CAREER: Supramolecular Synthesis from Clay Mimics to Clusters

该奖项由化学：无机、生物无机和有机金属化学计划和材料研究：固态化学计划部门授予密西西比州立大学的Alicia M.Beatty教授，以支持氢键无机/有机杂化材料的合成和表征研究。超分子合成方法将为制备有机柱无机/有机杂化层(同金属粘土模拟物)和杂化柱杂化层(异金属粘土模拟物)建立新的方法。这些新型材料有望在催化、化学分离和分子识别等方面有广泛的应用，并在磁性固体和半导体的开发中具有潜在的应用。该教育计划为密西西比州地区15所高中的学生和教师提供了参与化学研究的机会。Beatty教授特别注重鼓励妇女以及代表不足的少数族裔和经济上处于不利地位的本科生和高中生参加她的研究和教育活动。密西西比州的科学教师还将开设一年一度的继续教育课程，重点是晶体生长、粘土化学、沸石和矿物。

This award by the Division of Chemistry: Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic Chemistry Program, and the Division of Materials Research: Solid State Chemistry Program, to Professor Alicia M. Beatty at Mississippi State University supports studies on the synthesis and characterization of hydrogen-bonded inorganic/organic hybrid materials. The supermolecular synthetic approach will establish new methods for the preparation of inorganic/organic hybrid layers with organic pillars (homo-metallic clay mimics) and hybrid layers with hybrid pillars (hetero-metallic clay mimics). These novel materials are expected to have broad use in catalysis, chemical separations, and molecular recognition, as well as potential applications in the development of magnetic solids and semiconductors. The educational plan provides students and teachers in fifteen high schools in the Mississippi State region with an opportunity to participate in chemical research. Professor Beatty particularly focuses on encouraging women as well as underrepresented minority and economically disadvantaged undergraduate and high school students to take part in her research and educational activities. Annual continuing education classes focusing on crystal growth, clay chemistries, and zeolites and minerals will also be offered to Mississippi science teachers.