Research could lead to longer-lasting, clean-energy systems SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) announced that Dr. Kathleen Dunn, associate head and associate professor of the college’s Nanoscience Constellation, has been selected to receive $320,000 in federal funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dunn’s work will focus on exactly why adding certain metals to copper at […]
Research could lead to longer-lasting, clean-energy systems
SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) announced that Dr. Kathleen Dunn, associate head and associate professor of the college’s Nanoscience Constellation, has been selected to receive $320,000 in federal funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Dunn’s work will focus on exactly why adding certain metals to copper at the atomic level, such as tin or cobalt, changes copper’s characteristics, like its ability to conduct electricity, for example, according to a SUNY Poly news release. The money is from the NSF’s Metals and Metallic Nanostructure program under the Division of Materials Research.
By utilizing a suite of SUNY Poly’s “next-generation” electron microscopy and spectroscopy tools, Dunn and a team of researchers, including SUNY Poly students, seek to use the foundational knowledge they gain to design better alloys. These can potentially lead to more cost-effective, less wasteful additive manufacturing and “more robust” clean-energy system components, the release stated.
The NSF funding will support research that leverages “advanced SUNY Poly tools,” including its electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) capabilities. This is made possible by the FEI Titan3 Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope, which provides the chance to “interrogate individual atoms and the ways in which electrons are shared between them,” SUNY Poly said.
Dunn and her team will be able to correlate changes in the electron band structure with the observed behavior and characteristics of the alloys at the macroscopic level to fine-tune its properties for specific applications. This could lead to a more targeted additive manufacturing process with decreased material waste and is also applicable to materials used in fuel cells and battery electrodes, the college explained.
The research project, called “2D Grain Boundary Phases: Establishing an Electronic Basis for Engineering Superior Copper Alloy Behavior,” builds upon “years of innovation-centered materials research” by Dunn with industry partners, including the Semiconductor Research Corporation, IBM via a faculty award, and Atotech USA.
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Research could lead to longer-lasting, clean-energy systems
SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) announced that Dr. Kathleen Dunn, associate head and associate professor of the college’s Nanoscience Constellation, has been selected to receive $320,000 in federal funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Dunn’s work will focus on exactly why adding certain metals to copper at the atomic level, such as tin or cobalt, changes copper’s characteristics, like its ability to conduct electricity, for example, according to a SUNY Poly news release. The money is from the NSF’s Metals and Metallic Nanostructure program under the Division of Materials Research.
By utilizing a suite of SUNY Poly’s “next-generation” electron microscopy and spectroscopy tools, Dunn and a team of researchers, including SUNY Poly students, seek to use the foundational knowledge they gain to design better alloys. These can potentially lead to more cost-effective, less wasteful additive manufacturing and “more robust” clean-energy system components, the release stated.
The NSF funding will support research that leverages “advanced SUNY Poly tools,” including its electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) capabilities. This is made possible by the FEI Titan3 Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope, which provides the chance to “interrogate individual atoms and the ways in which electrons are shared between them,” SUNY Poly said.
Dunn and her team will be able to correlate changes in the electron band structure with the observed behavior and characteristics of the alloys at the macroscopic level to fine-tune its properties for specific applications. This could lead to a more targeted additive manufacturing process with decreased material waste and is also applicable to materials used in fuel cells and battery electrodes, the college explained.
The research project, called “2D Grain Boundary Phases: Establishing an Electronic Basis for Engineering Superior Copper Alloy Behavior,” builds upon “years of innovation-centered materials research” by Dunn with industry partners, including the Semiconductor Research Corporation, IBM via a faculty award, and Atotech USA.
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Research could lead to longer-lasting, clean-energy systems SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) announced that Dr. Kathleen Dunn, associate head and associate professor of the college’s Nanoscience Constellation, has been selected to receive $320,000 in federal funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dunn’s work will focus on exactly why adding certain metals to copper at […]
Research could lead to longer-lasting, clean-energy systems
SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) announced that Dr. Kathleen Dunn, associate head and associate professor of the college’s Nanoscience Constellation, has been selected to receive $320,000 in federal funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Dunn’s work will focus on exactly why adding certain metals to copper at the atomic level, such as tin or cobalt, changes copper’s characteristics, like its ability to conduct electricity, for example, according to a SUNY Poly news release. The money is from the NSF’s Metals and Metallic Nanostructure program under the Division of Materials Research.
By utilizing a suite of SUNY Poly’s “next-generation” electron microscopy and spectroscopy tools, Dunn and a team of researchers, including SUNY Poly students, seek to use the foundational knowledge they gain to design better alloys. These can potentially lead to more cost-effective, less wasteful additive manufacturing and “more robust” clean-energy system components, the release stated.
The NSF funding will support research that leverages “advanced SUNY Poly tools,” including its electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) capabilities. This is made possible by the FEI Titan3 Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope, which provides the chance to “interrogate individual atoms and the ways in which electrons are shared between them,” SUNY Poly said.
Dunn and her team will be able to correlate changes in the electron band structure with the observed behavior and characteristics of the alloys at the macroscopic level to fine-tune its properties for specific applications. This could lead to a more targeted additive manufacturing process with decreased material waste and is also applicable to materials used in fuel cells and battery electrodes, the college explained.
The research project, called “2D Grain Boundary Phases: Establishing an Electronic Basis for Engineering Superior Copper Alloy Behavior,” builds upon “years of innovation-centered materials research” by Dunn with industry partners, including the Semiconductor Research Corporation, IBM via a faculty award, and Atotech USA.
