NSF Young Investigator/Interactions Between Monolayers and Molecules: A Basis for Molecular Recognition

这个国家科学基金青年研究员项目是在分析化学的一般领域和表面化学的子领域。在该奖项的五年任期内，克鲁克斯教授和他的学生将对有组织化学系统中观察到的分子识别现象进行基础研究。研究将包括：1)表面约束、自组装膜的合成和表征；2)超小域内电子和传质现象的分析；3)金属氮化物和溶胶-凝胶衍生陶瓷的电化学合成和表征。扫描探针诱导光刻技术制备量子器件。这个项目目标的成功实现将使表面化学领域取得广泛的进展，一般来说，特别是自组装薄膜中的分子相互作用的研究。研究成果将用于开发基于分子识别现象的新型化学传感器。此外，这项NSF青年研究者奖将极大地帮助克鲁克斯教授在德克萨斯农工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 chemistry and in the subfield of surface chemistry. During the five-year tenure of this award, Professor Crooks and his students will carry out a fundamental investigation of molecular recognition phenomena observed in organized chemical systems. The research will involve i) the synthesis and characterization of surface-confined, self- assembling membranes, ii) analysis of electron- and mass-transfer phenomena in ultrasmall domains, iii) electrochemical synthesis and characterization of metal nitride and sol-gel-derived ceramics, and iv) the fabrication of quantum devices by scanning probe induced lithography. %%% The successful attainment of the goals of this project should enable broad advances in the area of surface chemistry, in general, and the study of molecular interactions in self- assembled thin films in particular. The research results will be used for the development of new chemical sensors based on molecular recognition phenomena. Additionally, this NSF Young Investigator Award will significantly assist Professor Crooks to establish a viable, innovative research program at Texas A&M University.