CAREER: Assembly of Nanoparticles: Size, Shape, Spatial, and Sensory Properties

化学系的分析和表面化学项目将这一职业奖项授予纽约州立大学宾厄姆顿分校，以研究纳米结构材料及其传感应用。凭借这一奖项，钟传健教授将研究介体-模板通路作为组装纳米颗粒的一般策略。将评估控制组装单元的大小、形状和颗粒间空间特性的因素，并探索材料在化学传感中的应用。最初的重点将是硫醚介体和四烷基铵模板，用于组装金属、合金和氧化物纳米颗粒。该项目将通过操纵官能团和链长来检查各种介体和模板系统。该中心亦会发展以纳米化学为中心的新课程单元，以融入本科和研究生课程，并为本地高中教师和学生提供暑期研究机会。当局会发展以介体-模板化学为基础的策略，把纳米粒子组合成不同形状(例如球形、圆柱形、立方体、六角形等)。和尺码。将确定控制纳米颗粒之间的分离距离和组装单元尺寸的关键因素，范围从几个纳米到几个微米。这些材料将用于气体和微流控传感设备。该研究和教育计划将培训教师，并为培养尖端技术技能的高中、本科生和研究生提供实践经验。

The Analytical and Surface Chemistry Program in the Division of Chemistry makes this Career award to the State University of New York at Binghamton to study nanoparticle-structured materials and their sensing applications. With this award, Professor Chuan-Jian Zhong will investigate mediator-template pathways as a general strategy for assembling nanoparticles. Factors that control the size, shape, and interparticle spatial properties of assembled units will be assessed, and applications of the materials in chemical sensing will be explored. Initial focus will be on thioether mediators and tetraalkylammonium templates for the assembly of metal, alloy and oxide nanoparticles. The project will examine a variety of mediator and template systems by manipulating functional groups and chain lengths. The PI will also develop new course modules centered on nanoscale-chemistry for integration into the undergraduate and graduate curriculum and provide summer research opportunities to local high school teachers and students.Strategies based on mediator-template chemistry will be developed for assembling nanoparticles into different shapes (e.g., spherical, cylindrical, cubic, hexagonal, etc.) and sizes. Factors essential to controlling the separation distances between nanoparticles and the dimensions of assembled units on scales ranging from several nanometers to a few micrometers will be identified. The materials will be employed for use in gas and microfluidic sensing devices. The research and education plan will train teachers and provide hands-on experiences for students at the high school, undergraduate and graduate levels that develop cutting-edge technological skills.