NSF Org:	DMR Division Of Materials Research
Recipient:	THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
Initial Amendment Date:	September 17, 2002
Latest Amendment Date:	July 3, 2008
Award Number:	0213706
Award Instrument:	Cooperative Agreement
Program Manager:	Z. Ying cying@nsf.gov  (703)292-8428 DMR  Division Of Materials Research MPS  Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Start Date:	September 1, 2002
End Date:	August 31, 2009 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$20,450,000.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$17,521,000.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2002 = $1,450,000.00 FY 2003 = $3,050,000.00 FY 2004 = $2,900,000.00 FY 2005 = $2,900,000.00 FY 2006 = $2,871,000.00 FY 2007 = $2,900,000.00 FY 2008 = $1,450,000.00
History of Investigator:	Richard Register (Principal Investigator) Ravindra Bhatt (Former Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	Princeton University 1 NASSAU HALL PRINCETON NJ  US  08544-2001 (609)258-3090
Sponsor Congressional District:	12
Primary Place of Performance:	Princeton University 1 NASSAU HALL PRINCETON NJ  US  08544-2001
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	12
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	NJ1YPQXQG7U5
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	MATERIALS RSCH SCI & ENG CENT, WESTERN EUROPE PROGRAM
Primary Program Source:	app-0102  app-0103  app-0104  app-0105  app-0106  app-0107  01000809DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
Program Reference Code(s):	1682, 5946, 7237, 9161, 9177, 9178, 9181, 9250, 9251, AMPP, BIOT, SMET
Program Element Code(s):	173500, 598000
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.049

ABSTRACT

The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at Princeton University supports a broad based interdisciplinary research program in the area of complex materials, including polymers and soft materials, electronic materials, and biomaterials. The Center also supports a wide range of education activities, including science curriculum support for middle and high school teachers, a summer outreach program for high school students, and an African outreach program. The Center supports well-maintained and accessible shared experimental facilities and interacts with industry and other sectors at local, regional, national and international levels.

The Center's research is organized into three interdisciplinary research groups (IRGs). IRG 1, Interplay of Magnetism and Transport in Correlated Electronic Materials, focuses on charge and spin transport in complex, correlated electronic materials. IRG 2 on Guided Self-Assembly investigates new methods for fabricating large-scale assemblies of patterned structures with features on the nano and micrometer scale. Potential applications are in the areas of nanomagnetics, manipulating biomolecules on a nanoscale, as well as photonics. Adhesion, Deformation, and Transport at Contacts in Small Structures (IRG 3) is an entirely new effort with focus on small scale contacts that are of importance in microelectronic, photonic, and micro-electromechanical devices. Two large seed projects are devoted to patterned assemblies of functional cell-based biomaterials, which propose to combine protein design with the design of novel interfaces between synthetic materials and living cells, and to heteroepitaxy and electronic structure of high dielectric constant oxides.

Participants in the Center currently include 38 senior investigators, 7 postdoctoral associates, 24 graduate students, and support for undergraduates and K-12 teachers. Professor Ravindra N. Bhatt directs the MRSEC.

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