RUI: Mono- and Multi-layered Coatings Made with Metal Alkyls and Alkane Thiols on Hydroxylated Oxides

在分析和表面化学项目的支持下，威斯康星大学奥什科什分校的古托教授正在研究羟基氧化物表面的改性。他和他的本科生正在使用一种新型的湿化学锌烷基处理方法，探索使用这种方法形成的薄膜的质量和形成动力学。与威斯康星大学密尔沃基分校的Tysoe教授合作，使用红外光谱、石英晶体微天平测量和超高真空表面分析方法对这些薄膜进行了表征。目前正在开发具有良好特性的单层、多层和复合膜的生长策略。此外，这个研究项目也是这个以本科生为主的机构培养本科生科学家的重要基地。在电子材料化学和多相催化的技术应用中，需要有效的途径在氧化物表面形成坚固的涂层。在分析和表面化学计划的支持下，古托教授和他的合作者正在研究形成这些涂层的新型烷基锌方法。这项工作将导致合成方法、电影角色和最先进的研究方法的本科生培训。

With the support of the Analytical and Surface Chemistry Program, Professor Gutow at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, is studying the modification of hydroxylated oxide surfaces. Using a novel wet-chemical zinc alkyl treatment, he and his undergraduate students are exploring the quality and kinetics of formation of thin films formed using this approach. In collaboration with Professor Tysoe at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, these films are characterized using infrared spectroscopy, quartz crystal microbalance measurements, and ultra-high vacuum surface analytical methods. Strategies for the growth of well-characterized monolayer, multilayer, and composite films are being developed. In addition, this research program serves as an important training ground for undergraduate scientists at this primarily undergraduate institution. Effective routes to the formation of robust coatings on oxide surfaces are needed for technological applications in electronic materials chemistry and heterogeneous catalysis. With support from the Analytical and Surface Chemistry Program, Professor Gutow and his collaborators are examining novel zinc alkyl methods for forming these coatings. Synthetic methods, film characterization, and undergraduate training in state of the art research methods will result from this work.