MRI: Acquisition of Atomic Force Microscopes for Cross-Disciplinary Materials Research and Education

walters：“该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。”申请资金用于两个定制配置的多功能原子力显微镜（AFM）仪器，如Veeco BioScope II和MultiMode，它们可以执行所有主要的扫描探针和力测量技术，以及结合AFM和生物相关的光学表征，机械性能/结构表征，以及温度控制的气体和液体介质中的电化学分析。这两种仪器将被安置在密歇根州立大学的电子显微镜中心（EMC），这是一个全校范围的中心，培养了一个独特的研究密集型学习环境。这个多用户设施可供博士后研究人员以及来自密歇根州立大学所有学院、部门和研究中心的研究生和本科生使用。AFM用户团队（由大量使用该仪器的pi、si和次要用户组成，他们的访问将增加他们研究的维度）对AFM特性有迫切的需求。许多外包成像引起了对样品完整性和时间延迟的担忧。开放获取AFM将为密歇根州立大学校园带来新的材料表征能力，这对于当前研究活动的扩展和新的研究活动和合作的发展是必要的。一个专门的博士后助理将确保仪器被充分利用，AFM知识的主体随着时间的推移而增长。此外，学生研究人员将通过直接学习表征样本获得教育深度。

0923474Walters"This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)."Funding is requested for two custom configured, versatile Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) instruments such as the Veeco BioScope II and MultiMode, which can perform all major scanning probe and force measurement techniques along with combined AFM and biologically-relevant optical characterization, mechanical property/structural characterization, and electrochemical analysis in temperature-controlled gas and liquid media. Both instruments will be housed in the Electron Microscope Center (EMC) at MSU, a university-wide center that fosters a unique research-intensive learning environment. This multi-user facility is available to post-doctoral researchers and graduate and undergraduate students from all of the colleges, departments, and research centers at MSU. The AFM User Team (comprised of PIs who will heavily utilize the instrument and SIs and Minor Users for whom access will add dimensionality to their research) has a critical need for AFM characterizations. Many outsource imaging which raises concerns of sample integrity and time delays. Open access AFM will bring new materials characterization capabilities to the MSU campus, which are necessary for current research activities to expand and new research activities and collaborations to develop. A dedicated postdoctoral associate will ensure that the instruments are used to their fullest capacity and the body of AFM knowledge grows with time. Further, student researchers will gain the educational depth afforded by directly learning to characterize samples.