Optical Properties of Reactive Intermediate Hyperchromic Arrays and Clusters in Supercritical Fluids

本项目将探索光反应分子的局部环境如何影响其光谱特性及其观察到的光反应性。 将在包括吸附在几种固体材料之一，超临界流体中，或沉积在半导体和有机涂层上的环境中研究各种基材。 从这些研究结果将提供基本的洞察力的影响，结构上的远程电子耦合，反过来，这些相互作用如何决定的光学和物理性质的超分子arrays.With这个奖项，有机和大分子化学计划继续支持教授玛丽安福克斯的北卡罗来纳州州立大学的研究。 福克斯教授正在进行的研究研究了分子环境对其光化学的影响，例如当感觉装置中的单个分子与光相互作用时。 在纳米技术和光学计算机的背景下，对这些效应的透彻理解是重要的，除了为所涉及的基础科学提供重要的新贡献。

This project will explore how the local environment of a photoreactive molecule affects its spectral properties and its observed photoreactivity. A variety of substrates will be studied in environments that include adsorption on one of several solid materials, in supercritical fluids, or as deposited on semiconductors and organic coatings. Results from these studies will provide fundamental insight into the influence that structure has on long-range electronic coupling and in turn, how these interactions dictate the optical and physical properties of supramolecular arrays.With this Award, the Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry Program continues to support the research of Professor Marye Ann Fox of North Carolina State University. The research that Professor Fox is carrying out studies the effects that a molecule's environment has on its photochemistry, such as when individual molecules in a sensory device interact with light. A thorough understanding of these effects is important in the context of nanotechnology and optical computers, in addition to providing significant new contributions to the underlying science involved.