Solution and Solid State Chemistry of Homo- and Hetero-Atomic Deltahedral Clusters of Main-Group Elements

化学部门的先进材料计划支持该奖项授予圣母大学，以开发对12至15族元素的氧化还原电位、氧化态和反应性的理解，这些族包括金属、半金属或半导体元素。研究的重点将是基于溶液和固体化学的homo-和hetero-原子阴离子簇的合成，以及基于锗或III-V族化合物的主基团阴离子簇的成键研究。许多中性纳米粒子或半导体薄膜将被合成，而产生具有连接簇扩展结构的聚合物材料的反应将由Slavi Sevov教授获得该奖项。有了这个奖项，从12到15族元素，如铟、铋、锡、镓和其他相关元素的负氧化态，将研究它们的键合、结构、配位和homo-和hetero-原子阴离子簇的反应性。结合溶液化学和固体化学来合成具有连接簇的扩展结构。

The Advanced Materials Program in the Chemistry Division supports this award to University of Notre Dame to develop an understanding of redox potentials, oxidation states and reactivity of elements from Groups 12 to 15, and these groups include metallic, semimetallic or semi-conducting elements. The focus of the research will be solution and solid state chemistry based synthesis of homo- and hetero-atomic anion clusters, and to study the bonding of main group anion clusters based on germanium or Group III-V compounds. A number of neutral nanoparticles or semiconducting thin films will be synthesized, and reactions to produce polymeric materials with extended structures of linked clusters will be studied by Prof. Slavi Sevov with this award.With this award, negative oxidation states of elements from Groups 12 to 15 such as indium, bismuth, tin, gallium and other related elements will be studied with respect to their bonding, structures, coordination and reactivity of homo- and hetero-atomic anion clusters. Both solution chemistry and solid state chemistry will be followed to synthesize extended structures with linked clusters.