POWRE: New Materials Developed by Controlling Hydrogen Bond Interactions in High Fluidity Solvents

化学部颁发的POWRE奖将使俄亥俄州州立大学的Susan Olesik博士能够将她在分离科学中使用超临界和增强流动性溶剂的经验应用于开发创新的聚合物合成和加工系统。分子间相互作用的精确控制，高扩散性和低粘度的这种溶剂允许开发具有高度可控的机械和化学性能的聚合物，用作生物相容性材料，用于分离手性药物，用于传感器和环境修复。Olesik博士最近完成了工业休假，在那里她学习了在超临界溶剂中生产的聚合物的合成和表征程序。该奖项将使她能够在她的研究中建立一个新的重点，并在她将开发的程序中培养研究生。

This POWRE award by the Chemistry Division will allow Dr. Susan Olesik of Ohio State University to apply her experience with supercritical and enhanced fluidity solvents in separations science to developing innovative polymer synthesis and processing systems. The precise control of intermolecular interactions, high diffusivity and low viscosities of such solvents allows the development of polymers with highly controllable mechanical and chemical properties for use as biocompatible materials, for separation of chiral pharmaceuticals, in sensors and in environmental remediation. Dr. Olesik has recently completed a sabbatical in industry where she learned synthetic and characterization procedures for polymers produced in supercritical solvents. This award will allow her to establish a new emphasis in her research and to train graduate students in the procedures she will be developing.