Inorganic Coordination Chemistry for Precursor Development

该项目涉及配位化学领域的研究，以开发新的无机配合物，作为从低极性非水溶剂中电沉积半导体材料的前体进行评估。目标材料是那些表现出热电性能，相变记忆和红外探测器，主要涉及主族（p区）元素。关键目标是开发具有足够稳定性、溶解性和合适电化学性质的试剂，以允许相关元素和化合物半导体的电沉积。除了培养合成无机化学方面的技能外，还将培养惰性气氛技术方面的专门知识。将有机会获得一系列关键表征技术的实践经验，包括单晶X射线衍射、多核NMR、IR、拉曼和紫外可见光谱。

This project is concerned with research in the area of coordination chemistry to develop new inorganic complexes for evaluation as precursors for the electrodeposition of semiconducting materials from low polarity non-aqueous solvents. The target materials are those that exhibit thermoelectric properties, phase change memory and IR detectors, primarily involving main group (p-block) elements. Key objectives are to develop reagents that have sufficient stability, solubility and suitable electrochemical properties to allow electrodeposition of the relevant elements and compound semiconductors. In addition to developing skills in synthetic inorganic chemistry, expertise in inert atmosphere techniques will be developed. There will be opportunities to gain hands-on experience in a range of key characterisation techniques, including single crystal X-ray diffraction, multinuclear NMR, IR, Raman and UV-visible spectroscopy, as appropriate.