MRI: Acquisition of a Multi-functional Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy (NSOM) System to Establish a Cross-disciplinary Nano-imaging/spectroscopy Laboratory at CCNY

这项授予纽约城市学院(CCNY)的重大研究仪器奖支持收购最先进的近场扫描光学显微镜(NSOM)。NSOM是一项关键和互补的纳米复制技术，它将立即在CCNY化学、物理、化学工程、电气工程和生物系之间实现一系列重要的前沿、跨学科研究项目。这个多功能的NSOM系统将成为“纳米成像/光谱学实验室”的关键组成部分，该实验室将建立，供一群研究人员使用，这些研究人员将组成一个所谓的“纳米观察组”。该工具将促进新知识的获取，促进新的实验方法，并促进跨学科合作。此外，该仪器将被整合到CCNY的“共享成像核心设施”中，并将创造设备齐全的研究环境，将研究与学生的教育结合起来，其中许多学生将是代表不足的少数族裔学生，因为CCNY是一家公认的为少数群体服务的机构。超过20%的物理科学和工程学博士研究生将从获得所需仪器中受益。本科生培训和该工具的使用将被整合到设施目标的范围内，影响到CCNY大型本科生研究社区的多名成员。此外，通过非营利性组织国际研究体验公司(IRES)，NSOM技术将在高中生和教师的暑期研究计划中展示，目标是在纽约城市学院(CCNY)建立一个跨学科的纳米成像/光谱学实验室。该仪器将支持在高度多样化的研究领域/推动下进行16个研究项目，范围包括(1)生物启发的自组装纳米材料，(2)等离子体和光子材料，(3)半导体纳米材料，(4)天然生物材料以及(5)前沿应用材料。它将用于回答一系列基础性和应用性的科学问题，例如“纳米系统内部和之间的能量传输过程的性质”、“二维原子晶体中光-物质相互作用的控制”、“黑色素衍生的聚多巴胺涂层和生物传感器的工程设计”以及“高灵敏度拉曼光谱工具的开发”，以及“了解超级电容器中的故障模式”。

This Major Research Instrumentation award to City College of New York (CCNY) supports the acquisition of a state-of-the-art Near Field Scanning Optical Microscope (NSOM). NSOM is a critical and complementary nanoscopytechnique, which will immediately enable a wide range of important leading-edge, cross-disciplinary research projects at CCNY between the Chemistry, Physics, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Biology departments. This multifunctional NSOM system will become a key component instrument of a "Nano-imaging/spectroscopy Laboratory" that will be established for use by a cluster of researchers who will comprise a so-called "Nanoscopy Cluster". The instrument will facilitate the acquisition of new knowledge, promote new experimental approaches, and promote cross-disciplinary collaborations. In addition, the instrument will be integrated into CCNY's "Shared Imaging Core Facility" and will create well-equipped research environments that integrate research with education of students, many of whom will be underrepresented minority students as CCNY is a recognized minority-serving institution. More than 20% of Ph.D. graduate students in the physical sciences and engineering would benefit from acquisition of the requested instrument. Undergraduate training and use of the tool will be integrated within the scope of the facilities goals, impacting multiple members of the large undergraduate research community at CCNY. In addition, through the non-profit organization, International Research Experiences, Inc. (iREs), NSOM techniques will be presented in a summer research program for high school students and teachers.The goal is to establish a cross-disciplinary Nano-imaging/spectroscopy Laboratory at City College of New York (CCNY). The instrument will enable the pursuit of 16 research projects in highly diverse research areas/thrusts ranging from (1) Bio-inspired Self-assembled Nanomaterials, (2) Plasmonic & Photonic Materials, (3) Semiconductor Nanomaterials, (4) Natural Bio-Materials as well as (5) Materials for Frontier Applications. It will be used in answering a diverse set of both fundamental and applied scientific questions such as "nature of energy transport processes within and between nanoscale systems", "control of light-matter interaction in two-dimensional atomic crystals", "engineering melanin-derived polydopamine coatings and biosensors" as well as "development of high sensitivity Raman spectroscopy tools", and "understanding the failure modes in supercapacitors".