U.S.-Mexico Cooperative Research: Chalcogenide Reagents forthe Preparation of Infrared Sensitive Materials

该奖项将支持德克萨斯农工大学的Ralph Zingaro教授与墨西哥国立自治大学（UNAM）太阳能能源研究所的P.K. Nair教授的研究合作。研究人员打算研究在玻璃、陶瓷和塑料表面沉积红外敏感材料薄膜的方法。为了实现这些目标，有必要合成硒和碲试剂，这些试剂将与所需的金属或它们的化合物反应，以产生所需材料的薄膜。美国研究人员将处理研究的化学方面，主要是有机金属的合成和表征，而墨西哥研究人员将主要参与薄膜的实际制备和表征其物理化学，光学和电学性质。通过化学沉积制备的薄膜很容易用于商业生产，并且在几乎任何几何形状的表面上制备光敏薄膜涂层具有许多潜在的应用。

This award will support Professor Ralph Zingaro of the Texas A&M University in a research collaboration with Professor P.K. Nair of the Instituto de Energia Solar of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), in Morelos, Mexico. The researchers intend to investigate methods for the deposition of thin films of infrared sensitive materials on glass, ceramic and plastic surfaces. For these goals to be accomplished, it will be necessary to synthesize selenium and tellurium reagents that will react with the desired metals or their compounds to produce thin films of the desired materials. The U.S. researcher will handle the chemical aspects of the research, primarily organometallic synthesis and characteri- zation, while the Mexican researcher will be principally involved in the actual preparation of thin films and characterization of their physico-chemical, optical, and electrical properties. Thin films prepared by chemical deposition readily lend themselves to commercial production and have many potential applications to the preparation of photosensitive film coating on surfaces with virtually any geometric configuration.