POWRE: New Materials Developed by Controlling Hydrogen Bond Interactions in High Fluidity Solvents

这项由化学部颁发的POWRE奖将允许俄亥俄州立大学的Susan Olesik博士将她在分离科学中使用超临界和增强流动性溶剂的经验应用于开发创新的聚合物合成和处理系统。这种溶剂的分子间相互作用、高扩散性和低粘度的精确控制使具有高度可控的机械和化学性能的聚合物得以开发，用于生物兼容材料、手性药物的分离、传感器和环境修复。奥莱西克博士最近完成了一项工业休假，在那里她学习了在超临界溶剂中生产的聚合物的合成和表征程序。这一奖项将使她能够在她的研究中建立一个新的重点，并在她将开发的程序中培训研究生。

This POWRE award by the Chemistry Division will allow Dr. Susan Olesik of Ohio State University to apply her experience with supercritical and enhanced fluidity solvents in separations science to developing innovative polymer synthesis and processing systems. The precise control of intermolecular interactions, high diffusivity and low viscosities of such solvents allows the development of polymers with highly controllable mechanical and chemical properties for use as biocompatible materials, for separation of chiral pharmaceuticals, in sensors and in environmental remediation. Dr. Olesik has recently completed a sabbatical in industry where she learned synthetic and characterization procedures for polymers produced in supercritical solvents. This award will allow her to establish a new emphasis in her research and to train graduate students in the procedures she will be developing.