NSF-Europe: Novel Method for Synthesis of Silicates Possessing Ordered Pore Structure and Containing Metal Particles of Nanometer Scale with Defined Crystal Phase

该项目利用溶液方法合成纳米级过渡金属颗粒，然后将其结合到介孔氧化物硅酸盐的孔道中。这是一个由UCB/LBNL和匈牙利Szeged的Jozsef Attila大学合作的项目。该项目的目标是开发和改进制备含金属催化剂的新的合成方法，该方法包括：(1)以一定的晶体形式包含金属组分；(2)将金属颗粒锚定在微孔或介孔材料的通道或笼状系统中；(3)使金属颗粒能够被吸附物和进入孔系统的反应物分子接触，从而(4)可以测试该系统的催化活性。该项目的成功将引起学术界和工业界的高度兴趣，因为它将为具有高潜在技术影响的催化研究带来巨大的回报。此外，由于在这个项目上取得成功面临着重大的跨学科挑战，也将有独特的教育影响机会，因为将在该项目中工作并往返于加州大学伯克利分校/劳伦斯·利弗莫尔国家实验室和匈牙利塞格德的Jozsef Attila大学之间的博士后学者将需要与参与该项目的研究生很好地接触。正如已经指出的，由于这项研究是高风险的，技术回报非常高，它将提供培训技能，使学生在就业市场上非常有竞争力。该NSF项目由多学科活动办公室、材料研究部(固态化学)和国际办公室(西欧)共同资助，作为NSF和欧洲在材料研究方面的合作活动(NSF 02-135)。该项目涉及加州大学伯克利分校/劳伦斯·利弗莫尔国家实验室和匈牙利塞格德的Jozsef Attila大学之间的合作。

This project utilizes solution methods to synthesize nanometer scale transition metal particles that can then be incorporated into the pores of mesoporous oxide silicates. It is a collaborative project involving UCB/LBNL and the Jozsef Attila University in Szeged, Hungary. The goals of the project are to develop and improve novel synthesis methods for the preparation of metal containing catalysts that (1) contain the metal components in a definite crystal form, (2) anchor the metal particles in the channel or cage system of micro- or meso-porous materials, (3) with the metal particles being accessible to adsorbates and reactant molecules that enter the pore system so that (4) the catalytic activity of the system can be tested.Success with this project will be of high interest to the academic and industrial community since it will have a big payoff for catalysis research with high potential technological impact. In addition, because of the significant interdisciplinary challenges to achieving success on this project there will also be unique opportunities for educational impact in that the postdoctoral scholar who will be working on the project and traveling between University of California at Berkeley / Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Jozsef Attila University in Szeged in Hungary will need to be well interfaced with graduate students participating in this project. As has been pointed out, because this research is high-risk with very high technological payoff, it will provide training skills that will make students very competitive in the job market.This NSF project is co-funded by the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities, the Divisioin of Materials Research (Solid State Chemistry), and the International Office (Western Europe) as a Cooperative Activity in Materials Research between the NSF and Europe (NSF 02-135). This project involves a collaboration between the University of California at Berkeley / Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Jozsef Attila University in Szeged in Hungary.