Main-Group Metal Silicides

这一妇女职业进步奖是在 无机，生物无机和有机化学课程 克莱尔·A博士化学系的泰西尔， University of Akron. 由于杂质，市售 主族金属硅化物还没有被证明是有用的 用于进一步官能化的起始材料。 泰西尔博士 将通过低温路线制备纯硅化物，研究 它们的反应性和功能化，并确定 市售材料中的杂质阻碍或 加速反应。 固体核磁共振和X射线衍射 将用于表征。 的长期目标 研究合成新型聚硅烷和金属硅 可以作为碳化硅前体的化合物 和固态过渡金属硅化物。 工作 将使泰西尔博士能够扩大研究范围 在她的实验室领域，并建立一个独立的研究 程序.

This Career Advancement Award for Women is made in the Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic Chemistry Program to Dr. Claire A. Tessier of the Chemistry Department, University of Akron. Due to impurities, commercially available main-group metal silicides have not proved to be useful starting materials for further functionalization. Dr. Tessier will prepare pure silicides by low temperature routes, study their reactivity and functionalization, and determine which impurities in commercially available materials impede or accelerate reactions. Solid state NMR and X-ray diffraction will be used in characterization. The long term goal of the research is to synthesize novel polysilanes and metal-silicon compounds which might serve as precursors to silicon carbide and solid state transition-metal silicides. The work undertaken here will enable Dr. Tessier to expand research areas in her laboratory and establish an independent research program.