MRI: Acquisition of a Scanning Probe Microscope System for the Core University Research Resources Laboratory (CURRL) at New Mexico State University

新墨西哥州立大学（NMSU）获得了最先进的高分辨率原子力显微镜（AFM）系统。该仪器将安装在一个易于访问的中央核心设施中，该设施支持新密歇根州立大学主校区和五个卫星社区学院。原子力显微镜是表征纳米级表面形貌不可缺少的工具。它将加强纳米结构材料的工艺开发和分析，并为探索复杂的物理化学、生物和农业系统的特定和动态相互作用提供新的资源。由工程学院的初级和高级教师组成的多学科小组；文理；农业、消费和环境科学与积极的研究项目将扩大他们的研究和教学到纳米科学和纳米技术利用AFM的独特能力。将直接受益于该仪器的具体研究项目包括非金属（如石墨烯）、金属、金属氧化物、氮化物、碳化物及其纳米复合材料的薄膜形态；纳米材料的表面功能化与材料表面微结构变化软性生物和农用材料成像；可寻址阵列平台的电化学研究材料的光学、磁性和电学性质等。新的原子力显微镜不仅会影响具体的研究项目，还有助于催化和促进新密歇根州立大学在材料研究和教育方面更广泛的、全校范围的倡议。中央定位的仪器将大大提高研究和能力的广度一百多名教职员工和学生。此外，这款现代AFM还包括易于使用和多学科应用的多功能性设计功能，以促进高质量的教育培训，并将用于学生培训，课堂演示和赞助研讨会。这个项目在教室和研究实验室之间架起了桥梁。一个管理核心设施中的现代AFM与为多学科用户群建立的非正式和正式培训相结合，将对新墨西哥南部、边境地区以及其他地区的纳米科学和显微成像研究和教育产生积极影响。

This award to New Mexico State University (NMSU) is for the acquisition of a state-of-the-art high resolution atomic force microscope (AFM) system. The instrument will be installed in a readily-accessible centralized core facility that supports the NMSU main campus and five satellite community colleges. AFM is an indispensable tool in characterizing surface topography on the nanoscale via phase or force imaging. It will enhance process development and analysis of nanostructured materials as well as provide a new resource to probe specific and dynamic interactions of complex physic-chemical, biological, and agricultural systems. A multidisciplinary group of junior and senior faculty from the Colleges of Engineering; Arts and Sciences; and Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences with active research programs will expand their investigations and teaching into nanoscience and nanotechnology by employing the unique capabilities of the AFM. Specific research projects that will directly benefit from the instrument include thin film morphology of nonmetals (such as graphene), metals, metal-oxides, nitrides, carbides, and their nanocomposites; surface functionalization of nanomaterials and microstructural changes in material surfaces; imaging in soft biological and agricultural materials; electrochemical investigation on addressable array platforms; and, optical, magnetic, and electrical properties of materials, etc. The new AFM will impact not only the specific research programs, but also help to catalyze and promote a broader, college-wide initiative in materials research and education at NMSU. The centrally-located instrument will significantly enhance the research and breadth of capabilities of more than one-hundred faculty, staff, and students. In addition, this modern AFM includes design features for ease-of-use and versatility for multi-disciplinary applications that facilitate high quality educational training and will be used for student training, classroom demonstrations, and sponsored workshops. This project bridges the gap between the classroom and the research lab. The combination of a modern AFM in a managed core facility with established informal and formal training for a multi-disciplinary user base will have a positive impact on nanoscience and microscopic imaging research and education in southern New Mexico, the borderland region, and beyond.