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

原子薄多功能涂层中心（ATOMIC）的第二阶段致力于推进基于二维（2D）材料的涂层的设计和开发。在ATOMIC第二阶段，该中心扩大到三个地点，分别位于宾夕法尼亚州立大学，赖斯大学和博伊西州立大学。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，例如基础设施保护，物联网（IoT）传感，电子，能量收集/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合作伙伴关系，ATOMIC旨在影响学生的教育和培训，特别是那些代表性不足的少数民族。为了鼓励年轻人攻读科学技术研究学位，该中心将联合开展活动，如宾夕法尼亚州立大学学习工厂，学生们专注于他们的高级项目的工业定义的工程问题，并利用正在进行的NSF计划，如本科生和教师的研究经验。ATOMIC将利用宾夕法尼亚州立大学的创新园，该创新园将作为促进学术界与工业界合作和技术转化工作的中心。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经成功地在新型2D材料（如石墨烯、六方氮化硼（hBN）、MoS 2、WS 2和WSxSe 1-x）方面开展了基础研究项目;博伊西州立大学已经加入了经验丰富的纳米材料墨水开发和受控精密打印（如喷墨、等离子体喷射、气溶胶喷射和微点胶）的行列。这种专业知识的结合将确保在与大规模生产过程，电子，传感，能源和保护相关的领域进行工业成员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），溶剂热和电化学沉积，器件和传感器集成以及基准测试2D层的光学，电子和传感性能等薄膜沉积领域的研究工作。此外，宾州州立大学将与赖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、建模和先进表征方面协同合作，使用最先进的材料加工设施，该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值进行评估来支持和更广泛的影响审查标准。

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.