CAREER:Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles as Soluble Supports for Recyclable Reagents and Scavengers

南伊利诺伊大学卡本代尔分校化学与生物化学系的Yong Gao教授得到了有机和大分子化学项目的支持，从事一项研究计划，旨在将核/壳氧化铁/有机聚合物纳米颗粒开发成新型可溶性载体，用于回收工业均相催化剂，试剂和清除剂。 此外，这种可溶性基质可用作平行溶液相组合合成的替代载体。 这项工作的教育部分将包括设立两个针对不同层次学生的研究培训方案。 高年级本科生和研究生将被邀请参加一个培训计划，通过与化学，制药和生物技术公司的研究合作，这将为学生提供与工业研发科学家互动的独特机会。 一个推广计划致力于鼓励低年级本科生，特别是那些目前在科学领域代表性不足的学生参与化学研究并从事化学职业。通过这个职业奖，有机和高分子化学计划支持高勇博士的工作，他的研究可能会对自组装过程带来更多的见解，纳米材料和固相反应的反应动力学。 拟议的工作还可能对工业过程、组合合成、药物发现、材料合成和环境保护的发展产生更广泛的影响，并为培训各级学生提供了一个极好的工具。

Professor Yong Gao of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale is supported by the Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry Program to pursue a research program that intends to develop the core/shell iron oxide/organic polymer nanoparticles into novel soluble supports for recycling industrial homogeneous catalysts, reagents and scavengers. In addition, such soluble matrixes can be used as alternative supports for the parallel solution-phase combinatorial synthesis. The education part of this work will include setting up two research training programs to target students at different levels. Senior undergraduate and graduate students will be invited to join a training program through a research collaboration with chemical, pharmaceutical and biotech companies, which will offer unique opportunities for students to interact with industrial R&D scientists. An outreach program is devoted to encouraging junior undergraduate students, especially the ones who are currently underrepresented in the sciences to participate in chemistry research and pursue a career in chemistry.With this CAREER award the Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry Program supports the work of Dr. Yong Gao whose studies can potentially bring more insight into self-assembly processes, nanomaterials and the reaction kinetics of the solid-phase reactions. The proposed work could also have broader impacts on the development of industrial processes, combinatorial syntheses, drug discovery, material synthesis and environmental protection, and present an excellent vehicle for training students at all levels.