International Network for Advanced and Multifunctional Materials

该奖项由美国国家科学基金会材料研究部资助，建立了一个多功能材料研究网络。有了这个奖项，一个由来自7个国家和10个机构的研究人员、教育工作者和合作者组成的团队计划发展一个全球网络，以推动多功能材料系统领域的基础材料研究。德克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥分校、弗吉尼亚理工学院、州立大学和罗格斯大学这三所美国机构与来自印度、韩国、泰国、比利时、中国、法国和巴西的国际同行团队一起，领导着这项跨学科的努力。多功能材料系统是一类定制材料，在给定的条件下具有多种所需功能(例如，压电性、铁磁性、铁电性或发光)。研究主题强调通过对支配材料性质的物理原理的基本了解来设计、模拟、合成和表征多功能材料。对薄膜、异质结构和纳米复合材料的实验、理论和计算研究，以及传感器和高密度存储的潜在应用，由国际团队进行，其中包括积极的学生参与。这些活动建立在世界各地现有的研究和教育联系的基础上，旨在通过“远程实验室”提供一个在线解决问题的环境，其他参与者可以在这里实时查看由当地用户准备和监测的实验。学院成员合作开发新的在线课程，将研究和教育与国际经验相结合。将举办关于多功能材料的国际讲习班和会议，以加强研究人员和学生之间的网络机制。这个网络为学生、初级和高级研究人员提供在国外进行研究和参加会议的机会。这些奖学金包括在国际机构进行研究的交换学生奖学金、授予博士后学者和初级教师的交流学者奖、高级研究员奖以及参加国际会议的学生旅费补助金。

This award, funded by NSF Division of Materials Research, establishes a Network for studies in Multifunctional Materials Research. With this award a team of researchers, educators and collaborators from seven countries and ten institutions plan to develop a global network to advance fundamental materials research in the area of multifunctional materials systems. Three US institutions, University of Texas at San Antonio, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Rutgers University, lead the interdisciplinary effort along with teams from India, South Korea, Thailand, Belgium, China, France and Brazil as international counterparts. Multifunctional materials systems are class of tailored materials that have more than one desired function (for example, piezoelectricity, ferromagnetism, ferroelectricity or luminescence) for a given set of conditions. The research themes emphasize design, simulation, synthesis, and characterization of multifunctional materials through fundamental understanding of physical principles that govern materials properties. Experimental, theoretical, and computational studies on thin films, heterostructures, and nanocomposites, with potential applications for sensors and high density memory storage, are carried out by the international team that includes active student involvement. Activities build on the existing research and education connections world wide and aim to provide an online problem solving environment via "Remote Laboratory" where experiments prepared and monitored by local users are accessible in real time to other participants. Institute members collaborate to develop new online courses that integrate research and education with international experience. There will be international workshops and conferences on multifunctional materials to strengthen networking mechanisms among researchers and students. This network offers opportunities for students, junior and senior researchers to conduct research abroad and participate in conferences. These include, Exchange Student Scholarship to conduct research at international institutions, Exchange Scholar Award to postdoctoral scholars and junior faculty, Senior Research Fellow Award, and Student Travel grants for attending international conferences.