Development of Micro/Nano Instruments

创建功能性项目的能力依赖于足够的材料的可用性和获得适当的工具。利用新材料的基本特性的知识以及操作工具的经验将使我们能够建造与我们的存在或舒适相关的设备-从简单的机械结构到高度复杂的电子设备。因此，随着新材料或新技术的出现，必须产生新的知识，以便将材料或技术用于造福社会。新材料的可用性所带来的特性和现象需要被彻底理解和研究，以便将它们设计成功能设备。为此，由于对微/纳米制造和材料特性的理解的增加，以及利用纳米材料独特的机械、电学和热特性的能力，纳米工程正在兴起。有了对微加工和纳米技术的基本理解，拟议的研究计划将侧重于开发用于实际应用的微/纳米器件。在这项广泛的转化研究中，来自化学或材料和化学工程实验室的纳米材料（如纳米管和石墨烯）特性的基本发现将被设计和利用，以创建优越的原型设备，如x射线和超声波设备。

The ability to create functional items relies on the availability of adequate materials and the access to appropriate tools. The knowledge to exploit fundamental properties of new materials as well as the experience in manipulating tools will allow building of devices that are relevant to our existence or comfort - from simple mechanical structures to highly sophisticated electronics. Therefore, as new materials or novel technologies emerge, new knowledge has to be generated so that the materials or technologies can be utilized for the benefits of the society. Properties and phenomena enabled by the availability of the new materials need to be thoroughly understood and investigated in order to engineer them into functional devices. To this end, there is a strong emergence of nanoengineering due to the increased understanding of micro/nanofabrication and material properties, and an ability to exploit the unique mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties of nanomaterials. Equipped with this fundamental understanding of micromachining and nanotechnology, the proposed research program will focus on the development of micro/nanodevices for real-world applications. In this broad translational research, fundamental findings of the properties of nanomaterials such as nanotubes, and graphene from chemistry or materials and chemical engineering labs will be engineered and exploited to create superior prototype devices such as x-ray and ultrasound devices.