CAREER: Soft Chemical Synthesis of Porous Materials Based on Cluster-Network Structures

小行星9701507 金属聚阴离子或-阳离子簇将被用作构建块 （或 作为 金属 前体）合成 扩展了无机-有机网络结构，以设计新的功能材料类别。将使用表面活性剂将簇预组织成二维和三维结构，以优化用于连接的簇排列;将使用盐-凝胶反应将预组织的盐结构转化为高表面积的中孔材料，与阿贡国家实验室合作研究盐-凝胶反应;将开发通过氢键、配位聚合和共价键合的有机连接体连接无机簇的方法;优化的连接机制将与模板技术相结合，以产生具有可接近空隙空间的有序结构。 %新建 类 的 功能 多孔 材料 基于 在簇网络结构将设计与空隙空间的应用在催化，分离，传感， 光学器件 或电子产品。 将这些当前高度优先的材料研究挑战与该职业计划的教育课程相结合，从而在不断增长的相关性领域对学生进行培训，从而在提高学生就业前景的同时推进科学和技术。 ***

9701507 Stein Metal polyanion or -cation clusters will be used as building blocks (or as metal precursors) to synthesize extended inorganic-organic network structures to design new classes of functional materials. The clusters will be preorganized in two- and three-dimensional structures using surfactants to optimize the cluster arrangements for linking; salt-gel reactions will be used to convert the pre-organized salt structures into high surface area mesoporous materials, with the salt-gel reactions studied in collaboration with Argonne National Labs; methods for the linkage of the inorganic clusters by organic connectors through hydrogen bonding, coordination polymerization, and covalent bonding will be developed; and optimized linking mechanisms will be combined with templating techniques to produce well-ordered structures with accessible void spaces. %%% New classes of functional porous materials based on cluster-network structures will be designed with void spaces for applications in catalysis, separations, sensing, optics or electronics. Integrating these current high-priority materials research challenges with the educational curriculum of this CAREER Program results in the training of students in areas of growing relevancy thereby advancing science and technology while improving job prospects for students. ***