U.S.-Japan Cooperative Research: Cluster Derived Heterogeneous Catalysts

该奖项将使西北大学的Duward F. Shriver教授能够与日本北海道大学的Masaru Ichikawa教授合作。他们将研究金属簇化合物作为催化剂前体，用于一氧化碳到含氧化合物的非均相催化转化。催化一氧化碳掺入有机产品是一个相当重要的经济领域。这种合作将使两个不同小组的人才来承担这个问题。Shriver的团队是金属团簇化合物制备方面的专家，他们已经开发出用于混合金属团簇合成的多功能新前驱体。Ichikawa的团队在多相催化方面经验丰富，特别是在簇衍生催化剂的研究方面。

This award will enable Professor Duward F. Shriver of Northwestern University to collaborate with Professor Masaru Ichikawa of Hokkaido University, Japan. They will study metal cluster compounds as catalyst precursors for the heterogeneous catalytic conversion of carbon monoxide to oxygen containing compounds. The catalytic incorporation of carbon monoxide into organic products is an area of considerable economic importance. This collaboration will bring the talents of two different groups to bear on the problem. Shriver's group is expert in the preparation of metal cluster compounds and they have developed versatile new precursors for mixed metal cluster syntheses. Ichikawa's group is exerienced in heterogeneous catalysis, and in particular, in the study of cluster-derived catalysts.