CAREER: Programmable active lithography using nanotube arrays

化学系的分析和表面化学项目将支持南伊利诺伊大学Punit Kohli的职业发展计划。Kohli教授和他的学生将为设计和制造一种新型可编程纳米管阵列光刻系统开发一种综合研究和教育方法。一系列单独寻址和可编程的纳米管将在机械坚固的芯片中制造，用于亚微米尺度的分子和纳米颗粒的控制和高通量模式，在包括材料科学，生物分析化学，医学和生物化学在内的广泛领域具有潜在的应用。提出的研究的一些应用包括探测催化分子相互作用；蛋白质-蛋白质和蛋白质-药物相互作用；化学和生物传感器；应用领域如发光和成像设备，以及替代能源设备。教育倡议包括发展和实施国家科学基金会鼓励少数民族参与研究（NSF-EMR）计划，其主要目标是鼓励和参与少数民族学生参与研究。更具体地说，将实施一个为期十周的暑期项目，其中一名少数族裔学生和一名来自克拉夫林大学（一所历史悠久的黑人学院）化学系的助理教授将在PI的实验室进行研究。NSF-EMR计划将为少数民族学生和教师在纳米科学领域进行跨学科研究提供良好的环境。

The Analytical and Surface Chemistry Program of the Division of Chemistry will support the CAREER development plan of Punit Kohli of the University of Southern Illinois. Professor Kohli and his students will develop an integrated research and educational approach for the design and fabrication of a novel programmable nanotube-array based lithography system. Array of individually addressed and programmable nanotubes will be fabricated in mechanical robust chips for controlled and high-throughput patterning of molecules and nanoparticles at sub-micron scale for potential applications in a wide range of fields including materials sciences, bioanalytical chemistry, medicine, and biochemistry. Some applications of the proposed research includes probing molecular interactions for catalysis; protein-protein and protein-drug interactions; chemical- and biological-sensors; applications in the areas such as light-emitting and imaging devices, and alternative energy source devices. The educational initiative involves the development and implementation of NSF-Encouraging Minority in Research (NSF-EMR) Program whose main objective is to encourage and involve minority students in research. More specifically, a ten week summer program will be implemented in which one minority student and one assistant professor from the Department of Chemistry of Claflin University (a historically black college) will perform research in the PI's laboratory. The NSF-EMR Program will provide an excellent environment for minority students and faculty to conduct interdisciplinary research in the nanoscience field.