Novel Aryl(poly)pyridines and their application to nano-devices OLEDs and solar cells

我的研究小组专注于使用合成有机和无机化学来开发纳米技术中的新工具和材料，以及光子学的材料化学。我的研究福尔斯分为两个概念上不同，但综合收敛的主题围绕使用聚吡啶型分子。主题（1）是开发新的合成工具和方法，以有效地控制复杂分子组装体的拓扑结构。 分子如何以及为什么形成螺旋是科学家们多年来一直试图解决的一个基本问题。解决这两个问题将提高我们的能力：（a）控制非天然超分子体系的拓扑结构;（B）获得新的拓扑结构，其具有与其特定结构相关的有趣和有用的性质，如已被证明是许多不同蛋白质如仙茅蛋白的情况，以及（c）在分子水平上理解形式和功能之间的联系，从而最终制造纳米-大小的设备和机器。 我的方法集中在合理的设计和合成的新型模型系统，不仅可以增加我们的理解拓扑选择性，但也可以本身具有内在有用的物理性质。

My research group focuses on the use of synthetic organic and inorganic chemistry to develop new tools and materials in nanotechnology, and materials chemistry for photonics. My research falls into two conceptually distinct but synthetically-convergent themes revolving around the use of polypyridyl-type molecules. Theme (1) is to develop new synthetic tools and methodologies to efficiently control the topology of complex molecular assemblies. How and why molecules thread is a fundamental question that scientists have been attempting to address for many years. Answering these two questions should increase our ability to (a) control the topology of non-natural supramolecular systems; (b) access new topologies with interesting and useful properties linked to their particular structure as has been demonstrated to be the case with many different proteins such as curculins and (c) understand the link between form and function on a molecular level leading to the eventual fabrication of nano-sized devices and machines. My approach centers on the rational design and synthesis of novel model systems that can serve not only to increase our understanding of topological selectivity but also can themselves possess intrinsically useful physical properties.