New Compositions, Structures and Phenomena for Porous Materials at High Pressures

该项目旨在在商业应用的压力下，合成具有新颖成分、结构和性能的新型材料。这些新型材料将包括使用水热技术发现纳米多孔磷酸盐，以及使用同步加速器x射线和中子散射技术了解溶剂的原子结构及其对结构的影响。合成的各个阶段将使用时间分辨技术进行研究。这个项目连接了合成化学和高压研究，这是凝聚态研究的一个新兴领域。这类新材料可以用作离子交换剂和催化剂，这两个领域都是工业高度关注的领域。研究生将使用最先进的同步加速器x射线和中子散射技术探索新材料的原子结构、性质和形成机制，包括时间分辨工作，以前所未有的精度跟踪合成阶段。在这些领域受过训练的学生将在就业市场上具有很强的竞争力。

This project aims to synthesize new classes of materials with novel compositions, architectures and properties at pressures readily attainable for commercial applications. These new classes of materials will include discovering nanoporous phosphates using hydrothermal techniques, and understanding the atomic structure of the solvents as well as their effect on structures formed using synchrotron X-ray and neutron scattering techniques. Various stages of the synthesis will be studied using time resolved techniques. This project bridges synthetic chemistry and high-pressure research, a burgeoning field in condensed matter research. %%%This new class of materials could find applications as ion exchangers and catalysts, both areas of high interest to industry. The graduate students will explore the atomic structures of novel materials, their properties, and their mechanisms of formation using state of the art synchrotron X-ray and neutron scattering techniques, including time resolved work to follow the stages of synthesis with unprecedented precision. Students trained in these areas will be highly competitive in the job market.