US-Mexico International Collaborative Program on Photothermal Imaging and Photothermal Microscopy

特拉华州立大学光学科学与应用研究与教育中心（CREOSA）响应OISE招标NSF 11-508，催化新的国际合作（CNIC），获得资助，以支持计划访问墨西哥。此次访问促进了与墨西哥城国立理工学院（INP-Mexico）科学应用与技术研究中心（CICATA）的一项新的研究合作。合作研究的主题是光热红外和可见光成像，特别是纳米系统的近场显微镜的发展。光热成像为高分辨率显微镜提供了一种有趣的方法，因为它为无损检测提供了高灵敏度和无散射图像采集。CICATA的专业知识和实验设施是对CREOSA的补充。两个中心都强调学生教育和产业技术转移。该奖项支持特拉华州的学生访问墨西哥的实验室以启动合作，墨西哥学生随后将访问CREOSA以加强合作关系。这次计划访问的目的是建立一个国际研究合作，可以提供新的实验技术，以克服纳米尺度结构（包括生物和生理系统）的非破坏性成像中的散射问题，从而提供更清晰、高分辨率的图像。新的和改进的成像技术可以在医学应用以及支持新材料的研究方面产生广泛的影响。拟议的项目将积极地让学生参与最初的规划和探索活动以及随后的联合研究。特拉华州立大学是一所HBCU，因此该计划将有助于提高研究界的多样性。

The Delaware State University Center for Research and Education in Optical Sciences and Applications (CREOSA), in response to OISE Solicitation NSF 11-508, Catalyzing New International Collaborations (CNIC), is awarded funding to support planning visits to Mexico. The trips facilitate a new research collaboration with the Centro de Investigacion en Ciencia Aplicada y Tecnologia Avanzada (CICATA) at the Instituto Politecnico Nacional (INP-Mexico) in Mexico City. The subject of the collaborative research is the development of photothermal infrared and visible imaging and especially near-field microscopy for nanometric systems. Photothermal imaging offers an interesting approach to high-resolution microscopy because it offers high sensitivity with scatter-free image acquisition for non-destructive testing. The expertise and experimental facilities at CICATA complement those of CREOSA. Both Centers emphasize student education and industrial technology transfer. This award supports students from Delaware to visit the laboratory in Mexico to initiate the collaborations, and Mexican students will subsequently visit CREOSA to strengthen the partnership.This planning visit aims to establish an international research collaboration that can contribute new experimental techniques required to overcome scattering problems in the non-destructive imaging of nanoscale structures, including biological and physiological systems, and thus to provide cleaner, high-resolution images. New and improved imaging technology can have broad impact in medical applications as well as supporting research on new materials. The proposed program will actively involve students in both the initial planning and exploratory activities as well as in the subsequent joint research. Delaware State University is an HBCU so the program will contribute to enhanced diversity in the research community.