Collaborative Research: Preparation of New Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Integrate Research and Undergraduate Education

这个无机、生物无机和有机计量化学项目的合作奖支持弗朗西斯·马里恩大学的Leroy Peterson教授和南卡罗莱纳大学的Hanno zur Loye教授继续研究两个耦合研究领域：1)新配体的合成及其在新型混合金属有机/无机杂化材料中的掺入；2)基于多卤铋酸盐和多卤铅酸盐材料的新型异质金属半导体骨架的研究。该研究建立在制备金属-吡嗪甲酸酯配合物并将其用于制备有机/无机框架材料的基础上。吡嗪羧酸配体将用于制备含金属的几何构建块，这些构建块可以是：a)线性双齿，b)弯曲双齿和c。T-shaped-tridentate。利用FMU的设备以及南加州大学的大型现代仪器（x射线衍射仪，TGA， DSC，质谱仪，SQUID和BET系统），FMU的学生研究人员和教师将充分表征他们的产品。zur Loye博士将在南加州大学进行设备培训和研讨会，指导有机，无机和/或有机金属模块成功能固体的超分子组装。这项工作的更广泛影响是促进代表性不足的少数民族和女性的本科研究，同时促进教学，培训和学习，为这些学生未来的研究生学习做好准备。此次合作涉及弗朗西斯玛丽安大学（FMU）化学文化的培养，包括参加当地和国家化学学会会议（海报和口头报告），FMU本科生化学研讨会的发展，以及通过创建现代材料表征设施来增强FMU的研究基础设施。

This collarorative award in the Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometrallic Chemistry program supports Professors Leroy Peterson at Francis Marion University and Hanno zur Loye at the University of South Carolina to continue reserach focused on two coupled areas of research: 1) the synthesis of new ligands and their incorporation into new mixed-metal organic/inorganic hybrid materials and 2) the investigation of new heterometallic semiconducting frameworks based on polyhalobismuthate and polyhaloplumbate materials. The research builds on preparing metal-pyrazinecarboxylate complexes and using them in the preparation of organic/inorganic framework materials. Pyrazinecarboxylate ligands will be used to prepare metal-containing geometric building blocks that can be: a.) linear-bidentate, b.) bent-bidentate and c.) T-shaped-tridentate. Utilizing equipment at FMU as well as large-scale modern instruments (X-ray diffractometers, TGA, DSC, Mass Spectrometers, SQUID and BET systems) at USC, the student researchers and faculty at FMU will fully characterize their products. Equipment training and workshops will be conducted at USC by Dr. zur Loye on directed supramolecular assembly of organic, inorganic, and/or organometallic modules into functional solidsThe broader impacts of this work are to advance undergraduate research for underrepresented minorities and women, while promoting teaching, training and learning to prepare these students for future graduate studies. The collaboration involves the nurturing of a chemistry culture at Francis Marian University (FMU) that will include participation at local and national chemistry society meetings (poster and oral presentations), the development of an FMU undergraduate chemistry symposium, and the enhancement of the FMU research infrastructure via the creation of a modern materials characterization facility.