RUI: Organometallic NanoStars

杨斯敦州立大学化学系的Allen Hunter在异腈桥接有机金属材料方面的研究得到了无机化学、生物无机化学和有机金属化学计划(化学系)和固态化学和聚合物计划(材料研究部)的联合支持。刚性棒状构筑块-[-tran-Mo(Pr3)4(Mu-CN-Arene-NC)]-将与其他单体或低聚物缩合，形成明确的一维结构，然后通过中心金属原子/离子连接起来，形成星形纳米结构材料。结构和电子性能可以通过改变构建块组件进行微调。这些材料将探索结构/性质的关系，特别是臂的数量、臂的长度、臂的共轭程度和金属顶点的性质。本科生的研究使本科生能够在化学和材料科学方面获得宝贵的实践经验。该项目还让当地高中教师参与了研究。除了这些教育方面的好处，有机金属聚合物在材料科学中也有潜在的应用。

Allen Hunter, Department of Chemistry, Youngstown State University, is supported jointly by the Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry Program (Division of Chemistry) and the Solid State Chemistry and Polymers Program (Division of Materials Research) for his research in isonitrile-bridged organometallic materials. Rigid rod building blocks,-[-trans-Mo(PR3)4(mu-CN-arene-NC)]-, will be condensed with other monomers or oligomers to produce well-defined one dimensional structures and then linked by central metal atoms/ions to produce star-shaped nanostructured materials. Structural and electronic properties can be finely tuned by varying the building block components. Structure/property relationships will be explored in these materials, particularly the number of arms, the arm length, the degree of conjugation down the arms, and the nature of the metal vertex.Research at Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) enables undergraduates to gain valuable experience in "hands-on" chemistry and materials science. This project also involves local high school teachers in research. In addition to these educational benefits, the organometallic polymers have potential applications in materials science.