Polycarbosilanes as Precursors to Ceramics As Functional Polymeric Materials

化学学部的先进材料项目将此奖项授予伦斯勒理工学院。获得该奖项后，Leonard Interrante教授和Thomas Apple教授将合成和研究具有硅和碳原子交替为主链的线性和超支化聚碳硅烷。基于碳硅烷的功能聚合物的基本反应化学和表征，包括蠕虫状树状大分子、共聚物、嵌段共聚物和离子导电聚合物，将获得该奖项。通过固态核磁共振测定结构功能关系，薄膜的制备和离子电导率的测定将是该奖项的一部分。通过对聚碳硅烷和聚碳硅烷-硼氮化合物的热解制备微结构可控的新型陶瓷。参与该项目的研究生和本科生将获得聚合物前体合成、基于碳硅烷的聚合物合成、这些聚合物的功能化和表征方面的培训。蠕虫状的树状大分子、共聚物、嵌段共聚物和离子导电聚合物将由硅和碳原子交替在其主链上的线性和超支化聚碳硅烷制备。碳硅烷基功能聚合物的基本反应化学和表征，包括结构功能关系的测定薄膜的制备和离子电导率的测定将是本奖项的一部分。通过对聚碳硅烷和聚碳硅烷-硼氮化合物的热解制备微结构可控的新型陶瓷。参与该项目的研究生和本科生将获得聚合物科学方面的培训，以及用于表征基于碳硅烷的聚合物的不同方法。

The Advanced Materials Program in the Division of Chemistry makes this awards to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. With this award, Professors Leonard Interrante and Thomas Apple will synthesize and study linear and hyper-branched polycarbosilanes with alternating silicon and carbon atoms in their backbone. Basic reaction chemistry and characterization of carbosilanes based functional polymers including worm-like dendrimers, copolymers, block copolymers and ionic conducting polymers will be carried out with this award. Determination of structure function relationship by solid state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, preparation of thin films and determination of ionic conductivity will be parts of this award. Pyrolysis of polycarbosilanes and polycarbosilane-boronitrides will be evaluated to prepare novel ceramics with controlled microstructures. Graduate and undergraduate students, who will be working on this project, will get training in synthesis of polymer precursors, synthesis of polymers based on carbosilanes, functionalization and characterization of these polymers. Worm-like dendrimers, copolymers, block copolymers and ionic conducting polymers will be prepared from linear and hyperbranched polycarbosilanes with alternating silicon and carbon atoms in their backbone. Basic reaction chemistry and characterization of carbosilanes based functional polymers including determination of structure function relationships; and preparation of thin films and determination of ionic conductivity will be parts of this award. Pyrolysis of polycarbosilanes and polycarbosilane-boronitrides will be evaluated to prepare novel ceramics with controlled microstructures. Graduate and undergraduate students, who will be working on this project, will get training in polymer sciences and different methods used to characterize polymers based on carbosilanes.