Building Advanced Materials from the Bottom Up

这一提议将产生具有一系列有用特性的新型先进材料，例如储存或捕获气体，如氢气（用于环保运输），甲烷和二氧化碳（用于污染控制），磁开关（具有潜在应用，如分子传感器或数据存储），新型块状和离散纳米尺寸磁铁，以及具有新型溶剂性质的新液体。它们将由精心设计的聚合材料和不同寻常的纳米级分子构成。该计划还将使申请人能够发展和加强海外合作，特别是与中国新兴经济体的一些研究团体的合作。

This proposal will result in new advanced materials with a range of useful properties, such as storage or trapping of gases such as hydrogen (for use in environmentally friendly transportation), methane and carbon dioxide (for pollution control), magnetic switching (with potential applications such as molecular sensors or data storage), new bulk and discrete nanometer sized magnets, and new liquids with novel solvent properties. These will be constructed from carefully designed polymeric materials and unusual nanometer sized molecules. This proposal will also enable the applicant to develop and enhance overseas collaborations, particularly with a number of research groups in the emerging economy of China.