CAREER: A Research and Education Program in Nanostructured Materials for Adsorption Based Separations at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

职业：波多黎各大学马亚圭斯分校的吸附分离纳米结构材料研究和教育项目

• 批准号: 0546370
• 负责人: Arturo Hernandez-Maldonado
• 金额: $ 39.61万
• 依托单位: University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-07-01 至 2012-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0546370&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CAREER; Research; Education; Program; Nanostructured

This project presents research and educational activities designed to elucidate important aspects about nanoporous materials and disseminate knowledge in cutting-edge adsorption-based separations, respectively. The research efforts are divided in two main tasks. The first one focuses in the understanding, development, and preparation of sorbents based on thermally unstable nanostructures. This will be accomplished by using experimental characterization techniques and molecular dynamics calculations, to expose the effect that protonated structure directing agents (SDAs) have on the coordination of tetrahedral atoms in high transition metal content specific framework environments. SDA removal to expose the unique adsorption properties willbe accomplished through solvent extraction, ion exchange, and/or chemical cleavage techniques. The new sorbent materials will be characterized for potential adsorption separation applications. The second research task in this proposal aims at the development of complexation and oxidation sorbents for the selective, highcapacity removal of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) from water streams. These contaminants are present at the parts-per-million and per-billion levels, which are difficult to trim down using existent water-purification technologies. The sorbent materials to be considered here will offer adsorption interactions sufficiently strong to remove PPCPs at such concentration levels while allowing regeneration cycles by using simple engineering means. The sorbent materials will be screened through dynamic adsorption tests and using density functional theory calculations. The educational efforts will involve students from the K-12 to the graduate level. At the graduate level, it is proposed to create a graduate course entitled Adsorption in Nanostructured Materials. The course will cover state-of-the-art methods in material science in chemical engineering, including sorbents synthesis, material adsorption performance analysis, and molecular dynamics simulation, a combination that is nottypically found in advanced single graduate courses. At the undergraduate level, the tasks aim at the inclusion of topics related to nanoporous materials and cutting-edge adsorption methods to an existing mass transport course. In addition, the education activities include the development and implementation of adsorption related modules for advanced multimedia presentation techniques in the classroom. This and other ongoing departmental activities will help to revise the Chemical Engineering curriculum and address several future challenges, including the increased understanding and appreciation of the potential for nanoscale science and engineering needed to create an informed citizenry and a competitive workforce. At the K-12 level, this proposal includes activities that will be implemented through the Science on Wheels program. These activities include development of K-5 and junior/high school Hispanic students level adsorption learning modules, respectively, and the use of pre-engineering workshops for early recruitment. The research work in this project is aimed at developing techniques to expose thermallyunstable porous materials surface area and pore volume for adsorption applications and to design sorbents with high selectivity and capacity towards PPCPs. The former will shed light into SDA removal dynamics in nanostructured environments were frame charge compensation limits the stability of the structure. Although the proposed work aims specifically at high transition metal content SBE materials, the outcome should impact other structures that exhibit a similar quandary. The second part of the proposed work is the first known attempt to address PPCPs mitigation via non-traditional sorbents. Therefore, its impact will be immediate and will provide new ways of functionalizing hydrophobic surfaces for water purification methods. Educational activities for the creation of a graduate course in nanostructured sorbent materials, addition of cutting-edge adsorption related topics into an undergraduate course, development of advanced multimedia adsorption modules, development of K-12 adsorption education modules and participation in early students recruitment for engineering careers will help to address future challenges in Chemical Engineering and other Nanoscale Sciences. One of the main goals of this proposal is to teach and train underrepresented students in topics related to nanoscale adsorption sciences and engineering. The research and educational activities presented in this proposal were designed with the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguezs (UPRM) strategic plan in mind. According to NSF definitions, the UPRM is a non-PhD institution, but several ongoing research and educational activities, including this proposal, are poised to change that status. The efforts will also help the UPRMs Chemical Engineering program, the largest Hispanic chemical engineers producer in the Nation, to implement research and education initiatives in nanotechnology, engineering materials, environmental and energy sciences. The results obtained from the research and education tasks will be disseminated through peer review journals as well as national meetings.

该项目提出了研究和教育活动，旨在阐明有关纳米多孔材料的重要方面，并传播知识，在尖端的吸附分离，分别。研究工作分为两个主要任务。第一个侧重于基于热不稳定纳米结构的吸附剂的理解，开发和制备。这将通过使用实验表征技术和分子动力学计算来实现，以暴露质子化结构导向剂（SDA）在高过渡金属含量特定框架环境中对四面体原子配位的影响。通过溶剂萃取、离子交换和/或化学裂解技术去除SDA以暴露独特的吸附特性。新的吸附剂材料的特点是潜在的吸附分离应用。该提案的第二项研究任务旨在开发络合和氧化吸附剂，用于选择性，高容量地去除水流中的药物和个人护理产品（PPCPs）。这些污染物存在于百万分之一和十亿分之一的水平，这是很难削减使用现有的水净化技术。这里考虑的吸附剂材料将提供足够强的吸附相互作用，以去除这种浓度水平的PPCP，同时允许通过使用简单的工程手段进行再生循环。吸附剂材料将通过动态吸附试验和密度泛函理论计算进行筛选。教育工作将涉及从K-12到研究生水平的学生。在研究生一级，建议开设一门题为“纳米结构材料中的吸附”的研究生课程。本课程将涵盖化学工程中材料科学的最新方法，包括吸附剂合成、材料吸附性能分析和分子动力学模拟，这是高级研究生课程中不常见的组合。在本科阶段，任务旨在将与纳米多孔材料和尖端吸附方法相关的主题纳入现有的质量传输课程。此外，教育活动还包括开发和实施课堂先进多媒体演示技术的吸附相关模块。这和其他正在进行的部门活动将有助于修订化学工程课程，并解决未来的几个挑战，包括增加理解和欣赏的潜力，需要创造一个知情的公民和有竞争力的劳动力的纳米科学和工程。在K-12级别，该提案包括将通过车轮上的科学计划实施的活动。这些活动包括分别开发K-5和初中/高中西班牙裔学生一级的吸收学习模块，以及利用工程前讲习班进行早期招聘。本项目的研究工作旨在开发用于吸附应用的热不稳定多孔材料表面积和孔体积的技术，并设计对PPCPs具有高选择性和容量的吸附剂。前者将揭示SDA去除动力学在纳米结构的环境中，框架电荷补偿限制了结构的稳定性。虽然拟议的工作专门针对高过渡金属含量的SBE材料，其结果应该会影响其他表现出类似困境的结构。拟议工作的第二部分是通过非传统吸附剂解决PPCPs缓解的第一次已知尝试。因此，其影响将是直接的，并将为水净化方法提供功能化疏水表面的新方法。创建纳米结构吸附剂材料研究生课程的教育活动，将尖端吸附相关主题添加到本科课程中，开发先进的多媒体吸附模块，开发K-12吸附教育模块并参与早期学生招聘工程职业将有助于解决化学工程和其他纳米科学未来的挑战。该提案的主要目标之一是在与纳米吸附科学和工程相关的主题中教授和培训代表性不足的学生。本提案中提出的研究和教育活动是根据马亚格斯波多黎各大学的战略计划设计的。根据NSF的定义，UPRM是一个非博士机构，但包括本提案在内的几项正在进行的研究和教育活动有望改变这一状况。这些努力还将帮助UPRMs化学工程计划，全国最大的西班牙裔化学工程师生产商，实施纳米技术，工程材料，环境和能源科学的研究和教育计划。研究和教育工作取得的成果将通过同行审查期刊和国家会议传播。