Novel Chemistry of Early Transition Metals for the Synthesis of Complex Polymer Architectures

Alexandru Asandei博士是康涅狄格大学化学系的教员，受无机、生物无机和有机金属化学项目的支持，为不同单体的并发聚合制备新型早期过渡金属催化剂。这项工作的目标是制备可以支持自由基和开环聚合反应的IV族配合物。新的结构和不寻常的拓扑是预期从同时活聚合极性和非极性单体。聚合物的性能随其微观结构和合成方法的不同而变化很大。利用多功能催化剂将一种以上的单体同时合成聚合物将提供新的聚合物拓扑结构和结构。课程开发，在本科和研究生水平，在纳米材料和聚合物领域将在本奖项期间进行。

Dr. Alexandru Asandei, a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Connecticut, is supported by the Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry Program to prepare novel early transition metal catalysts for concurrent polymerization of dissimilar monomers. The goal of the work is to prepare group IV complexes that can support both radical and ring opening polymerization reactions. New architectures and unusual topologies are anticipated from the concurrent living polymerization of polar and nonpolar monomers. Polymer properties vary dramatically with microstructure and method of synthesis. Utilizing multifunctional catalysts to incorporate more than one monomer in simultaneous polymer formation will provide new polymer topologies and architectures. Curriculum development, at both the undergraduate and graduate level, in areas of nanomaterials and polymers will be undertaken during the period of this award.