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News Release 16-024
Accelerating discovery in materials science
NSF funds platforms to speed the development of new materials -- and ultimately new technologies
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The surface of bismuth selenide film shows the triangular layer structure that is characteristic of 2-D chalcogenide materials.
Credit: Joan Redwing, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State University
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Examples of new interface materials that can be created by users of the Platform for the Accelerated Realization, Analysis, and Discovery of Interface Materials (PARADIM). An image of cylindrical single crystals of strontium holmium oxide and titanium oxides. The crystals are several millimeters in diameter and several centimeters long.
Credit: PARADIM, Cornell University
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Schematic illustration of the use of optical characterization to measure material properties during the deposition of triangular 2-D islands on a substrate surface from the reaction of source molecules. Researchers with the Penn State Materials Innovation Platform will use laser light to monitor vibrational and optical properties of the 2-D islands as they grow in size, providing information on the crystal structure and number of layers in the film.
Credit: Mauricio Terrones, Department of Physics, Penn State University
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Examples of new interface materials that can be created by users of the Platform for the Accelerated Realization, Analysis, and Discovery of Interface Materials (PARADIM). Shown in the center is an optical floating zone furnace used to synthesize new materials, together with images of it being used to grow single crystals on the right and left. The resulting single crystals are several millimeters in diameter and several centimeters long.
Credit: PARADIM, Cornell University
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