The design and processing of organized hybrid nanostructures

近年来，在纳米尺度的材料制造方面，该领域有了许多发现。研究人员现在认为，通过将许多分子构建块组织成一个单元，可以将鼓舞人心的功能构建到系统中。这类组件的最先进特性包括它们自我修复或适应不断变化的条件的能力。如果我们要把这种技术带到公共领域。下一个挑战是学习如何在更大范围内有效地处理这类系统。在目前的工作中。我们将使用两种方法来研究这一机会。首先，我们将通过设计和制造微型硅芯片来解决工艺问题，这种芯片使用一种名为微流体的技术，使纳米级构建块的化学合成能够受到控制并连续运行，提供一连串的产品。其次。我们将发现如何使用聚合物作为智能支架来捕获和组织我们的纳米级构建块，使其成为具有理想光学性能的复杂超结构。

Over recent years there have been numerous discoveries in the area, of materials fabrication on the nanoscale. Researchers now believe that inspiring functionality can be built into systems made by organizing many molecular building blocks into one unit. The most advanced properties of such assemblies include their ability to repair themselves or adapt to changing conditions. If we are to bring such technology to the public domain. the next challenge is to learn how to process such systems effectively on larger scales. In the present work. we will examine this opportunity using two approaches. Firstly, we will address the processing issue by designing and fabricating tiny silicon chips that use a technique called microfluidics to enable chemical synthesis of nanoscale building blocks to be controlled and run continuously, providing a stream of products. Secondly. we will discover how to use polymers as intelligent scaffolds for capturing and organizing our nanoscale building blocks into sophisticated superstructures which have desirable optical properties.