REU Site: Chemistry Pathways to Building Functional Materials at the University of Texas at Dallas

本科生（REU）网站授予德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校（UTD），位于德克萨斯州理查森，支持8名学生在2023-2025年的夏季进行10周的培训。 在这个REU计划中，由化学部资助，参与者进行合作研究项目，重点是涉及化学合成，材料表征和半导体技术的材料化学。 除了研究，参与者还参加专业发展和道德培训计划，重点是科学传播和研究生院或工业职业的准备。 通过独立的研究项目和讲习班和研讨会系列，该网站扩大了STEM的参与。 REU参与者将发现有机-无机功能材料和生物材料合成的改进化学过程。拟议的研究计划将支持化学和材料化学的接口研究，特别强调在UTD洁净室设施中制造和测试设备。 这些项目包括改进的有机半导体材料，3D打印中的动态共价化学，用于中子检测的混合钙钛矿，用于生物应用的金属纳米颗粒的制备以及蛋白质-核酸复合物的动力学。 该网站致力于通过鼓励女性和代表性不足的群体参与化学和材料科学的研究来扩大参与。 参与者将接触到半导体技术和洁净室技术的化学研究。本网站部分由半导体研究公司向国家科学基金会提供的资金支持。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This Research Experiences for Undergraduate (REU) site award to University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), located in Richardson, TX, supports the training of 8 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2023-2025. In this REU program, funded by the Division of Chemistry, participants pursue collaborative research projects, with a focus on materials chemistry involving chemical synthesis, material characterization, and semiconductor technologies. Alongside research, participants also take part in a professional development and ethics training program, with a focus on science communication and preparation for graduate school or industrial careers. Through independent research projects and workshop and seminar series, this site broadens participation in STEM. The REU participants will discover improved chemical processes for the synthesis of organic-inorganic functional materials and biomaterials. The proposed research plan will support research at the interface of chemistry and materials chemistry, with a particular emphasis on fabricating and testing devices in the UTD clean room facility. These projects include improved organic semiconducting materials, dynamic covalent chemistry in 3D printing, hybrid perovskites for neutron detection, preparation of metal nanoparticles for bio-applications, and dynamics of protein-nucleic acid complexes. This site is committed to broadening participation by encouraging women and underrepresented groups in research at this chemistry and materials science interface. Participants gain an exposure to chemistry research in semiconductor technology and clean room techniques. This Site is supported in part by funds provided to the National Science Foundation by the Semiconductor Research Corporation.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.