UW CEMRI on Structured Interfaces

威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校CEMRI建立在一个国家和国际合作网络的基础上，该网络将同时应对材料研究和工程领域的全球挑战，为材料教育环境带来新的国际视角，使中西部地区和国家机构受益，并形成超越个别研究领域的区域联盟，极大地促进整个上中西部地区的材料研究和教育环境。CEMRI联合了广泛的研究人员，他们都专注于“结构化接口”这一中心主题。拟议的CEMRI由三个跨学科研究小组(IRGS)和一个跨学科教育小组(IEG)组成。他们的活动总结如下：IRG 1：来自不稳定世界的新半导体通过对应变、尺寸和柔性对其相行为、稳定性、缺陷成核和性质的影响的基本了解，探索创造新的多元素化合物和半导体材料。IRG 2：有机-无机界面的分子和电子动力学发展并应用了对有机和无机材料界面附近和跨界面的电荷传输的基本理解。它通过最先进的电子传输和结构动力学探测、理论、器件制造和新接口的开发来做到这一点。IRG 3：功能液晶组件、材料和界面设计、合成和加工新型功能液晶材料(LC)、复合材料和界面。它通过将多功能聚合物和介元的设计与软各向异性材料界面上分子组装的限制和动态有序化研究相结合的策略来实现这一点。CEMRI的构思方式使每个IRG和IEG能够以自给自足的方式发挥作用。通过华盛顿大学和几个非华盛顿大学参与者的组合，每个IRG代表一个嵌入CEMRI定义的地区和国际枢纽的小型网络。然而，对界面的基本物理和化学及其在设备中的应用的共同兴趣，包括它们的制备、表征和理论描述，提供了IRG之间的天然联系。UW CEMRI还包括一个跨学科教育小组(IEG)，该小组在中心的使命中发挥着不可或缺的作用。在各种产品中，IEG生产的教学辅助工具将尖端研究的兴奋带给不同的受众。UW CEMRI制作的试剂盒以该中心的研究为基础，旨在说明材料科学和工程的重要性及其在解决21世纪社会面临的重大挑战中的作用。CEMRI还在其IEG网站上分发内容，免费向公众提供。CEMRI的本科生研究经验和教师研究经验计划有助于确保不同的具有技术能力的学生群体被材料科学和工程的职业所吸引。CEMRI还支持和运营最先进的材料表征设施，作为整个上中西部地区材料研究的焦点。该中心是材料设施研究网络(MFRN)的成员，其目标是将世界级仪器的使用范围扩大到全国各地的用户。*美国国家科学基金会材料研究科学与工程中心(MRSEC)

The University of Wisconsin (UW) - Madison CEMRI is founded on a network of national and international collaborations that will simultaneously tackle global challenges in materials research and engineering, bring new international perspectives to the materials educational environment, benefit regional Midwest and national institutions, and form regional alliances that will transcend individual research areas and vastly advance the climate for materials research and education throughout the Upper Midwest. The CEMRI unites a wide array of researchers all focused on the central theme of "Structured Interfaces."The proposed CEMRI is organized into three interdisciplinary research groups (IRGs) and an interdisciplinary education group (IEG). Their activities are summarized as follows:IRG 1: New Semiconductors from an Unstable World explores the creation of new multi-element compounds and semiconductor materials by gaining a fundamental understanding of the effects of strain, dimension, and flexibility on their phase behavior, stability, defect nucleation and properties.IRG 2: Molecular and Electronic Dynamics at Organic-Inorganic Interfaces develops and applies a fundamental understanding of charge transport near and across interfaces between organic and inorganic materials. It does so through state-of-the-art probes of electronic transport and structural dynamics, theory, device fabrication and the development of new interfaces. IRG 3: Functional Liquid Crystalline Assemblies, Materials and Interfaces designs, synthesizes and processes new classes of functional liquid crystalline materials (LCs), composites and interfaces. It does so through strategies that fuse the design of multifunctional polymers and mesogens with studies of confinement and dynamic ordering of molecular assemblies at interfaces of soft anisotropic materials.The CEMRI has been conceived in a manner that enables each IRG and the IEG to function in a self-sufficient manner. With a combination of UW and several non-UW participants, each IRG represents a small network embedded in the regional and international hub defined by the CEMRI. However, a common interest in the fundamental physics and chemistry of interfaces and their application in devices, including their preparation, characterization and theoretical description, provides a natural connection between the IRGs.The UW CEMRI also includes an Interdisciplinary Education Group (IEG) that plays an integral role in the center's mission. Amongst a variety of products, the IEG produces instructional aids that bring the excitement of cutting-edge research to diverse audiences. Kits produced by the UW CEMRI are based on the center's research, and serve to illustrate the importance of materials science and engineering and its role in solving grand challenges facing society in the 21st century. The CEMRI also distributes content on its IEG website, which it makes available to the public at no cost. The CEMRI's Research Experiences for Undergraduates and Research Experiences for Teachers programs help ensure that diverse groups of technically able students are attracted to careers in materials science and engineering. The CEMRI also supports and operates state-of-the-art materials characterization facilities that serve as a focal point for materials research throughout the Upper Midwest region. The center is a participant in the Materials Facilities Research Network (MFRN), whose goal is to expand access to world-class instrumentation to users throughout the nation. * a NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC)