Planning Grant: I/UCRC for Dielectrics and Piezoelectrics (CDP)

电介质和压电（CDP）1238086北卡罗来纳州州立大学;伊丽莎白·迪基1238334宾夕法尼亚州立大学;克莱夫·兰德尔拟议的电介质和压电中心（CDP）旨在发展基础材料科学和工程的国际领导地位，支撑电介质和压电材料。研究工作将由北卡罗来纳州州立大学（NCSU）作为牵头机构，与宾夕法尼亚州立大学（PSU）合作。该中心将专注于介电和压电材料的新功能，这些功能可以使新的和潜在的破坏性存储和传感技术能够推动经济的能源，电子，医疗和通信部门。拟议的I/UCRC将通过开发新材料、加工策略、电气测试和纳米级结构表征方法，支持基于电容器和压电材料和器件的主要行业。该中心将努力预测，定义和解决低功率，舒适，移动的设备，以及高脉冲电力的关键材料需求。拟议中的中心还旨在确定和招募整个供应链中的公司，即制造介电和压电材料的公司，组件制造商和最终用户，他们将为CDP研究活动提供技术支持。该中心将支持从原子到器件水平的材料开发，器件集成中各种材料的共处理以及高场和循环条件下电容器件的可靠性的培训和研究。该中心将作为这些材料的主要教育资源，从本科生水平到工业科学家的继续教育。CDP将成为其他大学、研究机构、国家实验室和商业公司的资源，这些公司致力于开发和利用集成到系统中的可编程逻辑器件。该中心计划通过在中心会议上邀请客座教师作为向中心成员介绍教师专业知识的手段，不断积极地在这两个机构中开展更广泛的参与。

Planning Grant for an I/UCRC for Dielectrics and Piezoelectrics (CDP) 1238086 North Carolina State University; Elizabeth Dickey 1238334 Pennsylvania State University; Clive Randall The proposed Center for Dielectrics and Piezoelectrics (CDP) aims to develop an international leadership position in the fundamental material science and engineering that underpins dielectric and piezoelectric materials. The research efforts will be anchored by North Carolina State University (NCSU) as the lead institution, partnered with the Pennsylvania State University (PSU). The Center will focus on new functionalities in dielectric and piezoelectric materials that could enable new and potentially disruptive storage and sensing technologies to drive the energy, electronics, medical, and communications sectors of the economy. The proposed I/UCRC will support major industries based on capacitor and piezoelectric materials and devices, through the development of new materials, processing strategies, electrical testing, and nanoscale structural characterization methodologies. The Center will strive to anticipate, define, and address critical material needs for low-power, conformable, mobile devices, as well as for high pulse electrical power. The proposed center also aims to identify and recruit companies across the supply chain, i.e. ones that manufacture dielectric and piezoelectric materials, component manufacturers, and end users, who will provide the technological pull for CDP research activities. The Center will support training and research in materials development from the atomic to device levels, co-processing of various materials in device integration, and reliability of capacitive devices under high field and cycling conditions. The center will serve as a primary educational resource in these materials from the undergraduate student level through the continuing education of industrial scientists. The CDP will be a resource to other universities, research institutes, national laboratories, and commercial companies engaged in developing and utilizing dielectrics for integration into systems. The center plans to continuously and proactively develop broader participation at both institutions by having guest faculty at center meetings as a means to introduce faculty expertise to the center membership.