Nanostructured Organic Materials for Ultrafast Optoelectronics

化学部的先进材料计划支持西北大学设计，合成和开发新型多功能荧光团，将快速单向内部光诱导电子转移与电荷分离物质的有效荧光相结合。凭借该奖项，Michael Wasielewski教授将研究分子结构特征，以根据需要定制这些材料的光学和电子特性。 分子设计结合二萘嵌苯衍生物将被用来设计分子开关在分子器件中的潜在应用。研究生将从该奖项提供的材料化学和材料物理特性表征方面的培训和研究机会中受益匪浅。通过该奖项，将使用光激发研究合成分子实体中电子的超快速光学门控。 分子将被设计，合成和衍生物纳入，这些分子将通过时间分辨飞秒激光光谱方法进行表征。 设计具有潜在应用价值的分子开关将是这些研究的成果之一。 学生将极大地受益于该奖项在材料化学和材料物理特性表征方面提供的培训和研究机会。

The Advanced Materials Program in the Chemistry Division supports this award to Northwestern University to design, synthesize and develop novel multifunctional fluorophores that combine fast unidirectional internal photoinduced electron transfer with efficient fluorescence from the charge-separated species. With this award, Professor Michael Wasielewski will study molecular structural features to tailor optical and electronic properties of these materials as desired. Molecular design incorporating perylene derivatives will be used to design molecular switches for potential applications in molecular devices. Graduate students will greatly benefit from training and research opportunities provided by this award in materials chemistry and in photophysical property characterization of materials.With this award, ultra fast optical gating of electrons in synthetic molecular entities will be studied using photoexcitation. Molecules will be designed, synthesized and derivatives incorporated, and these molecules will be characterized by time-resolved femtosecond laser spectroscopic methods. Design of molecular switches with potential application in molecular devices will be one of the out come of these studies. Students will greatly benefit from training and research opportunities provided by this award in materials chemistry, and in characterization of photophysical properties of materials.