ACC-F: Effects of Polydispersity on the Solution Phase Behavior of Non-ionic Block Copolymer Surfactants

化学部支持威斯康星州-麦迪逊大学的安德鲁施密特作为美国化学竞争力研究员。 施密特博士将与Mahesh Mahanthappa教授一起研究两亲性三嵌段共聚物中连接基团的多分散性的影响。 这项工作将与阿贡国家实验室先进光子源的科学家和陶氏化学的科学家合作进行。 为了扩大参与的计划，PI将组织一系列的“科学咖啡馆”，与当地高中生讨论化学职业。 在这些活动中，他还将与他在阿贡国家实验室和陶氏化学的同事合作。像施密特博士这样的研究最终目的不仅是开发改进的材料，而且是学习分子工程的新设计原理。 像这里支持的研究结果将导致具有有用特性的新型先进材料。 施密特博士为扩大参与所作的努力旨在鼓励年轻人，特别是那些来自科学界人数不足的群体的年轻人，通过提供受过训练的化学家可选择的各种有趣职业的例子，接受化学方面的高等教育。

The Division of Chemistry supports Andrew Schmitt of the University of Wisconsin - Madison as an American Competitiveness in Chemistry Fellow. Dr. Schmitt will work with Prof. Mahesh Mahanthappa to investigate the influence of polydispersity of the linking group in amphiphilic tri-block copolymers. The work will be carried out in collaboration with scientists at the Advanced Photon Source of Argonne National Laboratory and with scientists at DOW chemical. For his plan for broadening participation, the PI will organize a series of "Science Cafes" to discuss careers in chemistry with local high school students. In these activities, he will also collaborate with his colleagues both at Argonne National Laboratory and DOW chemical.Research like that of Dr. Schmitt is aimed ultimately at not only developing improved materials but learning new design principles for molecular engineering. Results from research like that supported here will lead to new kinds of advanced materials with useful properties. The efforts at broadening participation being pursued by Dr. Schmitt are aimed at encouraging young people, especially those from groups underrepresented in the sciences, to pursue higher education in chemistry, by providing examples of the kinds of interesting career options available to trained chemists.