CAREER: Supramolecular Synthesis from Clay Mimics to Clusters

该奖项由化学部门无机、生物无机和有机金属化学项目和材料研究部门固体化学项目颁发给密西西比州立大学的Alicia M. Beatty教授，以支持对氢键无机/有机杂化材料的合成和表征的研究。超分子合成方法将为制备含有机柱的无机/有机杂化层（拟同金属粘土）和含杂化柱的杂化层（拟异金属粘土）提供新的方法。这些新型材料在催化、化学分离、分子识别等方面具有广泛的应用前景，在磁性固体和半导体领域也有潜在的应用前景。该教育计划为密西西比州地区15所高中的学生和教师提供了参与化学研究的机会。Beatty教授特别注重鼓励女性、少数族裔和经济上处于不利地位的本科生和高中生参与她的研究和教育活动。每年继续教育课程集中在晶体生长，粘土化学，沸石和矿物也将提供给密西西比科学教师。

This award by the Division of Chemistry: Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic Chemistry Program, and the Division of Materials Research: Solid State Chemistry Program, to Professor Alicia M. Beatty at Mississippi State University supports studies on the synthesis and characterization of hydrogen-bonded inorganic/organic hybrid materials. The supermolecular synthetic approach will establish new methods for the preparation of inorganic/organic hybrid layers with organic pillars (homo-metallic clay mimics) and hybrid layers with hybrid pillars (hetero-metallic clay mimics). These novel materials are expected to have broad use in catalysis, chemical separations, and molecular recognition, as well as potential applications in the development of magnetic solids and semiconductors. The educational plan provides students and teachers in fifteen high schools in the Mississippi State region with an opportunity to participate in chemical research. Professor Beatty particularly focuses on encouraging women as well as underrepresented minority and economically disadvantaged undergraduate and high school students to take part in her research and educational activities. Annual continuing education classes focusing on crystal growth, clay chemistries, and zeolites and minerals will also be offered to Mississippi science teachers.