CAREER: Construction of Magnetic Cyanide-, Acetylide-, and Butadiynylide-Based Clusters

这个职业奖由无机，生物无机和有机化学计划支持教授斯蒂芬M。霍尔姆斯在肯塔基州大学研究基于分子的材料，表现出可调的磁和光磁行为。 制备了一系列稳定且磁各向异性的聚（吡唑基）硼酸氰金属盐和炔基前体，并可控聚集成一系列磁性和光磁性多核簇衍生物。 基本的结构-性质关系有助于理解和工程的可调的磁性和光学性质，特别是在分子为基础的存储设备的应用。 夏季纳米研究所和物理性质测量课程的本科生，研究生和博士后学生介绍和描述纳米科学和光谱学的概念，从第一原理的立场。 讨论了用户提供的材料的光谱和磁性表征，并由学生使用远程访问进行辅导实验。 新获得的技能和获得仪器使光谱数据的及时和具有成本效益的收集和解释的研究小组在各种区域本科院校。 区域导师的合作参与以及中心学院和肯塔基州州立大学（当地少数民族服务和历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCU）机构）学生的交流和支持，扩大了整个地区的纳米级课程开发和研究活动。

This CAREER award by the Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry Program supports work by Professor Stephen M. Holmes at the University of Kentucky to study molecule-based materials that exhibit tunable magnetic and photomagnetic behaviors. A series of stable and magnetically anisotropic poly(pyrazolyl)borate cyanometalate and alkynyl precursors are prepared and controllably aggregated into a series of magnetic and photomagnetic polynuclear cluster derivatives. The fundamental structure-property relationships assist in the understanding and engineering of tunable magnetic and optical properties, especially for applications in molecule-based memory devices. The Summer Nanoscale Institute and physical property measurement courses for undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral students introduce and describe nanoscale science and spectroscopy concepts from a first-principle standpoint. Spectroscopic and magnetic characterizations of user-supplied materials are discussed and tutorial experiments are performed by students using remote access. The newly acquired skills and access to instrumentation enable the timely and cost-effective collection and interpretation of spectroscopic data for research groups at a variety of regional undergraduate institutions. Collaborative participation of regional mentors and the exchange and support of their students at Centre College and Kentucky State University (local minority-serving and Historically Black Colleges and University (HBCU) institutions) expand nanoscale curriculum development and research activities across the region.