Center for Functional Nanoscale Materials

Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta GA

Investigators

Abstract

The Center for Functional Nanoscale Materials at Clark Atlanta University (CAU) will foster multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary fundamental research discoveries, innovation, and education in the rapidly developing and important field of nanotechnology. The Center's research projects will encompass the Preparation and the Photocatalytic Reactivities of Nanostructured TiO2/Al2O3 Composites; the Syntheses and Studies of the Properties of Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes, Nanoporous Multifunctionalized Organosilicates, and Biofunctional Nanoscale Materials. The Center will significantly enhance the research capacity in nanotechnology at CAU by providing support for students, technical and administrative support for faculty, and upgrades to equipment for carrying out the research and education enterprise. CAU will provide salary support for a new faculty position in the area of nanotechnology. The Center will increase the number of talented minority students staying the course in the science and technology pipeline by providing scholarships for promising high school students to enter the program as Nano-scholars and by providing competitive stipend and tuition support for graduate students. The Center will allow CAU to leverage its participation in other NSF STC programs and extend opportunities for research in nanotechnology to undergraduate and graduate students.