MRI: Acquisition of an Integrated Scanning Probe - Raman Microscope

该项目支持购买组合扫描探针-拉曼显微镜，该显微镜可提供材料结构、物理性质和分子组成的非破坏性成像。这种仪器对工程、材料科学、物理、化学和其他领域的基础研究至关重要，使从设计新材料和装置到确定人类疾病起源的各种进步成为可能。组合的SP-拉曼显微镜将实现高分辨率拉曼技术，并将弥补纽约州立大学宾厄姆顿分校研究和科学培训基础设施的不足，该大学没有拉曼设施。拟议的仪器将支持小规模系统、材料、能源和生物医学方面的基础研究和教育工作。这些项目的基本知识将促进太阳能的应用以及下一代制造和材料设计，并将有助于扩大妇女和代表性不足群体对研究的参与。S大学理工科专业将开设一门关于扫描探针和拉曼显微镜的新课程。组合扫描探针-拉曼显微镜是一种最先进的研究工具，用于在亚微米尺度上表征材料的结构、物理和化学性质。尖锐的扫描探头协同实现了高分辨率拉曼技术，如TERS(尖端增强拉曼光谱)，这是拟议的研究计划所必需的。该仪器支持的研究活动汇集了来自机械工程、生物工程、电气和计算机工程、物理和化学系的15名教员，并为初级教员的合作研究项目和指导奠定了基础。该仪器还将通过S大学小型系统集成与打包中心(S3IP)与行业和其他学术机构共享，用于他们的研究和开发。通过这项研究获得的新知识将对推进基础科学和工程以及支持新技术产生变革性的影响。

This project supports the acquisition of a combined scanning probe-Raman microscope, which provides non-destructive imaging of materials structure, physical properties and molecular composition. This instrumentation is critical to fundamental research in engineering, materials science, physics, chemistry and other fields, enabling advances ranging from the design of new materials and devices to the identification of the origins of human disease. The combined SP-Raman microscope will enable high-resolution Raman techniques and will remedy a deficiency in the research and scientific training infrastructure at the State University of New York at Binghamton, which does not have a Raman facility. The proposed instrument will support fundamental research and education efforts on small-scale systems, materials, energy, and biomedical science. The fundamental knowledge from these projects will advance solar energy applications and next generation manufacturing and materials design and will help to broaden the participation of female and underrepresented groups in research. A new course on scanning probe and Raman microscopy will be developed for students in the University?s engineering and science programs. A combined scanning probe-Raman microscope is a state-of-the-art research tool used to characterize structural, physical and chemical properties of materials at sub-micron scales. The sharp scanning probe synergistically enables high-resolution Raman techniques such as TERS (tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy), which are essential for the proposed research plan. The research activities enabled by this instrumentation bring together 15 faculty members from the Mechanical Engineering, Bioengineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics and Chemistry Departments and form the basis for collaborative research projects and mentoring for junior faculty. This instrumentation will also be shared with industry and other academic institutions for their research and development through the University?s Small-Scale Systems Integration and Packing Center (S3IP). The new knowledge gained through this research will have a transformative impact on advancing fundamental science and engineering and enabling new technologies.