CAREER: Ordered Nanoporous Semiconductors and Metals Synthesized by Combining Zintl Ion Chemistry with Inorganic/Organic Self-Organization

这项授予加州大学萨拉·托尔伯特博士的教师早期职业发展计划奖得到了化学部先进材料和加工计划的支持。研究的重点将是合成新的介孔金属间化合物锌相簇合物，并在溶剂中使用表面活性剂控制其组装、有序和取向。该计划的最终目标将是合成复杂的周期性结构，这些结构包含具有广泛金属和半导体相的刚性无机纳米结构框架。这些材料的潜在应用将是尺寸选择的电化学传感器和光伏电池。该教学计划将为高年级本科生设计新的材料化学实验，开展跨部门活动，探索材料与其性质之间的联系，并让学生接触到各种与材料相关的方法和解决方案。将制备结构、孔径和功能可控的纳米团簇，用于催化、电化学传感器和电光器件的高性能应用。该奖项的教学部分将在材料化学的不同方面为本科生和研究生提供极好的培训机会，包括合成、表征、结构与功能关系的研究以及发光二极管等光学器件的制造。

This Faculty Early Career Development Program award to Dr. Sarah Tolbert of the University of California is supported by the Advanced Materials and Processing Program in the Chemistry Division. The focus of the research will be the synthesis of new mesoporous intermetallic Zintl phase clusters, and controlling their assembly, order and orientation using surfactants in solvents. The ultimate goal of the program will be the synthesis of complex periodic structures that contain rigid inorganic nanostructured framework with a wide range of metallic and semiconducting phases. Potential applications of these materials will be in size-selective electrochemical sensors and photovoltaic cells. The educational plan will be to design new experiments in Materials Chemistry for upper-division undergraduates with interdepartmental activities to explore connections between materials and their properties, and to expose students to a variety of materials related approaches and solutions.Nanoclusters with controlled structure, pore size and functions will be prepared for high performance applications in catalysis, electrochemical sensors and electrooptic devices. The teaching part of the award will provide excellent training opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students in different aspects of Materials Chemistry, including synthesis, characterization, study of structure-function relationships and fabrication of optical devices such as light emitting diodes.