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和光子学材料化学中的新工具和材料。我的研究分为两个概念上不同但合成上趋同的主题，围绕着聚吡啶类分子的使用。主题(1)是开发新的合成工具和方法来有效地控制复杂分子组合的拓扑结构。分子如何以及为什么会缠绕是科学家们多年来一直试图解决的一个基本问题。回答这两个问题将提高我们的能力：(a)控制非自然超分子系统的拓扑结构；(b)获取具有与其特定结构相关的有趣且有用的特性的新拓扑结构，正如许多不同的蛋白质（如curculins）所证明的那样；(c)在分子水平上理解形式和功能之间的联系，从而最终制造出纳米尺寸的设备和机器。我的方法集中在合理设计和合成新的模型系统上，这些模型系统不仅可以增加我们对拓扑选择性的理解，而且它们本身也可以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.