Rational Design of Chromonic Liquid Crystals for the Fabrication of Anisotropic Organic Materials

用于制造各向异性有机材料的有色液晶的合理设计

• 批准号: 0804897
• 负责人: Ana de Bettencourt-Dias
• 金额: $ 18万
• 依托单位: Board of Regents, NSHE, obo University of Nevada, Reno
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-07-01 至 2013-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0804897&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Rational; Design; Chromonic; Liquid; Crystals

This renewal award to University of Nevada Reno by the Solid State Materials Chemistry program in the Division of Materials Research will focus on studying the self-organization of ionic aromatic compounds into the chromonic liquid-crystalline phase and fabricating multi-functional anisotropic (direction-dependent) materials. This interest is motivated by the increasing demand of multi-functional materials with complex collections of properties for high technology applications. This research will provide a better understanding of the structure-property relationships in liquid-crystalline and crystal phases which is crucial for the rational design of compounds with desired properties, the molecular level control of materials properties, the generation of new functional materials, and the development of applications. The success of this research will broadly impact the society because of the increasing demand for anisotropic materials, long-wavelength and Near Infrared dyes, and optical materials in general. Furthermore, the integrated teaching and research program will provide important education and training to undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers.The proposed studies are expected to be scientifically interesting and technologically important by providing better understanding of the structural parameters that dictate chromonic properties. These studies are expected to provide scientific guidance for future design of the molecular components needed to construct the next generation of multi-functional materials for sensing and display applications. With respect to teaching, training, education and outreach activities, the project integrates traditional organic synthesis with modern materials research, and will offer a broad foundation of training for students involved in the research project.

材料研究部固态材料化学项目向内华达州大学里诺颁发的这一更新奖项将侧重于研究离子芳香族化合物自组织成有色液晶相和制造多功能各向异性（方向相关）材料。这种兴趣是由高科技应用对具有复杂性质集合的多功能材料的日益增长的需求所激发的。 这一研究将有助于更好地理解液晶相和晶相的结构与性能的关系，这对于合理设计具有所需性能的化合物、在分子水平上控制材料性能、产生新的功能材料以及开发应用是至关重要的。 这项研究的成功将广泛影响社会，因为对各向异性材料，长波长和近红外染料以及一般光学材料的需求不断增加。 此外，综合教学和研究计划将提供重要的教育和培训，本科生，研究生和博士后researchers.拟议的研究预计将是科学上有趣的和技术上的重要性，通过提供更好的理解的结构参数，决定发色性质。 这些研究有望为未来设计构建下一代传感和显示应用多功能材料所需的分子组分提供科学指导。 在教学、培训、教育和推广活动方面，该项目将传统有机合成与现代材料研究相结合，并将为参与研究项目的学生提供广泛的培训基础。