Chemistry and Electrochemistry of Nanoparticles From Metal to Molecule-Like

化学系的分析和表面化学(ASC)计划将支持北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校的罗伊斯·默里教授的研究计划。Murray教授的研究将加深我们对金核和封端配体之间的相互作用对单层保护的金纳米团簇(MPC)电子性质的影响的理解。默里教授和他的学生将开发新的化学，以显着改善和控制纳米颗粒之间和表面之间的耦合。他们还将继续开发新的分析工具，以表征MPC的多分散性、组成和动力学。该项目将促进对纳米颗粒物质的基本了解，并从长远来看，导致新的和改进的电子设备的开发。这项研究将为希望在电子纳米材料尖端领域进行培训的本科生、研究生和博士后研究员提供一个极好的教育机会。

The Analytical and Surface Chemistry (ASC) program of the Division of Chemistry will support the research program of Prof. Royce Murray of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prof. Murray's research will increase our understanding of the effect of interactions between the gold core and capping ligands on the electronic properties of monolayer protected gold nanoclusters (MPC). Prof. Murray and his students will develop new chemistry to significantly improve and control the coupling of nanoparticles to one another and to surfaces. They will also continue developing new analytical tools to characterize MPCs' polydispersity, composition, and dynamics. The project will advance basic understanding of nanoparticulate matter and in the long term lead to the development of new and improved electronic devices. The study will provide an excellent educational opportunity for undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who wish to train in the cutting edge area of electronic nanomaterials.