U.S.-Japan Cooperative Science: Effect of Intramolecular Electron Transfer on Vibrational Spectra

该奖项支持加州大学圣地亚哥分校Clifford Kubiak教授和日本仙台东北大学Tasuku Ito教授为期三年的合作研究项目。研究人员将进行分子间电子转移对振动谱的影响的研究。研究人员将继续发展对电子转移的理解，这种转移速度如此之快，以至于现有的电子转移理论无法轻易解释。他们计划设计和合成新的配体和复合物，这些配体和复合物将用于进一步测试红外光谱动态效应的物理描述。他们还将共同努力优化交换系统的红外光谱模拟，以获得动力学和热力学信息。该项目汇集了两个具有互补专业知识和研究能力的实验室的努力。美国研究人员在电子转移和光谱电化学领域具有专业知识，他们的日本合作者在配体桥接六钌簇的合成方面是专家。这项研究将导致新的光谱方法的发展，以研究电荷转移，导电材料的“合理合成”，并完善现有的电子转移理论。本研究通过研究生的参与促进了国际人力资源的发展。通过思想和技术的交流，该项目将扩大我们的基础知识基础，促进国际了解与合作。研究人员计划在科学期刊上发表研究结果，并在科学会议上报告研究结果。

0087420KubiakThis award supports a three-year collaborative research project between Professor Clifford Kubiak of the University of California, San Diego and Professor Tasuku Ito of Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan. The researchers will be undertaking a study of the effect of intermolecular electron transfer on vibrational spectra. The researchers will continue to develop an understanding of electron transfers that are so fast that they cannot be easily explained by existing theories of electron transfer. They plan to design and synthesize new ligands and complexes that will be used to further test the physical description of dynamic effects on infrared spectra. They will also be working together to optimize simulations of the IR spectra of exchanging systems to obtain kinetic and thermodynamic information. The project brings together the efforts of two laboratories that have complementary expertise and research capabilities. The U.S. researchers have expertise in the area of electron transfer and spectroelectrochemistry and their Japanese collaborators are expert in the synthesis of ligand bridged hexaruthenium clusters. The research should result in the development of new spectroscopic methods for the study of charge transfer the "rational synthesis" of conducting materials, and refinement of existing theories of electron transfer. This research advances international human resources through the participation of graduate students. Through the exchange of ideas and technology, this project will broaden our base of basic knowledge and promote international understanding and cooperation. The researchers plan to publish results of the research in scientific journals and report on the findings at scientific meetings.