CAREER: Synthesis and Molecular Transport Properties of Organic Polymer-Metal Particle Composites and Hollow Polymer Nanocapsules

这个教师早期职业发展计划奖给北卡罗来纳州州立大学的丹尼尔费尔德海姆博士是由化学部的先进材料和加工计划支持的。 研究的重点将是制备聚合物包覆的金胶体，随后去除金核，得到中空的聚合物纳米胶囊。合成了聚吡咯和N-甲基吡咯用于制备聚合物-金粒子。评价中空聚合物纳米胶囊对分子的吸收、释放和包封，并建立聚合物胶囊和包封分子之间的结构-功能关系。 该计划的教育部分是为本科生提供跨学科的研究经验，每月举行会议和演讲，包括邀请来自工业界和学术界的演讲者。多功能聚合物胶囊将被制备成用于包封小分子的控释或活性，在时间释放药物递送系统中具有潜在的应用。该奖项的教学部分将在工业和前NC State化学毕业生的支持下开发本科研究计划，以更好地为学生的化学职业做好准备。

This Faculty Early Career Development Program award to Dr. Daniel Feldheim of North Carolina State University is supported by the Advanced Materials and Processing Program in the Chemistry Division. The focus of the research will be the preparation of polymer-coated gold colloids and subsequent removal of the gold core resulting in hollow polymer nanocapsules. Polypyrrole and N-methylpyrrole will be synthesized for the preparation of polymer-gold particles. The hollow polymer nanocapsules will be evaluated for uptake, release and entrapment of molecules, and establish structure-function relationships between the polymer capsules and the entrapped molecules. The educational part of the program is to provide cross-disciplinary research experience to undergraduate students with monthly meetings and presentations including invited speakers from industry and academia.Multifunctional polymer capsules will be prepared to encapsulate small molecules for controlled release or activity with potential applications in time-released drug delivery systems. The teaching part of the award will develop an undergraduate research program with support from industry and former NC State chemistry graduates to better prepare the students for careers in chemistry.