Nano-, Magnetic Nano-, and Dendritic-Structured Carboranes and Metallacarboranes: Syntheses, Structures and Reactivities

在这个由化学部无机、生物无机和有机金属化学项目资助的项目中，北伊利诺伊大学的Narayan Hosmane将开发将金属碳硼烷化学整合到各种材料中的方法。碳硼烷是由硼原子和碳原子组成的簇，当碳硼烷与金属离子结合时，就形成了金属碳硼烷。当碳硼烷和金属碳硼烷结合到载体上时，所得到的材料可能具有新的治疗、重金属修复或辐射屏蔽性能。此外，PI将研究硼纳米管的化学性质，硼纳米管是更广泛研究的单壁碳纳米管的对应物。在该项目中，将培养合成化学和材料科学方面的本科生、研究生和博士后研究学者。

In this project funded by the Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic Chemistry Program of the Chemistry Division, Narayan Hosmane of Northern Illinois University will develop ways to integrate metallacarborane chemistry into a variety of materials. Carboranes are clusters of boron and carbon atoms, and metallacarboranes are formed when the carborane is bonded to a metal ion. When carboranes and metallacarboranes are bonded to supports, the resulting materials could have novel therapeutic, heavy metal remediation or radiation shielding properties. Additionally, the PI will investigate the chemistry of boron nanotubes, a counterpart to the more widely studied single walled carbon nanotubes. During this project, undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral research scholars will be trained in synthetic chemistry and materials science.