U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Time-Resolved Optical Characterization of Electroluminescent Conducting Polymers

这项为期三年的美法化学合作研究奖的获得者包括美国俄亥俄州立大学的Terry L. Gustafson、法国里尔科技大学的Guy Buntinx和Olivier Pozat。他们合作的目标是对几种相关单体、低聚物、分段嵌段共聚物和聚合物在溶液和薄膜中的光物理性质进行系统的研究。美国研究人员带来了这种合作在模型低聚物和导电聚合物的专业知识。法国在分子系统的光物理学方面的专业知识也对这方面的研究进行了补充。该项目还利用了互补的仪器方法。美国小组将使用ps时间分辨荧光光谱和ns时间分辨红外光谱。法国团队在fs和ns瞬态拉曼光谱和吸收光谱方面经验丰富。该奖项代表了美国国家科学基金会和法国国家科学研究中心（CNRS）联合提案的美方。美国国家科学基金会将支付美国研究员和研究生的旅费和生活费。法国科学研究中心将支持法国研究人员访问美国。此次合作将促进对电致发光导电聚合物的基本理解，特别是导电过程，辐射和非辐射途径的控制，以及聚合物之间和聚合物与金属之间界面上相互作用的性质。

0089641GustafsonThis three-year award for U.S.-France cooperative research in chemistry involves Terry L. Gustafson, Ohio State University, Guy Buntinx and Olivier Pozat of the Universite des Sciences and Technologies de Lille, Lille, France. The objective of their collaboration is to conduct systematic investigations of photophysical properties of several related monomers, oligomers, segmented block co-polymers, and polymers in solution and as thin films. The U.S. investigator brings to this collaboration expertise in model oligomers and conducting polymers. This is complemented by French expertise in the photophysics of molecular systems. The project also takes advantage of complementary instrument methodologies. The US group will utilize ps time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy and ns time-resolved infrared spectroscopy. The French group are experienced in fs and ns transient Raman spectroscopy and absorption spectroscopy. This award represents the US side of a joint proposal to NSF and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). NSF will cover travel funds and living expenses for the US investigator and graduate student. The CNRS will support the visits of French researchers to the United States. The collaboration will advance fundamental understanding of electroluminescent conducting polymers, in particular, the conduction process, the control of radiative and non-radiative pathways, and the nature of interactions at the interfaces between polymers, and between a polymer and metal.