U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Molecular Precursors To Refractory Transition Metal Compounds

该奖项将支持合作研究， 伦斯勒理工学院伦纳德教授 研究所和实验室的帕特里克卡苏博士 法国图卢兹CNRS的配位化学， 过渡金属化合物的化学。 分子和聚合物前体， 过渡金属硅化物、碳化物和氮化物 将进行合成和研究。 的目标 这项工作是为了增加我们对 潜在的热解化学 有机金属和配位化合物前体 以及这种热解化学与 分子结构 各种材料可以 插入到有机金属衍生物的 热解反应成分。 的影响 不同的材料对温度的影响， 衍生物分解，并对组成的 固体反应产物，将被研究，使用这两种 热分析方法和通过识别 热解产物。 将特别强调 放置在钨、钼的硅化物上， 其他难熔金属，但额外的调查 Ti、Zr和Hf的碳化物和氮化物中， 也可以做。 美国和法国的合作者将继续联合 几年前就开始努力了。 法国 合作者在该领域具有丰富的经验 过渡金属配位化学， 总的来说，法国的小组有分析经验， 和设备的补充， 美国机构。 难熔金属化合物， 被认为是重要的发展 半导体技术。 他们的低温 热解沉积，这可以成为可能， 这项研究的结果，将是相当大的 意义

This award will support collaborative research between Prof. Leonard Interrante of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Dr. Patrick Cassoux of the Laboratory for Coordination Chemistry of CNRS, Toulouse, France, on the chemistry of transition metal compounds. Molecular and polymeric precursors to selected transition metal silicides, carbides, and nitrides will be synthesized and studied. The objective of this work is to increase our fundamental understanding of the pyrolysis chemistry of potential organo-metallic and coordination compound precursors and the relationship of this pyrolysis chemistry to molecular structure. Various materials may be inserted into the organometallic derivatives of the pyrolytically reacting constituents. The effect of different materials on the temperatures at which these derivatives decompose, and on the composition of the solid reaction products, will be studied, using both thermal analysis methods and by the identification of the pyrolysis products. Particular emphasis will be placed on the silicides of tungsten, molybdenum, and other refractory metals, but additional investigations of the carbides and nitrides of Ti, Zr, and Hf will also be made. The U.S. and French collaborators will continue joint efforts begun several years ago. The French collaborator has considerable experience in the area of transition metal coordination chemistry and overall, the group in France has analysis experience and equipment complementary to that available at the U.S. institution. The refractory metal compounds to be considered are of importance in evolving semiconductor technologies. Their low-temperature pyrolytic deposition, which could be made possible as a result of this research, would be of considerable significance.