I/UCRC Phase II: The Pennsylvania State University: Center for Atomically Thin Multifunctional Coatings (ATOMIC)

原子薄壁多功能涂料中心(ATOM)第二阶段致力于推进基于二维(2D)材料的涂料的设计和开发。在原子第二阶段，该中心扩大到位于宾夕法尼亚州立大学、莱斯大学和博伊西州立大学的三个地点。联合研究工作将集中于解决美国国家利益领域的关键社会和工业问题，这些问题可以通过先进的多功能涂层来缓解，如基础设施保护、物联网(IoT)传感、电子、能源收集/存储、自主系统和生物威胁减少。由于学术界、政府和工业界之间的联合伙伴关系，Atom寻求影响学生的教育和培训，特别是那些代表性不足的少数族裔。为了鼓励年轻人攻读科学技术研究学位，该中心将联合开展一些活动，如宾夕法尼亚州立大学学习工厂，在那里，学生们在他们的高级项目中专注于工业定义的工程问题，并利用正在进行的NSF项目，如面向本科生和教师的研究经验项目。原子将利用宾夕法尼亚州立大学的创新园区，该园区将成为促进学术和行业合作伙伴关系的中心，以及技术翻译工作。第二阶段建立在宾夕法尼亚州立大学和赖斯大学2D材料科学创新的坚实基础上，并将其扩展到博伊西州立大学实现的可扩展2D材料打印。宾夕法尼亚州立大学和赖斯大学已成功地在新型2D材料方面应用了基础研究计划，如石墨烯、六方氮化硼(HBN)、MoS2、WS2和WSxSe1-x；博伊西州立大学已加入经验丰富的纳米材料墨水开发和受控精密打印，如喷墨、等离子喷墨、气雾剂喷雾和微型点胶。这种专业知识的结合将确保行业成员在与大规模生产工艺、电子、传感、能源和保护相关的领域进行感兴趣的相关竞争前研究。特别是，宾夕法尼亚州立大学将领导通过金属有机化学气相沉积(MOCVD)进行的薄膜沉积、溶剂热和电化学沉积、器件和传感器集成以及2D层的光学、电子和传感性能基准等领域的研究工作。此外，宾夕法尼亚州立大学将与莱斯和博伊西州立大学在原子层沉积、液体剥离、设备和传感器制造、建模和高级表征方面进行协同工作，使用最先进的材料加工设施、纳米制造洁净室和独特的表征仪器。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Phase II of the Center for Atomically Thin Multifunctional Coatings (ATOMIC) is devoted to advancing the design and development of coatings based on two-dimensional (2D) materials. In ATOMIC Phase II, the center is expanded to three sites located at Pennsylvania State University, Rice University, and Boise State University. The joint research efforts will concentrate on addressing key societal and industrial problems in areas of U.S. national interest that can be mitigated through advanced multifunctional coatings, such as infrastructure protection, internet of things (IoT) sensing, electronics, energy harvesting/storage, autonomous systems, and biological threat reduction. Because of the aligned partnership among academia, government, and industry, ATOMIC seeks to impact the education and training of students, particularly those who are underrepresented minorities. To encourage young people to pursue science-technology research degrees, the center will jointly conduct activities, such as the Penn State Learning Factory, where students focus on an industrially-defined engineering problem for their senior project and leverage ongoing NSF programs such as the Research Experiences for Undergraduates and Teachers. ATOMIC will leverage Penn State's Innovation Park, which will serve as a hub for fostering academic-industry partnerships, and technology translation efforts.Phase II builds on the robust foundation of scientific innovation in 2D materials at Penn State and Rice University and expands it into scalable 2D materials printing enabled by Boise State University. Penn State and Rice have successfully employed fundamental research programs in novel 2D materials, such as graphene, hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), MoS2, WS2, and WSxSe1-x; and Boise State has joined with experience nanomaterial ink development and controlled precision printing such as inkjet, plasma jet, aerosol jet, and micro-dispensing. This combination of expertise will ensure relevant pre-competitive research of interest to the industrial members in areas related to large-scale production processes, electronics, sensing, energy and protection. In particular, Penn State will lead research efforts in the areas of thin film deposition via metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD), solvothermal and electrochemical deposition, device and sensor integration, and benchmarking the optical, electronic, and sensing performance of 2D layers. Furthermore, Penn State will synergistically work with Rice and Boise State on atomic layer deposition, liquid exfoliation, device and sensor fabrication, modelling, and advanced characterization, using state-of-the-art facilities for materials processing, clean rooms for nanofabrication and unique characterization instruments.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.