Intercalation Compounds

这个项目的目标是发现和表征具有开放结构的新的过渡金属氧化物，这些氧化物能够作为客体-主体反应插层化合物的宿主。这些氧化物形成了耐人寻味的结构，包括纳米卷曲和纳米资源蛋白，能够嵌入包括锂在内的一系列离子，因此对用于先进的锂电池和用作传感器很有兴趣。发生在插层上的氧化还原反应不仅改变了物理性质，而且可能允许卷曲可逆地发生，从而充当纳米机械执行器。该项目将培训学生并使用最尖端的表征技术，不仅在宾厄姆顿，今年将安装1500万美元的材料表征，而且还将在国家实验室，包括布鲁克海文，阿贡和橡树岭。该项目的学生和博士后不仅将成为科学领袖，还将通过参加纽约州立大学宾厄姆顿分校化学和材料科学的本科生课程来帮助培训下一代学生，从入门化学到纳米科学、固体化学和材料分析技术的高级课程。%该项目的目标是发现和表征可能应用于新材料的新材料，例如作为传感器或先进能量存储设备的组件，可能为下一代电动汽车提供动力。这些材料形成了不同的形状，比如海胆，大小从几毫米到纳米不等。在这些材料的形成过程中，我们通过使用绿色方法来模仿自然，从而产生了完全不同的材料。然后使用国家实验室设施对这些材料进行表征；这不仅为我们提供了最好的能力，而且还培训了学生掌握这些先进技术，从而为美国提供了下一代尖端科学家。我们还让这些研究生参与本科生的教育，从一年级的化学入门到高级水平的高级课程。我们希望这样做不仅能吸引更多的学生进入科学和工程领域，而且还能造就一批更懂科学的人。使用NSF资金培训的学生已经在工业、国家实验室和学术界找到了教学职位。

This project targets the discovery and characterization of new transition metal oxides with open structures that are capable of acting as the host for guest-host reactions intercalation compounds. These oxides form intriguing structures, including nanoscrolls and nanourchins, that are able to intercalate a range of ions, including lithium and are therefore of interest for use in advance lithium batteries, and as sensors. The redox reactions that occur on intercalation modify not only the physical properties but may allow for the scrolling to occur reversibly and therefore act as nano-mechanical actuators. This project will train students in and use the most cutting-edge characterization techniques, not only at Binghamton where 15M$ of materials characterization is being installed this year, but also at the National Laboratories, including Brookhaven, Argonne and Oak Ridge. The students and postdoc on this project will not only move on to become scientific leaders themselves, but will help train the next generation of students by participating in undergraduate classes at SUNY-Binghamton in Chemistry and Materials Science from Introductory Chemistry through senior level courses in Nanoscience, Solid State Chemistry and Materials Analysis Techniques.%%%This project targets the discovery and characterization of new materials that might find application for example as sensors or as components of advanced energy storage devices, that might power the next generation of electric vehicles. These materials form in different shapes, like urchins, and in different sizes ranging from a few millimeters to the nanosize. In the formation of these materials we mimic nature by using green approaches that lead to completely different materials. These materials are then characterized using National Laboratory Facilities; this not only gives us the best capabilities but also trains students in these advanced techniques thus providing the United States with the next-generation of leading-edge scientists. We also involve these graduate students in the education of undergraduates, ranging from first year Introductory Chemistry through advanced senior-level classes. Doing this we hope to not only attract more students into the sciences and engineering, but also lead to a more scientifically-literate population. The students trained using NSF funding have found positions in industry, national labs and in teaching positions in academia.