Molecular Materials

分子材料

• 批准号: CRC-2014-00049
• 负责人: Wuest, James
• 金额: $ 14.57万
• 依托单位: Université de Montréal
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Canada Research Chairs
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=669005
• 关键词: Molecular; Materials

Unlike hard materials composed of strongly bonded atoms, soft materials built by molecular association are typically transparent, flexible, light, and processable by simple techniques of melting, dissolution, and evaporation. As a result, molecular materials play crucial roles in technology and are beginning to replacing classical hard materials in key areas, such as electronics. However, devising sophisticated soft materials for such uses requires deeper understanding of rules governing how molecules associate and behave collectively in materials. Exploring these areas is a top priority of modern science, and major insights will yield breakthroughs in technology. Previous support provided by the Canada Research Chair in Molecular Materials has let our group master multidisciplinary skills needed to study all aspects of molecular organization and to produce useful new soft materials by design. We are now in a unique position to lead international efforts to create a new generation of advanced molecular materials.

与由强键合原子组成的硬材料不同，通过分子缔合构建的软材料通常是透明的、柔性的、轻的，并且可以通过熔化、溶解和蒸发的简单技术来加工。因此，分子材料在技术中发挥着至关重要的作用，并开始在电子等关键领域取代传统的硬材料。然而，为这种用途设计复杂的软材料需要更深入地了解分子如何在材料中结合和共同行为的规则。探索这些领域是现代科学的重中之重，重大见解将带来技术突破。加拿大分子材料研究主席提供的先前支持使我们的团队掌握了研究分子组织的各个方面并通过设计生产有用的新软材料所需的多学科技能。我们现在处于一个独特的地位，领导国际努力创造新一代先进的分子材料。