International Collaboration in Chemistry: STM Investigation of the Self-Organization of Self-Assembled 2D and 3D Supramolecular Ensembles on Solid Surfaces

NSF化学部的分析和表面化学项目将支持犹他州大学的Peter Stang教授和中国科学院的万立军教授在中国北京的国际合作研究项目。 教授Stang和Wang及其学生将使用先进的扫描隧道显微镜（STM）合成和表征表面限制的二维和三维自组装分子结构，以提供见解并促进新型分子基器件的“自下而上”纳米制造。 基于分子的装置，例如，当适当设计和控制时，具有充当传感器、开关、马达、机器和存储器组件的能力的分子，构成了纳米技术的基础，有望在世纪为制造业和消费品带来革命性的变化。这项国际合作研究项目由美国国家科学基金会和中国国家自然科学基金委员会（国家自然科学基金委员会）。这项研究也得到了NSF国际科学与工程办公室（OISE）的支持。

The Analytical and Surface Chemistry Program at NSF Division of Chemistry will support the international collaborative research project of Prof. Peter Stang of the University of Utah and Prof. Li-Jun Wan of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China. Profs. Stang and Wang and their students will synthesize and characterize surface-confined two and three dimensional self-assembled molecular architectures using advanced scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) to provide insights into and facilitate the "bottom up" nano-fabrication of novel molecular-based devices. Molecular-based devices, e.g. molecules that possess the ability to act as sensors, switches, motors, machines and memory components, when properly designed and controlled, constitute the backbone of the nascent nanotechnology that has the potential to revolutionize manufacturing and consumer goods in the 21st century.This international collaborative research project is supported jointly by NSF and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). The study is also supported by the Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) at NSF.