Preparation of Iridium(I) Complexes and Investigation of Their Electronic Excited States: A University/Community College Research Collaboration

华盛顿州立大学的Glenn克罗斯比博士得到了无机，生物无机和有机化学计划以及数学和物理科学部跨学科计划办公室的支持，用于处理铱（I）络合物制备的研究计划，以及对其电子激发态的研究。这项研究将涉及学生和教师的社区学院位于（主要是农村）东部华盛顿作为同事。本研究计划将进行一系列精心设计的铱配合物的合成，并研究这些材料的发光和相关性质。研究的一个目标是在基础水平上了解这些络合物的内部电子结构和电子物理行为如何与相关铂络合物的相应特征相似和不同。该项目的第二个主要目标是增加华盛顿东部社区学院的学生人数，他们继续接受社区学院水平以外的科学教育。许多这样的学生是西班牙裔或美洲原住民。社区学院的学生和教职员工将在夏季进行部分研究。招募优秀的社区大学学生和教师参加这个项目将得到华盛顿东部教师网络的帮助，这些教师以前与主要研究者有联系，并熟悉他的研究。

Dr. Glenn Crosby of Washington State University is supported by the Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic Chemistry program, and by the Office of Interdisciplinary Programs, of the Mathematics and Physical Sciences Division for a program of research dealing with the preparation of iridium(I) complexes, and investigation of their electronic excited states. This research will involve students and faculty members of community colleges located in (mainly rural) eastern Washington as coworkers. This research program will carry out the synthesis of a carefully designed series of complexes of iridium, and study the luminescence and related properties of these materials. One objective of the research will be to understand, on a fundamental level, how the internal electronic structure, and the photophysical behavior, of these complexes resembles and differs from the corresponding characteristics of related platinum complexes. A second main objective of the project will be to increase the number of students at community colleges in eastern Washington who continue their education in science beyond the community college level. Many such students are Hispanics or Native Americans. Community college students and faculty members will carry out parts of this research during summers. Recruitment of outstanding community college students and faculty to participate in this program will be aided by a network of teachers in eastern Washington who have previous connections with the Principal Investigator and are familiar with his research.