CRC: Nanoparticle-Mediated Electronic Communication

加州大学圣克鲁斯分校的陈少伟教授和新墨西哥州立大学的万浩斌教授得到了化学合作研究计划的支持，以揭开纳米粒子介导的电子通信的基本机制。这种行为通常在具有共轭化学桥的多核配合物中观察到，并被价间转移现象所识别。这一现象在很大程度上还没有在纳米粒子中被探索(见过)。本研究以卡宾功能化的Ru纳米粒子为模型体系。这些技术创新适用于微电子行业，因为有必要将特征尺寸缩小到纳米级。研究活动与针对代表性不足、少数族裔、女性和弱势本科生/社区大学生的外联计划紧密结合，通过大学计划，如加州大学卓越领导力高级学位计划、暑期本科生研究奖学金和NIH-通往未来的桥梁计划。

Professors Shaowei Chen and Joseph P. Konopelski of the University of California Santa Cruz and Haobin Wan of New Mexico State University are supported by the Collaborative Research in Chemistry Program to unravel the fundamental mechanism of nanoparticle-mediated electronic communication. Such behavior is typically observed in multinuclear complexes with a conjugated chemical bridge and recognized by the intervalence transfer phenomenon. This phenomenon has been largely unexplored (unseen) in nanoparticles. This study utilizes carbene-functionalized ruthenium nanoparticles as the model system. The technical innovations are applicable to the microelectronics industry as it becomes necessary to reduce feature sizes to the nanometer-size regime. The research activities are closely integrated with outreach programs for underrepresented, minority, women, and disadvantaged undergraduate/community college students through university programs such as the UC Leadership Excellence through Advanced Degree Program, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships and the NIH-Bridges to the Future Programs.