Experimental Investigations of Aluminum-Alloy and Metal-Carbide Clusters: From Gas Phase Studies to Syntheses of Cluster-Based Nanomaterials

本项目致力于利用光分离光谱和理论计算对气相中的铝双金属团簇、过渡金属碳化物团簇以及镓、铟和铊团簇进行基础研究，并将这些团簇用作构建固态纳米材料的积木材料。这项工作将描述团簇的电子结构和化学键，以寻找可用于纳米材料合成的结构或电子稳定的团簇，并最终能够将分子性质与块状性质联系起来。%商业部门非常感兴趣的一个领域是先验地开发具有预测和定制性质的新型纳米材料的设计、合成和工程协议。该项目将研究的纳米材料将引起航空航天和电子行业的高度兴趣，受过这些领域培训的学生可能会在就业市场上非常有效地竞争。

0095828WangThis project focuses on a fundamental study of aluminum bimetallic clusters, transition metal carbide clusters, and gallium, indium and thallium clusters in the gas phase using photodetachment spectroscopy and theoretical calculations, and on the use of these clusters as building block materials for the synthesis and characterization of solid state nanometerials. The work will describe the electronic structure and chemical bonding of clusters in a search for structurally or electronically stable ones that can be used in the synthesis of nanomaterials, and ultimately to be able to connect molecular properties with bulk properties.%%%The goal of developing protocols for the design, synthesis, and engineering of novel nanomaterials a priori with predicted and tailored properties is an area of significant interest to the commercial sector. The nanomaterials to be studied in this project will be of high interest to the aerospace and electronics industries, and students trained in these areas are likely to compete very effectively in the job market.