Development of Micro/Nano Instruments

创建功能项目的能力取决于是否有足够的材料和适当的工具。利用新材料的基本特性的知识以及操纵工具的经验将允许构建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，当新材料或新技术出现时，必须产生新知识，以便将材料或技术用于造福社会。需要彻底了解和研究新材料的可用性所带来的特性和现象，以便将它们设计成功能器件。为此，由于对微/纳米纤维和材料特性的理解增加，以及利用纳米材料独特的机械，电气和热性能的能力，纳米工程出现了强劲的发展。配备了微机械加工和纳米技术的基本理解，拟议的研究计划将集中在微/纳米器件的实际应用的发展。在这项广泛的转化研究中，纳米材料（如纳米管）的基本发现，以及化学或材料和化学工程实验室的石墨烯将被设计和利用，以创建上级原型设备，如x射线和超声设备。

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.