Transmission Electron Microscope(TEM) for Research and Education in Nano-Engineered Materials
Abstract
The objective of this proposal is to acquire a transmission electron microscopy (TEM) instrument at FTU. TEM equipment is not available university-wide, and the proposed JEOL JEM- 2100 Plus TEM instrument, which is a necessary tool for nanoscale materials characterization, will facilitate research progress in a wide array of DoD projects. The acquisition of this instrument will tremendously enhance the research infrastructure at FTU, helping to increase FTU competitiveness in obtaining federal research funding for research that utilize nano-engineered materials. The TEM will benefit multiple departments and programs, including Materials Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering, fostering development of new interdisciplinary projects that require this analytical capability. The TEM will contribute to the FTU diversity and inclusion goals, by engaging underrepresented minorities and women in STEM research using cutting-edge research instrumentation. The last few decades have seen a tremendous progress in understanding materials structure, visualizing interfaces, and understanding phenomena at the nano- and atomic scale, owed primarily to the evolution of TEM. The JEM-2100 Plus TEM will be housed in the Advanced Materials Engineering Research Tnstitute (AMERT) facility located in the College of Engineering and Computing at FTU and will provide support to several current and pending DoD projects lead by PT and co-PTs and other users. Tn addition, the TEM will be made accessible for hands-on materials characterization and experiments conducted by student, postdoctoral, and faculty researchers from multiple colleges and academic departments across FTU campus. Furthermore, the use of the TEM in existing and new graduate and undergraduate courses will contribute to a continuous enhancement of our STEM curriculum. Proposed by an interdisciplinary team with expertise in both materials and physical phenomena associates with the investigated materials, the project aims to use TEM in exploring nanomaterials, two-dimensional (2D) crystals, quantum dots, nanomaterials, and 2D heterostructures for applications in optoelectronics and quantum science. Atomic thickness in 2D materials, as well as interfacial proximity effects in heterostructures formed of two or more dissimilar materials, confer unique material properties, to enable applications of high interest to the DoD, spanning from optoelectronics and photocatalysis to quantum networks. A TEM instrument is a critical asset not only to complete the proposed DoD research and education projects, but to support a significant number of current and future research projects at FTU and foster minority students participation in DoD research.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Aug 02, 2022
- Source ID
- W911NF2210186
Entities
People
- Daniela R Radu
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- Florida International University
- Office of the Secretary of Defense