MRI: Acquisition of an E-Beam Evaporator for Interdisciplinary Research and Education

该计划的目的是通过收购电子束蒸发系统来加强维克森林大学（WFU）的制造能力。该仪器在北卡罗来纳州西北部是独一无二的，提供了一个全面的制造表征基础设施，并允许研究人员提高质量，扩大他们的研究和培训工作的范围。智力价值：该系统将使研究人员能够生长单层和多层的非磁性，铁磁和有机金属，（掺杂金属）氧化物，氮化物和各种半导体。它将推进几个纳米科学，纳米技术，生物技术和能源计划，有可能在有机电子和自旋电子学，固体氧化物燃料电池，锂离子电池的固体电解质，国土安全的高性能净化器，用于水分解和CO2还原的光催化膜以及肿瘤转化过程中细胞力学和蛋白质流动性的研究中产生变革性应用。由于目前缺乏基础设施，实现这些进步的关键制造任务是有限的或不可能的。更广泛的影响：该工具将显着加强WFU、邻近机构和小公司团体之间的多学科跨部门研究合作。来自WFU，阿巴拉契亚州立大学，温斯顿-塞勒姆州立大学和福赛斯技术社区学院的50多名学生和博士后研究员将使用该仪器进行超过15个研究项目。该系统将支持课程改进，允许新的实验，将扩大物理和化学教学大纲。大约150名研究生和本科生将接受7门课程的正式培训，并参加一个使用该仪器的夏季研讨会。

The objective of this program is to strengthen the fabrication capabilities at Wake Forest University (WFU) by acquisition of an electron-beam evaporation system. This instrument will be unique in northwest North Carolina, provide a comprehensive fabrication-characterization infrastructure, and allow investigators to improve the quality and expand the scope of their research and training endeavors.Intellectual merit: The system will enable researchers to grow single and multilayered non-magnetic, ferromagnetic and organic metals, (doped metal) oxides, nitrides and a wide range of semiconductors. It will advance several nanoscience, nanotechnology, biotechnology and energy programs with the potential to yield transformative applications in organic electronics and spintronics, solid oxide fuel cells, solid electrolytes for Li-ion batteries, high-performance scintillators for homeland security, photocatalytic membranes for water splitting and CO2 reduction, and the study of cell mechanics and protein mobility during neoplastic transformation. Crucial fabrication tasks to realize these advances are limited or impossible due to the current lack of infrastructure. Broader impacts: The instrument will significantly enhance multidisciplinary cross-departmental research collaborations among groups from WFU, neighboring institutions and small companies. Over 50 students and postdoctoral fellows from WFU, Appalachian State University, Winston-Salem State University, and Forsyth Technical Community College will use this instrument for over 15 research projects. The system will support curricular improvement by allowing new experiments that will expand Physics and Chemistry syllabi. About 150 graduate and undergraduate students will receive formal training in the 7 courses and a summer workshop that will use the instrument.