CCI Phase I: Center for Molecular Spintronics

这一阶段的CCI将探索用于自旋电子学的有前景的分子材料：抗磁性金属酞菁配合物、双稳顺磁分子和半导体低聚物。高度集成的研究计划将包括合成和表征、详细的表面结构和成键研究、自旋注入和输运测量以及计算建模。跨学科研究团队的最初目标是阐明顺磁性络合物的结构-自旋电子学性质关系，并研究这些分子的电子结构和磁电子结构是如何受到固态环境中集成的影响的。分子自旋电子学中心将在新兴的分子自旋电子学领域开发新的课程。在这种跨学科(化学、物理、材料科学)环境下接受培训的学生和博士后研究人员将准备成为该领域的科学领导者。分子自旋电子学中心将与当地和地区公司合作，确保这门科学能够被纳入下一代分子电子学和纳米技术创新。化学创新中心(CCI)计划支持能够应对重大的、长期的基础化学研究挑战的研究中心，这些挑战既有可能产生变革性的研究，也有可能导致创新。这些中心将通过分享他们对这一具有挑战性的问题的创新方法的结果，吸引广泛的科学和公众兴趣。

This Phase I CCI will explore promising molecular materials for spintronics: diamagnetic metal complexes of phthalocyanines, bistable paramagnetic molecules, and semiconducting oligomers. The highly integrated research program will include synthesis and characterization, detailed surface structure and bonding studies, spin injection and transport measurements, and computational modeling. The initial goals of the interdisciplinary team of researchers are to elucidate the structure-spintronic property relationships of paramagnetic complexes and also to study how the electronic structure and magneto-electronic structures of these molecules are influenced by integration into solid state environments.The Center for Molecular Spintronics will develop new coursework in the emerging field of molecular spintronics. Students and postdoctoral researchers trained in this interdisciplinary (chemistry, physics, materials science) environment will be prepared to be scientific leaders in this field. The Center for Molecular Spintronics will partner with the local and regional companies to ensure that this science can be incorporated into the next generation of molecular electronics and nanotechnology innovations.The Centers for Chemical Innovation (CCI) Program supports research centers that can address major, long-term fundamental chemical research challenges that have a high probability of both producing transformative research and leading to innovation. These Centers will attract broad scientific and public interest by sharing the results of their innovative approach to this challenging question.