NSF Young Investigator/Surface Chemistry of Organometallics

这个国家科学基金会青年研究员项目是在分析和表面化学的一般领域，以及在材料化学的子领域。在该奖项的五年任期内，Greenlief教授和他的学生将对含有磁性金属中心的有机金属的分解进行基础研究，以此作为创建原子薄磁性薄膜的可能途径。重点将放在活性中间体的阐明以及分解反应的反应速率的测定。这个项目的目标的成功实现将使材料化学领域，特别是原子尺度磁性薄膜的研究得到广泛的发展。这项研究具有重要的技术意义，因为具有原子控制的磁性薄膜的发展潜力。此外，NSF青年研究员奖将极大地帮助格林利夫教授在密苏里大学建立一个可行的、创新的研究项目。

This National Science Foundation Young Investigator project is in the general area of analytical and surface chemistry and in the subfield of materials chemistry. During the five-year tenure of this award, Professor Greenlief and his students will carry out a fundamental investigation of the decomposition of organometallic containing magnetic metal centers as a possible route to the creation of atomically thin magnetic films. Emphasis will be placed on the elucidation of reactive intermediates as well as the determination of the reaction rates of the decomposition reactions. %%% The successful attainment of the goals of this project should enable broad advancement in the area of materials chemistry, in general, and the study of atomic-scale magnetic films in particular. The research is technologically significant because of the potential for development of thin magnetic films with atomic control. Furthermore, this NSF Young Investigator Award will significantly assist Professor Greenlief to establish a viable, innovative research program at the University of Missouri.