RUI: New Supramolecular Moieties for Organometallic Supramolecular Photophysics

该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(公法111-5)提供资金的。在这项由化学系无机、生物无机和金属有机化学项目资助的RUI项目中，北肯塔基大学的Keith Walters将为超分子结构开发和组装分子构建块，这些超分子结构在受光照射时表现出电荷转移。PI将设计和合成连接物，以将富勒烯、共轭聚合物和金属中心组装成各种类型的结构。PI将使用光谱方法来检查这些组件的光物理性质。拟议的系统应该提供对新结构基元中的电荷转移过程的基本见解，这反过来可能会影响太阳能电池和分子电子学等技术。国际化学协会将把这项研究的许多方面纳入北肯塔基大学的化学课程，并将为普通公众开展国家化学周演讲。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). In this RUI project funded by the Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic Chemistry Program of the Chemistry Division, Keith Walters of Northern Kentucky University will develop and assemble molecular building blocks for supramolecular structures that exhibit charge transfer when irradiated with light. The PI will design and synthesize linkers to assemble fullerenes, conjugated polymers, and metal centers into various types of structures. The PI will use spectroscopic methods to examine the photophysical properties of these assemblies. The proposed systems should provide fundamental insights into charge transfer processes in new structural motifs which, in turn, could impact technologies such as solar cells and molecular electronics. The PI will incorporate many aspects of this research into the chemistry curriculum at Northern Kentucky University and will develop National Chemistry Week presentations for the general public.