CAREER: Transition-Metal Terdentate Acetylide Complexes and Dendrimers: Synthesis, Photophysics and Nonlinear Optical Studies

这个无机、生物无机和有机金属化学项目的奖项支持北达科他州立大学的孙文芳博士设计基于过渡金属乙基化物配合物的新型光学材料的研究。这项工作的合成成分包括d-8过渡金属三元乙基配合物，双核双（三元）配合物，扩展卟啉组装的过渡金属二联体和三元，过渡金属配合物-纳米颗粒复合材料和过渡金属三元树状大分子。这些独特的材料将通过光物理研究、简并四相混合、z扫描和非线性光学技术以及理论建模来研究。这项工作的总体目标是了解分子结构的变化如何影响光物理参数和非线性光学性质。除了将开发的光学材料外，该项目还支持一系列整合研究和教育的活动，包括在NDSU开发新的光学材料研究生课程和提高公众对光子技术的理解。

This award in the Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry program supports research by Dr. Wenfang Sun of North Dakota State University to design new optical materials based on transition metal acetylide complexes. The synthetic component of the work includes d-8 transition metal terdentate acetylide complexes, binuclear bis (terdentate) complexes, transition metal dyads and triads assembled with expanded porphyrins, transition metal complex-nanoparticle composites, and transition metal terdentate dendrimers. These unique materials will be studied via photophysical studies, degenerate four-phase mixing, Z-scan and non-linear optical techniques and theoretical modeling. The overall goal of the work is to understand how the change in molecular structure influences the photophysical parameters and the non-linear optical properties. In addition to the optical materials that will be developed, this project also supports a range of activities that integrate research and education, including the development of a new graduate course at NDSU on optical materials and improved public understanding of photonic technologies.