LEAPS-MPS: It Takes a Village: Synergistic Assembly of Naphthodithiophene-Based Organic Macrocycles and Metallomacrocycles

LEAPS-MPS：举全村之力：基于萘并二噻吩的有机大环化合物和金属大环化合物的协同组装

• 批准号: 2316854
• 负责人: Zacharias Kinney
• 金额: $ 25万
• 依托单位: Oakland University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-12-15 至 2025-11-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2316854&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: LEAPS; MPS; Takes; Village; Synergistic

In this project managed by the Chemistry Division at NSF, Professor Zacharias Kinney and his students at Oakland University will perform studies that aim to develop new organic macrocycles and metallomacrocycles to serve as photoactive materials with unique optoelectronic properties. As society continues to search for efficient and sustainable energy solutions a growing area of interest are primarily low-cost organic materials that display unique photophysical properties. The Kinney lab’s efforts are focused on synthesizing molecules that are emissive and can serve as the core photoactive component in optoelectronic materials such as solar cells and organic light-emitting diodes. To accomplish this task the Kinney lab employs multiple types of interactions – namely covalent, non-covalent, and metal-ligand bonding – to assemble macrocyclic structures containing multiple thiophene-based monomers. Ultimately, their studies aim to improve our understanding of structure-property relationships in photoactive materials containing macrocyclic components while elucidating their potential applications as sustainable materials. Central to this program will be broadening participation in STEM by providing an equitable opportunity for Oakland Community College (OCC) students to gain an authentic research experience while pursuing their associates degree.Professor Kinney and his research team will investigate and elucidate the structure-property relationships of isomeric naphthodithiophenes for use in optoelectronic devices. By employing angular naphthodithiophene building blocks predictable discrete, shape-persistent macrocycles and metallomacrocycles can be synthesized under facile conditions. These macrocyclic products afford extended pi-conjugation, allowing for unique photophysical properties. Researchers will be tasked with synthesizing and characterizing these molecules in both the solution- and solid-state. The macrocyclic nature of these molecules yields an interior cavity lined with heteroatoms, providing additional opportunities for post-synthetic modulation of the molecules photophysical properties through host-guest interactions. A section of this work will be completed by OCC students through the advent of a paid research internship during the summer; wherein students are able to participate in an authentic research experience in a synthetic chemistry laboratory.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

在这个由 NSF 化学部管理的项目中，奥克兰大学的 Zacharias Kinney 教授和他的学生将进行研究，旨在开发新的有机大环和金属大环，作为具有独特光电特性的光敏材料。随着社会不断寻求高效和可持续的能源解决方案，人们越来越感兴趣的领域主要是具有独特光物理特性的低成本有机材料。金尼实验室的工作重点是合成具有发射性的分子，这些分子可以作为太阳能电池和有机发光二极管等光电材料的核心光活性成分。为了完成这项任务，Kinney 实验室采用多种类型的相互作用（即共价、非共价和金属配体键合）来组装包含多个噻吩基单体的大环结构。最终，他们的研究旨在提高我们对含有大环成分的光活性材料的结构-性能关系的理解，同时阐明它们作为可持续材料的潜在应用。该计划的核心是为奥克兰社区学院 (OCC) 的学生提供公平的机会，让他们在攻读副学士学位的同时获得真实的研究经验，从而扩大对 STEM 的参与。Kinney 教授和他的研究团队将研究并阐明用于光电器件的异构萘并二噻吩的结构-性能关系。通过使用角萘二噻吩结构单元，可以在简便的条件下合成可预测的离散的、形状持久的大环化合物和金属大环化合物。这些大环产物提供扩展的π共轭，从而具有独特的光物理性质。研究人员的任务是合成和表征这些溶液和固态分子。这些分子的大环性质产生了排列有杂原子的内部空腔，为通过主客体相互作用来合成后调节分子光物理性质提供了额外的机会。这项工作的一部分将由 OCC 学生通过夏季带薪研究实习来完成；学生能够在合成化学实验室参与真实的研究体验。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。