Photophysics and Photochemistry of Transition Metal Complexes with Applications to Sensors

这是无机化学、生物无机化学和金属有机化学计划的奖项，该计划支持弗吉尼亚大学的詹姆斯·德马斯教授和詹姆斯·麦迪逊大学的本杰明·德格拉夫教授的研究，继续进行金属络合物和聚合物合成的综合计划，结合荧光显微镜、动态极化、时间分辨发射光谱来探索Ru(II)、Os(II)、Re(I)和Ir(III)与双亚胺配体的基本光化学性质。这项研究旨在深入了解这些络合物在溶液和聚合物中的详细相互作用，以便合理设计新型发光传感器系统或具有更高灵敏度和稳定性的系统。将研究用于氧气、pH、二氧化碳传感器和金属离子的传感器系统。这项研究旨在为包括工业、生物医学和环境监测在内的广泛技术领域开发新的和增强型传感器。研究生和本科生将接受发光基础知识的培训，并将这些技术应用于一系列重要的光谱分析问题。

This is award in the Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry program supports research by Professors James Demas at the University of Virginia and Benjamin DeGraff at James Madison University to continue an integrated program of metal complex and polymer synthesis coupled with fluorescence microscopy, dynamic polarization, time resolved emission spectroscopy to probe the fundamental photochemical properties of Ru(II), Os(II), Re(I), and Ir(III) complexes with diimine ligands. The research aims toward an in-depth fundamental understanding of the detailed interaction of these complexes in solution and in polymers with regard to the rational design of new types of luminescent sensor systems or systems with enhanced sensivity and stability. Sensor systems for oxygen, pH, carbon dioxide sensors, and metal ions will be studied.This research is designed to enable the development of new and enhanced sensors for a wide range of technological areas including industrial, biomedical, and environmental monitoring. Graduate and undergraduate students will be trained in the fundamentals of luminescence and in applying these techniques to an important range of problems amenable to spectroscopic analysis.