In-Situ and In-Operando Monitoring of Nanostructure Growth In Green Solvents

这NSERC研究工具基础设施（RTI）将提供我们的纳米技术研究人员在西方与一个小规模的低电压台式TEM原位研究使用绿色溶剂。 我们的重点将是测量纳米线和聚合物纳米复合材料的形成过程中的合成（原位），并在其功能（在operando），需要一个专用的仪器。 纳米线受限的尺寸允许在能量传递和先进的聚合物复合材料中具有独特的性能。这为它们提供了能量转移（燃料，太阳能电池和锂电池），催化（控制活性位点的大小和方向），生物医学工程（增强骨和牙科水泥的机械性能）和药物输送（透皮贴剂等）的新能力。

This NSERC Research Tools Infrastructure (RTI) will provide our team of nanotechnology researchers at Western with a small scale low voltage benchtop TEM for in-situ studies using green solvents. Our focus will be on measuring nanowire and polymer nanocomposite formation during synthesis (in-situ) and during their function (in-operando), requiring a dedicated instrument. Nanowires confined dimensions allow for unique properties in energy transfer and advanced polymer composites. This provides them with new abilities in energy transfer (fuel, solar cells and lithium batteries), catalysis (controlling active sites size and orientation), biomedical engineering (enhanced mechanical properties for bone and dental cements) and drug delivery (transdermal patches, etc.).