Energetic and Structural Studies of Functional Group Pairs for Materials Research

在这个由化学部先进材料计划和材料研究部固态化学计划资助的项目中，Hollingsworth将设计具有特定结构、反应性和物理性质的有机固体。通过对通道包合物中客体物质的研究，将进一步发展固态有机官能团相互作用的能量学。所获得的相互作用能将有助于材料化学的超分子设计和新型有机材料的合成。最终目标是合成具有与现在通常在单分子有机合成中达到的立体控制程度相同的有机分子晶体。该研究项目为理解有机固体中的分子间作用力提供了一种合理而全面的方法，并有望极大地促进新型有机材料的设计和开发。这项研究的可能应用之一是制造在基于激光的系统（如通信）中有用的具有非线性光学特性的器件。

In this project funded by the Advanced Materials Program of the Chemistry Division and the Solid State Chemistry program of the Division of Materials Research, Hollingsworth will design organic solids with specified structure, reactivity, and physical properties. The energetics of organic functional group interactions in the solid state will be developed by studying guest species in channel inclusion compounds. The interaction energies obtained will be useful in materials chemistry for facilitating supramolecular design and synthesis of new organic materials. The ultimate goal is to synthesize organic molecular crystals with the same degree of stereocontrol that is now commonly achieved in single molecule organic synthesis. %%% This research program represents a rational and holistic approach to understanding intermolecular forces in organic solids and is expected to greatly facilitate the design and development of new organic materials. Among the likely applications of this proposed research is the fabrication of devices with nonlinear optical properties useful in laser-based systems, such as communications.