Catalyzing New International Collaboration Between Stevens Institute and Eindhoven University: Catalytic Gold and Silver Nanoparticles for Green Chemistry and Sustainability

促进史蒂文斯研究所和埃因霍温大学之间的新国际合作：催化金银纳米颗粒促进绿色化学和可持续发展

• 批准号: 1157600
• 负责人: Simon Podkolzin
• 金额: $ 2.76万
• 依托单位: Stevens Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-04-01 至 2013-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1157600&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Catalyzing; New; International; Collaboration; Between

Commercial production of many large scale oxygen-containing commodity chemicals currently relies on multi-stage, energy inefficient processes with undesirable byproducts. The development of new green and energy efficient oxidation technologies to replace such processes is essential for sustainable chemical production. This project will catalyze a new collaboration between researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology and Eindhoven University in the Netherlands to advance the molecular-level understanding of how oxygen interacts with gold and silver nanoparticles for green chemistry and sustainability in the chemical industry. The collaboration brings together the novel experimental and computational methodologies at Stevens with unique testing capabilities at Eindhoven. The project activities will entail (a) preparation of catalytic materials with a controlled size of gold and silver nanoparticles, (b) utilization of a specially developed photonic crystal fiber with immobilized gold and silver nanoparticles for dramatically improved detection sensitivities of molecules on surfaces, (c) testing of chemical reactions and spectroscopic studies under reaction conditions, and (d) surface modeling of silver and gold nanoparticles with quantum-chemical calculations.This international project will establish the basis for the transformative development of new efficient and environmentally friendly technologies to insure sustainability of chemical production. U.S. students will spend an extended period of time at the collaborating laboratories in the Netherlands, working on closer integration between experimental and computational methods. The researchers will also be engaged in undergraduate and K-12 educational outreach programs at Stevens. For example, teaching modules on metal nanoparticles for green chemistry and sustainability will be used in a summer camp for more than 200 high school students from across the U.S.

许多大型含氧商品化学品的商业化生产目前依赖于多阶段、能源效率低的工艺，并产生不受欢迎的副产品。开发新的绿色和节能的氧化技术以取代这些工艺，对于可持续的化学品生产是至关重要的。该项目将推动史蒂文斯理工学院和荷兰埃因霍温大学的研究人员之间的一项新的合作，以促进对氧与金和银纳米颗粒如何相互作用的分子水平的理解，以实现化学工业的绿色化学和可持续性。这项合作将史蒂文斯的新颖实验和计算方法与埃因霍温独特的测试能力结合在一起。项目活动将包括：(A)制备尺寸可控的金和银纳米颗粒的催化材料；(B)利用特别开发的具有固定化金和银纳米颗粒的光子晶体光纤，显著提高表面分子的检测灵敏度；(C)在反应条件下进行化学反应测试和光谱研究；(D)用量子化学计算对银和金纳米颗粒进行表面模拟。这一国际项目将为变革性开发新的高效和环境友好的技术奠定基础，以确保化学生产的可持续性。美国学生将在荷兰的合作实验室花费更长的时间，致力于将实验方法和计算方法更紧密地结合在一起。研究人员还将参与史蒂文斯大学的本科生和K-12教育推广项目。例如，用于绿色化学和可持续发展的金属纳米粒子教学模块将用于美国各地200多名高中生的夏令营。