U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Zeolite Electrochemistry and Electrocatalysis

这项为期三年的奖项将支持小肯尼斯·J·巴尔克斯在无机和有机金属化学方面的美法合作研究。达拉斯得克萨斯大学的费蒂·贝迪维和巴黎高等政治学院的费蒂·贝迪维。他们的研究目标是制备新型的微孔材料，并评估其电化学活性。他们将合成和改性沸石。相关金属氧化物的研究将包括新型沸石主客体材料的电化学和电催化。沸石是一种重要的新型材料，在诊断药物和化学传感器等方面具有重要的应用价值。该项目将促进我们对沸石复合材料的反应性及其均一性的理解。这种协作利用了互补的资源和专业知识。这位美国研究人员和他在德克萨斯大学的团队是催化材料合成和表征方面的专家，他们将准备新材料。这将得到法国在电化学分析方面的专业知识的补充。

This three-year award will support U.S.-France cooperative research in inorganic and organometallic chemistry between Kenneth J. Balkus, Jr. of the University of Texas at Dallas and Fethi Bedioui of the Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie in Paris. The objectives of their research are to prepare novel, microporous materials and to evaluate their electrochemical activity. They will synthesize and modify zeolites. Related metal oxides research will involve electrochemistry and electrocatalysis with novel zeolite host-guest materials. Zeolites are important new materials with applications, for example, in diagnostic pharmaceuticals and in chemical sensors. This project will advance our understanding of the reactivity of zeolite composites and their homogenous properties. This collaboration takes advantage of complementary resources and expertise. The U.S. investigator and his group at the University of Texas are experts in the synthesis and characterization of catalytic materials and will prepare the new materials. This will be complemented by French expertise in electrochemical analysis.