Procurement of a Pico-scale Transmission Electron Microscope Testing System for Nanomechanical Analysis of Structural Materials
Abstract
Funding is requested for a TEM picoindenter system to enhance AFOSR programs as well asenable analyses for the development of new projects. This instrument will provide in-situ depthsensing nano-mechanical testing on a TEM platform for multiscale investigations of failuremechanisms in tough biological composite materials. The Hysitron PI 95 TEM PicoIndenter willbe used for dedicated analyses of thin film and bulk composite and semiconducting materialsincluding biological, biomimetic and traditional composites as well as thin film semiconductingmaterials. The equipment will greatly enhance the PI’s contribution to an AFOSR MURI project(FA9550-15-1-0009) on the investigation of the presence and effects of chemical and structuralelements on toughening of impact and abrasion resistant biological composite materials.Additional projects are being created that investigate structure-property relationships ofnanomaterials to develop energy conversion and storage systems. The system will enhanceundergraduate students’ interest and understanding in materials science by facilitating researchopportunities. This will take place in conjunction with the interdisciplinary degree program inMaterials Science and Engineering at UCR, an accredited Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) andone of America’s most diverse research-intensive universities. This support will contribute to thePI’s unique program, which conducts both experimental research on synthesis-structure-propertyrelationships in impact and abrasion resistant biological and biomimetic composites and onbiologically inspired synthesis of nanostructural materials – an area of extreme relevance to theDoD applications.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jul 11, 2018
- Source ID
- FA95501810424
Entities
People
- David J Kisailus
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- United States Air Force
- University of California Regents