NIRT: Redox and Conduction Routing in Molecular Electronics

化学(CHE)、材料研究(DMR)和计算与通信基金会(CCF)的部门正在支持康奈尔大学的赫克托·阿布鲁纳、杰弗里·科茨、保罗·麦克尤恩、丹尼尔·拉尔夫和詹姆斯·塞纳纳以及西北大学的马克·拉特纳作为纳米级跨学科研究团队(NIRT)的研究工作。他们的工作将集中在创造和表征基于单分子和导电聚合物的电子设备。NIRT汇集了一个多学科团队，他们可以处理项目的所有方面，从化学合成到物理表征和建模。这些系统实验的结果将提供对纳米级电子学的基本理解。该项目的结果还可能直接影响技术上的重要设备，如单分子晶体管和超小型传感器。这项工作将对本科生和研究生产生影响，包括招聘和留住人数不足的少数群体，并在纳米科学的前沿领域提供出色的培训和研究经验。这个NIRT将作为纽约州K-12教师的外展中心，开发和传播基于纽约数学、科学和技术标准的动手实验室练习。NIRT的参与者还将准备和展示一个关于科学伦理的座谈会风格的演讲，其中将包括最近在分子电子学方面的一个案例。

The Divisions of Chemistry (CHE), Materials Research (DMR), and Computing & Communication Foundations (CCF) are supporting Hector Abruna, Geoffrey Coates, Paul McEuen, Daniel Ralph, and James Sethna of Cornell University and Mark Ratner of Northwestern University in a research effort as a Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team (NIRT). Their work will focus on creating and characterizing electronic devices based on single molecules and conducting polymers. The NIRT brings together a multidisciplinary team that can address all aspects of the project from chemical synthesis to physical characterization and modeling. The results of these systematic experiments will provide a fundamental understanding of electronics at the nanoscale. The results from this project could also directly impact technologically important devices such as single-molecule transistors and ultra-small sensors. This work will impact undergraduate and graduate students, including recruitment and retention of underrepresented minorities, and provide excellent training and research experiences in a forefront area of nanoscience. This NIRT will serve as a center of outreach for New York State K-12 teachers by developing and disseminating hands-on laboratory exercises based on New York Math, Science, and Technology Standards. The NIRT participants will also prepare and present a colloquium-style presentation on scientific ethics, which will include a recent case in molecular electronics.