US-Germany Cooperative Research: Reverse Micelle Mediated Synthesis of Anisotropic Complex Oxide Particles

0234302 Shantz该奖项支持来自德克萨斯A M大学的PI，研究生和本科生与德国Muelheim的马克斯普朗克碳研究所的Stefan Kaskel合作。 美国和德国的研究小组将共同开发合成结构复杂氧化物的一维和二维颗粒的新方法。 虽然已经开发了许多方法来合成简单金属氧化物的离散形状的纳米颗粒，但是合成具有更复杂结构的沸石和氧化物的一维和二维颗粒的能力尚未得到证实。 合成各向异性形状的沸石颗粒的能力将为沸石开辟新的应用，其中沸石孔系统相对于基底具有限定的取向是至关重要的。 这些应用包括传感器、微电子元件、制造其他纳米相的模板以及微反应器中的低温催化剂。 该项目将允许研究生和本科生参与受益于在另一个国家进行研究。 他们将培养对周围世界的高度赞赏，同时也学习重要的新技术技能。

0234302ShantzThis award supports the PI, graduate, and undergraduate students from Texas A&M University in a collaboration with Stefan Kaskel of the Max Planck Institute for Carbon Research in Muelheim, Germany. Together, the US and German groups will develop novel methods for synthesizing one- and two-dimensional particles of structurally complex oxides. While numerous approaches have been developed for synthesizing discretely shaped nanoparticles of simple metal oxides, the ability to synthesize one- and two-dimensional particles of zeolites and oxides with more complex structures has not been demonstrated. The ability to synthesize anisotropically shaped zeolites particles would open up new applications for zeolites where it is crucial for the zeolites pore system to have a defined orientation with respect to a substrate. Such applications include sensors, microelectronics components, templates for fabricating other nanophases, and low-temperature catalysts in microreactors.The project also has an educational objective. The project will allow the graduate and undergraduate students involves to benefit from performing research in another country. They will develop a heightened appreciation of the world around them while also learning important new technical skills.