MRI: Acquisition of an Analytical Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) with High Resolution for Multi-disciplinary Research and Training

南达科他州立大学(SDSU)被授予获得最先进的、高分辨率、分析性、透射式电子显微镜(TEM)的奖项。该中心将设在一个共享设施中，以促进和鼓励来自南达科他州和该地区的学院和大学的教职员工和学生之间的跨学科合作。该项目将被纳入SDSU的外展活动，以帮助高中科学教师激发学生在科学、技术、工程和数学领域追求职业的兴趣。透射电子显微镜将允许研究人员在分子水平和纳米尺度上检查许多不同的材料，这将立即使广泛的研究组合受益。透射电子显微镜将用于几个帮助能源独立的项目，包括开发更好的光伏材料，开发更好的电化学储能设备，以及开发更好的将生物质转化为汽油的催化剂。通过允许研究人员专注于新出现的病毒传染病的机制，并检查菌根-植物相互作用中的资源交换过程，该技术还将用于增加可持续粮食生产的项目。

An award is made to South Dakota State University (SDSU) to acquire a state-of-the-art, high resolution, analytical, transmission electron microscope (TEM). The TEM will be housed in a shared facility to enable and encourage interdisciplinary collaboration of faculty and students from colleges and universities across South Dakota and the region. The TEM will be incorporated into SDSU outreach activities to help high school science teachers stimulate student interest in pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. The TEM will allow researchers to examine many different materials on the molecular level and nano-scale, which will immediately benefit a broad research portfolio. The TEM will be used in several projects to aid energy independence including developing better photovoltaic materials, developing better electrochemical energy storage devices, and developing better catalysts for converting biomass to gasoline. The TEM will also be used in projects to increase sustainable food production by allowing researchers to focus in on the mechanics of emerging viral infectious diseases and examining the resource exchange processes in mycorrhizal-plant interactions.