability of the XPS system will support the research activities of the graduate students in the recently started PhD programs in geosciences and electrical engineering, as well as new PhD programs being developed in the areas of materials science and biomolecular sciences at Boise State University.