CAREER: Controlled Syntheses of pi-Conjugated Materials

密歇根大学安娜堡分校的Anne J. McNeil教授受到化学系化学催化项目的支持，研究镍催化的链生长聚合，用于合成偶联聚合物和共聚物。提出的研究目标包括：(a)深入了解过渡金属催化链生长聚合的机制；(b)合成、表征和评估作为中间体和引发剂的新型ni0 -芳烃配合物；(c)开发新的合成方法，为具有新性质和应用的新型功能有机材料提供途径；(d)阐明使用多种单体时的基本反应性偏好。这项提议的研究有望促进我们对金属催化共轭聚合物聚合的理解，并有可能增加可用于技术设备的共轭材料的多样性，包括薄膜太阳能电池和发光二极管。研究生和本科生将在涉及有机、无机和聚合物化学的多学科研究方面进行培训。学生和其他教职员工将参与维基百科中化学条目的全面检查。

Professor Anne J. McNeil of the University of Michigan Ann Arbor is supported by the Chemical Catalysis Program in the Division of Chemistry to study Ni-catalyzed chain growth polymerization for the synthesis of pi-conjugated polymers and copolymers. The aims of the proposed research include (a) obtaining insight into the mechanism of transition-metal-catalyzed chain-growth polymerizations, (b) synthesizing, characterizing, and evaluating new Ni0-arene -complexes as intermediates and initiators, (c) developing new synthetic methods to provide access to a new class of functional organic materials with novel properties and applications, and (d) elucidating the fundamental reactivity preferences when multiple monomers are used. The proposed research promises to advance our understanding of the metal-catalyzed polymerization of conjugated polymers, with the potential of increasing the diversity of conjugated materials available for applications in technological devices, including thin-film solar cells and light-emitting diodes. Graduate and undergraduate students will be trained in multidisciplinary research involving organic, inorganic, and polymer chemistry. Students and other faculty members will be engaged in a comprehensive overhaul of chemical entries in Wikipedia.