Fundamental Science for Future Materials Applications

技术创新的基础是材料的发展。玛丽·安妮·怀特提出的研究计划的目的是进行实验，以确定材料的结构、动力学和性能之间的基本关系。目的是提供重要的关键信息，从而为未来材料的应用建立一个基础的科学平台。******选择要研究的系统是为了提供重要问题的答案。将推进三个方向。在一项研究中，我将确定可以优化纳米管材料中热电传输的因素，用于热管理和电路的潜在用途。另一方面，我将研究元素硼的动力学，以推进含硼化合物的性质预测，如超硬材料。在第三项研究中，我将研究材料的冷冻，以便更好地操纵材料，用于储能、多孔陶瓷的制备和新型催化剂等应用。******这个建议将导致未来材料应用的断言是基于我过去的成功：笼形物的低导热性产生了一个新的热电材料家族；相变储能材料的研究进展热可擦打印机墨粉用热致变色材料。我提出的研究物质中的基本相互作用，从元素到纳米管，再到大块物质的相，可以很好地为新材料的应用提供基础，同时培养新的科学家，并显著推进我们对物质的理解。*****

The foundation of technological innovation is the development of materials. The objective of Mary Anne White's proposed research program is to carry out experiments to determine fundamental relationships between structure, dynamics and properties of materials. The aim is to provide important key information, and thus build a fundamental scientific platform for future materials applications.******The systems to be studied have been selected to provide answers to important questions. Three directions will be advanced. In one study I will determine the factors that can optimize transport of heat and electricity in nanotube materials, for potential use in heat management and in electrical circuits. In another, I will study the dynamics of elemental boron, to advance prediction of properties of boron-containing compounds, such as superhard materials. In a third study I will investigate freezing of materials, to better manipulate materials for applications such as energy storage, preparation of porous ceramics, and new catalysts.******The assertion that this proposal will lead to future materials applications is predicated on my past successes: low thermal conductivity in clathrates giving rise to a new family of thermoelectric materials; development of phase change materials for energy storage; thermochromic materials for thermally erasable printer toner. My proposed investigations of fundamental interactions in matter, over length scales from elements, to nanotubes, to phases of bulk matter, could well provide the underpinnings of novel materials applications, while training new scientists and significantly advancing our understanding of matter.*****