CAREER: Abiotic Iron Redox Processes in the Environment from Molecules and Nanosize Clusters to the Rusting of the Titanic

这是一个支持铁在几种氧化态和化学形态下的热和光化学反应的研究的奖项。我们将从反应性和反应产物两个方面研究天然配位体络合铁的光化学过程。将研究胶体形式和纳米团簇中的铁的热和光化学反应，以研究其在提高反应活性方面的潜在作用，这可归因于这些形式的铁的相对较大的表面积。获得这一奖项的建议是为了响应教师早期职业发展(CALEAR)计划，该计划强调将新知识的发现与鼓舞人心的教学和热情学习相结合。预计这一研究部分将导致更有效和更多样的处理过程，以及比目前更好地了解微生物营养素的动态行为。这个项目的教育部分将把与铁腐蚀有关的基础科学与学生个人和间接的经历联系起来，例如对泰坦尼克号铁壳在暴露在海水中80年期间的变化的观察。

9875754CarrawayThis is an award to support research on the thermal and photochemical induced reactions of iron in several oxidation states and chemical forms. The photochemical processes of dissolved iron subject to being complexed by natural ligands will be studied with respect to reactivity and reaction products. Thermal and photochemical reactions of iron in colloidal form and in nanoclusters will be investigated for its potential role in enhancement of reactivity attributable to the relatively large surface area of iron in those forms. The proposal leading to this award was submitted in response to the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program that emphasizes combining discovery of new knowledge with inspired teaching and enthusiastic learning. The research component is expected to lead to more efficient and versatile treatment processes as well as better understanding than now exists of the dynamic behavior of microbial nutrients. The educational component of this project will relate the underlying science associated with corrosion of iron to experiences students have had personally and indirectly as exemplified by observations of transformations of the iron hull of the Titanic during its 80 years of exposure to sea water.