Presidential Young Investigator Award/Organometallic Routes to New Materials

用于获得可加工凝胶的新化学策略 将寻求醇盐前体。 新型化学试剂 诱导凝胶形成将被确定，和醇盐 通过温和的热处理分解为氢氧化物的前体， 将设计光解。 这些将用于开发- 热固性凝胶的发展和用于热固化的技术， 分别图形化氧化物膜。 第三组， IV和V半导体纳米团簇将通过以下方法制备： 最近发现的溶液相磷化物的应用 合成. 将作出重大努力， 通过加热将无定形粉末转变为结晶形式， 固体或在高沸点溶剂中。 %%% William E.华盛顿大学的布赫罗被支持为一个 总统青年研究员由无机，生物无机， 有机化学课程。 Buhro博士的项目 寻求开发制造氧化物的新策略 和磷化物材料。 其中一些材料可能具有 重要的工业和商业应用。

New chemical strategies for obtaining processable gels from alkoxide precursors will be sought. New chemical reagents for inducing gel formation will be identified, and alkoxide precursors that decompose to hydroxides by mild thermolysis or photolysis will be designed. These will be used for the devel- opment of thermosetting gels and techniques for photolitho- graphically patterning oxide films, respectively. Group III, IV, and V semiconductor nanoclusters will be prepared by application of a recently discovered, solution-phase phosphide synthesis. Major efforts will be made to convert these amorphous powders into crystalline forms by heating either as solids or in high boiling solvents. %%% Dr. William E. Buhro of Washington University is supported as a Presidential Young Investigator by the Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic Chemistry Program. Dr. Buhro's project seeks to develop new strategies for the fabrication of oxide and phosphide materials. Some of these materials may have important industrial and commercial applications.