U.S.-Germany Dissertation Enhancement: Supramolecular Structures Based on Photo-Reactive Cationic Surfactants and Polyelectrolytes

美国-德国论文增强：基于光反应阳离子表面活性剂和聚电解质的超分子结构0824923离子液体的变革性影响已经从简单的？绿色？溶剂作为挥发性有机溶剂的替代品，以商业上可行的技术，从电活性器件到高效催化剂。 离子液体已经成为未来技术的平台，离子液体现在是机电换能器和高性能膜的组成部分，用于替代能源。 衍生自离子液体前体的大分子能够将前所未有的带电单元和抗衡离子引入到无数的电活性器件中。 一个多学科的研究团队是至关重要的，从根本上了解未来的技术包含离子液体的结构-性质-性能的关系。 离子液体的多样化学结构为新型大分子结构提供了扩展的构建模块工具箱。 结构表征将驻留在传统学科的边界，并需要在不同的策略，从水相尺寸排阻色谱和溶液流变学固态形态的专业知识。 Timothy E教授的合作。Long和Matthew Hunley先生在弗吉尼亚理工大学与阿克塞尔H.E.教授的研究小组合作。德国拜罗伊特大学的Müller将独特地集合回答这些基本问题所需的合成和表征专业知识。博士论文强化计划将集中于光反应性阳离子聚电解质和可聚合阳离子两亲物的合成和初步表征。 光反应性阳离子聚电解质和两亲物，提出了形成定制的超分子组装的功能性应用，如圆柱形？管状的？胶束和离子通道。大分子拓扑结构对聚电解质和两亲性离子液体聚合物形成功能性纳米尺度支架的能力的影响也将被调查。弗吉尼亚理工大学和拜罗伊特大学之间的这项合作将国际知名的科学家和世界一流的表征设施和专业知识联系起来，而这些设施和专业知识在一所大学中是找不到的。 它将资助美国研究生马修·亨利（Matthew Hunley）在拜罗伊特与阿克塞尔·穆勒（Axel Müller）领导的团队进行一个学期的研究。 这项合作为两个国际组织搭建了桥梁，使跨文化互动和思想交流成为可能，并促进了两个组织之间的长期研究合作。 这些研究将提供基本的科学知识，综合社会影响将集中在更聪明，？更绿？用于电子和生物医学应用的机电设备和高性能膜。

U.S-Germany Dissertation Enhancement: Supramolecular Structures Based on Photo-Reactive Cationic Surfactants and Polyelectrolytes0824923The transformative impact of ionic liquids has evolved from simple ?green? solvents as replacements for volatile organic solvents to commercially viable technologies ranging from electro-active devices to efficient catalysts. Ionic liquids have emerged as a platform for future technologies, and ionic liquids are now integral components in electromechanical transducers and high-performance membranes for alternate energy. Macromolecules that are derived from ionic liquid precursors enable the introduction of unprecedented charged units and counterions into a myriad of electro-active devices. A multidisciplinary research team is critical to fundamentally understand the structure-property-performance relationships for future technologies containing ionic liquids. The diverse chemical structure of ionic liquids offers an expanded toolbox of building blocks for novel macromolecular architecture. Structural characterization will reside at the boundaries of traditional academic disciplines and requires expertise in diverse strategies ranging from aqueous size-exclusion chromatography and solution rheology to solid state morphology. Collaboration among Professor Timothy E. Long and Mr. Matthew Hunley at Virginia Tech with the research group of Professor Axel H.E. Müller at Universität Bayreuth in Germany will uniquely assemble the synthetic and characterization expertise required to answer these fundamental questions. The proposed Doctoral Dissertation Enhancement Project will focus on the synthesis and preliminary characterization of photo-reactive cationic polyelectrolytes and polymerizable cationic amphiphiles. Photo-reactive cationic polyelectrolytes and amphiphiles are proposed to form tailored supramolecular assemblies for functional applications, such as cylindrical ?tubular? micelles and ion channels. The influence of macromolecular topology on the ability of polyelectrolytes and amphiphilic ionic liquid polymers to form functional nanometer-scale scaffolds will also be investigated.This collaboration between Virginia Tech and the Universität Bayreuth connects internationally-renowned scientists and world-class characterization facilities and expertise not found at a single university. It will fund Matthew Hunley, a U.S. graduate student, to spend one semester in Bayreuth conducting research with the team led by Axel Müller. The collaboration bridges the two international groups to enable cross-cultural interaction and idea exchange, as well as fosters long-term research collaborations between the two groups. The studies will provide fundamental scientific knowledge, and integrated societal impact will focus on smarter, ?greener? electromechanical devices and high-performance membranes for electronic and biomedical applications.