U.S.-Japan Cooperative Research: Electron Transfer Processesin Macromolecular Complexes

该奖项将支持为期两年的美国-日本合作社 弗雷德安森教授之间的研究项目，系 化学，加州理工学院，教授 Eishun Tsuchida，高分子化学部门，早稻田 日本东京大学。 研究将集中在 电极表面聚合物膜的电化学。 安森教授的研究小组将进行电化学 可溶性聚合物和聚电解质溶液的测量 以及电极表面上的聚合物涂层，其中 掺入电活性物质。 电子催化 电极处的转移反应和中的电荷传播速率 涂层是研究的目标之一。 教授 Tsuchida的小组将制备和表征这种新型聚合物 并收集样本供安森 组 这两个小组都将关注该机制， 氧化均相聚合的优化， 苯硫酚和二芳基二硫化物的电聚合。 的 合作将带来新的聚合物和单体， 安森教授的项目，并将带来额外的 电化学的专业知识加入土田教授的项目

This award will support a two-year U.S.-Japan cooperative research project between Professor Fred Anson, Department of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, and Professor Eishun Tsuchida, Department of Polymer Chemistry, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. The research will focus on electrochemistry in polymer films on electrode surfaces. Professor Anson's research group will perform electrochemical measurements on solutions of soluble polymers and polyelectrolytes as well as polymeric coatings on electrode surfaces in which electroactive species are incorporated. Catalysis of electron transfer reactions at electrodes and charge propagation rates in coatings are among the objectives of the research. Professor Tsuchida's group will prepare and characterize the novel polymer and polyelectrolyte samples that are to be tested by the Anson group. Both groups will be concerned with the mechanism and optimization of the oxidative homogeneous polymerization and electropolymerization of thiophenols and diaryldisulfides. The collaboration will bring novel polymers and monomers into Professor Anson's program and will bring additional electrochemical expertise into Professor Tsuchida's program.