Chemistry of Molecular Materials

我们的技术、经济和文化的未来需要材料设计和发现方面的进步。多功能材料的开发预计将带来巨大的技术飞跃。最有希望的途径之一是设计所谓的“自旋电子”材料，这种材料利用导电和半导体材料中载流子(电子)的量子力学自旋。因此，同时操纵材料的导电性和磁性是令人感兴趣的。这项研究提案涉及一种全新的、基于分子的方法来开发排序为铁磁体并表现出激活导电性的材料，这是未来自旋电子学材料非常理想的组合。研究结果有望对相关技术材料的开发和对该领域结构/功能设计的基本理解做出重大贡献。

The future of our technology, our economy, and our culture demands advancement in materials design and discovery. The development of materials with multiple functionalities is anticipated to provide an enormous technological leap forward. One of the most promising avenues is the design of so-called "spintronic" materials that take advantage of the quantum mechanical spin of charge carriers (electrons) in conducting and semi-conducting materials. Thus, simultaneous manipulation of both the electrical conductivity and magnetic properties of a material are of interest. This research proposal deals with an entirely novel, molecule-based approach to the development of materials that order as ferromagnets and exhibit activated conductivity, a highly desirable combination for future spintronics materials. The results are expected to make a significant contribution to the development of technologically relevant materials and the fundamental understanding of structure/function design in this field.