CAREER: Synthesis and Molecular Transport Properties of Organic Polymer-Metal Particle Composites and Hollow Polymer Nanocapsules

该教师早期职业发展计划奖授予北卡罗来纳州立大学的Daniel Feldheim博士，由化学部门的先进材料和加工计划提供支持。研究的重点将是制备聚合物包覆的金胶体，并随后去除金核，从而得到中空的聚合物纳米胶囊。将合成聚吡咯和n -甲基吡咯制备聚合金颗粒。研究中空聚合物纳米胶囊对分子的吸收、释放和包裹，并建立聚合物胶囊与包裹分子之间的结构-功能关系。该计划的教育部分是为本科生提供跨学科的研究经验，每月举行会议和演讲，包括来自工业界和学术界的邀请演讲者。多功能聚合物胶囊将用于封装小分子的控释或活性，在缓释药物传递系统中具有潜在的应用。该奖项的教学部分将在工业界和前北卡罗来纳州立大学化学毕业生的支持下开发一个本科研究项目，以更好地为学生在化学领域的职业生涯做好准备。

This Faculty Early Career Development Program award to Dr. Daniel Feldheim of North Carolina State University is supported by the Advanced Materials and Processing Program in the Chemistry Division. The focus of the research will be the preparation of polymer-coated gold colloids and subsequent removal of the gold core resulting in hollow polymer nanocapsules. Polypyrrole and N-methylpyrrole will be synthesized for the preparation of polymer-gold particles. The hollow polymer nanocapsules will be evaluated for uptake, release and entrapment of molecules, and establish structure-function relationships between the polymer capsules and the entrapped molecules. The educational part of the program is to provide cross-disciplinary research experience to undergraduate students with monthly meetings and presentations including invited speakers from industry and academia.Multifunctional polymer capsules will be prepared to encapsulate small molecules for controlled release or activity with potential applications in time-released drug delivery systems. The teaching part of the award will develop an undergraduate research program with support from industry and former NC State chemistry graduates to better prepare the students for careers in chemistry.