U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Preparation of Monolithic Inorganic-Organic Mesostructured Materials

这一为期两年的奖项为美国和法国在制备整体式无机-有机中间相材料方面的合作研究提供了支持。这项合作涉及加州大学圣巴巴拉分校的布拉德利·F·切梅尔卡和皮埃尔和玛丽·居里大学CNRS(法国国家科学研究中心)化学和凝聚态实验室的弗洛伦斯·巴布诺领导的研究小组。该项目的目标是：(1)创建具有组成多样化的过渡金属氧化物网络的宏观取向的介观结构材料；(2)使用嵌段共聚物创建新的大块介观有序的无机-有机复合材料。他们将使用核磁共振波谱和溶胶-凝胶处理技术。这位美国研究人员为这次合作带来了使用核磁共振波谱技术的复合材料制备和分子表征方面的专业知识。法国在溶胶-凝胶化学和加工方面的经验补充了这一点。这次合作利用了巴黎的同步加速器设施。它将促进对用于分离过程、催化和光电子器件或过程的新材料的发展的理解。

This two-year award provides support for US-France cooperative research on the preparation of monolithic, inorganic-organic mesophase materials. The collaboration involves research groups led by Bradley F. Chmelka at the University of California, Santa Barbara and Florence Babonneau at the CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research) Laboratory for Chemistry and Condensed Matter at the Pierre and Marie Curie University. The objectives of the project are to: (1) create macroscopically oriented, mesostructured materials with compositionally diverse transition metal oxide networks; and (2) create new bulk mesoscopically ordered inorganic-organic composite materials using block copolymers. They will employ NMR spectroscopy and sol-gel processing techniques. The US investigator brings to this collaboration expertise in preparation and molecular characterization of composites using NMR spectroscopy techniques. This is complemented by French experience in sol-gel chemistry and processing. The collaboration takes advantage of synchrotron facilities in Paris. It will advance understanding of the development of new materials used in separation processes, catalysis, and opto-electronic devices or processes.