U.S.-Mexico Collaborative Research: Metal-Containing Dendrimer-Modified Electrodes - Detection and Quantification of Organic Species in Aqueous Solution

这一美国-墨西哥奖项将支持阿克伦大学的George Newkome博士与墨西哥Queretaro的研究中心(CIDETEQ)的Luis A.Godinez博士合作进行研究。研究人员将把树枝状化学与更成熟的卟啉和单层技术领域相结合，探索构建和使用电分析设备的新途径和新概念。具体地说，他们将把合成树枝状技术和协议应用到有机分析传感设备的表面修饰中。这个项目解决了一个重要的问题，即在稀水环境中对有机材料进行方便和简单的分析。超分子合成与表面修饰和电化学表征的融合可能提供更多传统修饰无法实现的优点，有望为材料和器件工程带来新的构建块和方法。该美国集团将主要负责分支积木和树枝状大分子的设计和合成，以及它们与卟啉化学的整合。墨西哥集团将主要负责单层和器件的制造和测试。这两个团队都将负责设备的发展和增强。

0405242NewkomeThis U.S.-Mexico award will support Dr. George Newkome of the University of Akron in a research collaboration with Dr. Luis A. Godinez of the Centro de Investigacion y Desarrollo Tecnologico en Electroquimica (CIDETEQ) in Queretaro, Mexico. The researchers will integrate dendritic chemistry with the more mature areas of porphyrin and monolayer technology to explore new avenues and concepts for constructing and using electroanalytical devices. Specifically, they will incorporate synthetic dendritic technologies and protocols into the surface modification of organic analytic sensing devices.This project addresses an important problem, namely, the convenient and simple analysis of organic materials in dilute aqueous environments. The melding of supramolecular synthesis with surface modification and electrochemical characterization may offer advantages that can not be realized by more conventional modification and is expected to lead to new building blocks and methodologies for material and device engineering. The U.S. group will be primarily responsible for the design and synthesis of branched building blocks and dendrimers as well as their integration into porphyrin chemistry. The Mexican group will be primarily responsible for monolayer and device fabrication and testing. Both groups will be responsible for device evolution and enhancement.