REU SITE: Undergraduate Research on Complex Materials

佛蒙特大学的本科生研究经验（REU）网站为本科生提供了在复杂材料新兴领域工作的独特体验，包括与纳米技术应用相关的研究。 在三年的时间里，共有27名本科生参加了为期10周的集体现象夏季研究项目，通过研究自组装的dispersed有机半导体，金属纳米柱以及石墨烯的电子和磁性之间的关系。REU的参与者还探索了新的沉积方法如何能够驱动自组装过程走向不同的排序与根本不同的属性，了解生物分子中的短程和长程相互作用的作用，或实验与聚合物，陶瓷和纳米多孔建筑块的新化学生物医学应用。REU参与者获得经验，确定研究问题，搜索文献，进行研究，并传达他们的发现。对复杂材料的研究，除了贡献基础知识，在纳米技术和生物技术的重要领域，其中许多最具挑战性的当前问题和问题被发现的应用.该研究影响在新兴的大规模生产有机技术，空气污染监测和缓解，新的节能消费品，和医疗技术等领域的潜在解决方案.

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the University of Vermont offers undergraduates a unique experience working in the emerging area of complex materials, including research related to nanotechnology applications. Over a three year period a total of 27 undergraduates participate in 10-week summer research projects on collective phenomena through studies of self-assembled discotic organic semiconductors, metallic nanopillars and relationships between electronic and magnetic properties of graphene. REU participants also explore how novel deposition methods can drive the self-assembly process towards different ordering with radically different properties, understand the role of short and long range interactions in biological molecules or experiment with new chemistry of polymers, ceramics and nanoporous building blocks for biomedical applications.A diverse group of students is recruited from across the nation. REU participants gain experience identifying research problems, searching the literature, conducting research, and communicating their findings. Research on complex materials, in addition to contributing fundamental knowledge, has applications in the important areas of nanotechnology and biotechnology, where many of most challenging current problems and issues are found. The research impacts potential solutions in areas such as emerging mass-production organic technologies, air pollution monitoring and mitigation, new energy-efficient consumer products, and technology for medical treatment.