Polymer synthesis and purification system

在我的新实验室里，我的学生和我将开发明天的太阳能收集材料。 我们设想的材料是聚合物和纳米颗粒，类似于市场上已经熟悉的塑料和颜料。 我们将开发一套新的聚合物和纳米材料，它们与光强烈相互作用，并且具有电子传导性。 这些特性对于将阳光转化为电能至关重要。 我们的材料将通过化学合成制备。 化学合成使这些材料相对于硅基电子产品非常便宜。 为了开发这些材料，我和我的学生需要一个合成和纯化聚合物的系统。 该提案描述了我们对该设备的需求，以及我们将如何使用它来发现新的低成本太阳能技术。

In my new laboratory my students and I will develop the solar energy harvesting materials of tomorrow, today. The materials that we envision are polymers and nanoparticles that resemble the plastics and pigments that are already familiar to the marketplace. We will develop a suite of new polymers and nanomaterials that interact strongly with light and are electronically conductive. These properties are of paramount importance for converting sunlight into electricity. Our materials will be prepared through chemical synthesis. Chemical synthesis makes these materials very inexpensive relative to silicon-based electronics. To develop these materials my students and I require a system to synthesize and purify polymers. This proposal describes our need for this equipment and how we will use it to discover new low-cost solar energy technology.