U.S.-Mexico Collaborative Research: Metal-Containing Dendrimer-Modified Electrodes - Detection and Quantification of Organic Species in Aqueous Solution

0405242纽科姆美国-墨西哥奖将支持阿克伦大学的乔治纽科梅博士与路易斯A。Godinez，墨西哥克雷塔罗的Centro de Investigacion y Desarrollo Tecnologico en Electroquimica（CIDETEQ）。 研究人员将把树枝状化学与卟啉和单层技术的更成熟领域相结合，探索构建和使用电分析装置的新途径和概念。 具体而言，他们将把合成树枝状技术和协议结合到有机分析传感器件的表面改性中。该项目解决了一个重要问题，即在稀水环境中方便简单地分析有机材料。 超分子合成与表面修饰和电化学表征的融合可能提供常规修饰无法实现的优点，并有望为材料和器件工程带来新的构建模块和方法。 美国团队将主要负责分支结构单元和树枝状聚合物的设计和合成，以及它们与卟啉化学的整合。墨西哥小组将主要负责单层和器件的制造和测试。 两个小组都将负责设备的改进和增强。

0405242NewkomeThis U.S.-Mexico award will support Dr. George Newkome of the University of Akron in a research collaboration with Dr. Luis A. Godinez of the Centro de Investigacion y Desarrollo Tecnologico en Electroquimica (CIDETEQ) in Queretaro, Mexico. The researchers will integrate dendritic chemistry with the more mature areas of porphyrin and monolayer technology to explore new avenues and concepts for constructing and using electroanalytical devices. Specifically, they will incorporate synthetic dendritic technologies and protocols into the surface modification of organic analytic sensing devices.This project addresses an important problem, namely, the convenient and simple analysis of organic materials in dilute aqueous environments. The melding of supramolecular synthesis with surface modification and electrochemical characterization may offer advantages that can not be realized by more conventional modification and is expected to lead to new building blocks and methodologies for material and device engineering. The U.S. group will be primarily responsible for the design and synthesis of branched building blocks and dendrimers as well as their integration into porphyrin chemistry. The Mexican group will be primarily responsible for monolayer and device fabrication and testing. Both groups will be responsible for device evolution and enhancement.