Metal-Centered Radicals and Organometallic Complexes in Controlled Radical Polymerization of Olefins

这一奖项由无机化学、生物无机化学和金属有机化学项目授予坦普尔大学的Bradford B.Wayland教授，重点是有机金属介导的活性自由基聚合(LRP)的开发、新型均相和嵌段共聚材料的制备，以及嵌段共聚物在纳米结构材料中的自组装。有机钴卟啉络合物可以调节单体的高精度LRP，形成低多分散度的均聚物和嵌段共聚物。嵌段共聚物在溶液和固态中的自组装被用于形成纳米级的结构材料，用于电子、光子学和药物输送。这些应用有可能对经济、环境和社会产生影响。研究生和本科生参与了这项研究，他们的经验从催化剂和聚合物材料的基本设计和合成，到与材料科学家、工程师和技术专家合作的实际应用评估，不一而足。

This award by the Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic Chemistry Program to Professor Bradford B. Wayland of Temple University focuses on the development of organo-metal mediated living radical polymerization (LRP), the preparation of new classes of homo and block copolymer materials, and the self assembly of block copolymers into nanostructured materials. Organo-cobalt porphyrin complexes mediate the highly precise LRP of monomers to form low polydispersity homo-polymers and block copolymers. The self-assembly of block copolymers in both solution and the solid state is utilized in forming nanoscale, structured materials with uses in electronics, photonics, and drug delivery. These applications have the potential to impact the economy, the environment, and society. Graduate and undergraduate students participate in the research and their experiences vary from the fundamental design and synthesis of catalysts and polymer materials to the evaluation of practical applications in collaboration with material scientists, engineers, and technologists.