I/UCRC: Proposal to Establish a Joint NSF I/UCR Center for Particulate Systems and Surfactants

在第二阶段运行中，先进颗粒系统和表面活性剂（CPaSS）的I/UCRC旨在解决两大类挑战：1）纳米和分子尺度下颗粒和表面活性剂的表征，调节其性能的可预测性以及环境和生理相容性，以及2）阐明对颗粒/聚合物/酶系统中结构-性能-性能关系的理解。 为了解决制造具有可调特性的颗粒和表面活性剂系统的挑战，需要开发预测模型以了解它们在工业相关环境中的行为。这就需要了解不同性质的颗粒和表面活性剂系统在工业相关动态系统下的行为机制-这是该中心第二阶段研究计划的主要主题。颗粒和表面活性剂系统对几乎所有主要行业都至关重要，包括制药，洗涤剂，化妆品，液晶，微电子，先进陶瓷，石油和燃料，矿物，农业，生物技术，摄影、油漆和涂料。 中心的研究有助于高效的工艺开发，从而生产出更有效、成本更低的消费品;同时筛选试剂和颗粒的绿色度的工具和协议--这是许多工业、家用和医疗保健产品的平台。CPaSS致力于通过与学院和大学课程加强互动，支持招聘这些学生进入STEM领域，在第二阶段继续并增加妇女，代表性不足的少数民族和残疾人的入学率。

In Phase II operation, the I/UCRC for Advanced Particulate Systems and Surfactants (CPaSS) intends to address challenges which fall under two broad categories: 1) characterization of particles and surfactants at nano and molecular scale, predictability in tuning their performance, and environmental and physiological compatibility, and 2) elucidation of understanding of structure-property-performance relationships in particulate/polymer/enzyme systems. To address challenges in fabrication of particles and surfactant systems with tunable properties, development of predictive models to understand their behavior in industrially relevant environments is needed. This requires understanding the mechanisms by which particulate and surfactant systems of different properties behave under industrially relevant dynamic systems - a major theme of the center's Phase II research program.Particulate and Surfactant Systems are vital to virtually every major industry including pharmaceuticals, detergents, cosmetics, liquid crystals, micro-electronics, advanced ceramics, petroleum and fuels, minerals, agriculture, biotechnology, photography, and paints and coatings. Center research can contribute to efficient process development leading to more effective and less costly consumer products; tools and protocols to screen greenness of reagents and particles together - the platform for many industrial, household and healthcare products. CPaSS is committed to continue and increase the enrollment of women, underrepresented minorities and persons with disabilities during Phase II through stronger interactions with college and university programs that support recruitment of such students into the STEM fields.