Center for Sustainable Materials Chemistry

可持续材料化学中心将专注于无机纳米团簇的水化学及其向固体转化的基本方面。它将探索合成无机团簇的新方法以及如何通过理论与实验相结合来调整它们的反应性。它将以最小的能量输入和前所未有的控制，从团簇中制备致密多孔的固体薄膜，强调周期表中所谓的绿色元素。导致这些高质量薄膜的化学转化将通过提供近原子分辨率的各种技术进行研究。通过将薄膜化学应用于层压，该中心将研究和调整反应-中和，复分解，相互扩散和氧化还原-提供涉及这些材料的基本化学过程的见解。通过将薄膜化学推向超薄极限（1nm），该中心将为超越分子前沿合成目标成分和结构开辟新的机会。这项研究有望改变现有技术，生产10纳米尺寸的高性能材料，从电子器件制造到光学涂层，以及在储能材料和使用环保方法的应用中具有潜在的广泛应用。该中心致力于各级教育。研究生和博士后将有机会在创业、教学、沉浸式课程和公共传播方面获得专业发展机会。在一所人口多样化的高中进行试点，将通过研究生驻校项目促进学习。它将开发一个基于网络的公共宣传倡议，并在俄勒冈州各地举办宣传活动，以建立化学研究如何促进健康经济和社会福祉的意识。中心在这些领域的活动及其科学倡议将由一个外部咨询委员会和评价顾问进行监测。可持续材料化学中心是化学创新中心（CCI）计划的一部分。

The Center for Sustainable Materials Chemistry will focus on fundamental aspects of the aqueous chemistry of inorganic nanoclusters and their transformation to solids. It will explore new approaches to synthesizing inorganic clusters and how to tune their reactivity by coupling theory with experiment. It will prepare from the clusters dense and porous thin solid films with minimum energy input and unprecedented control, emphasizing the so-called green elements in the periodic table. The chemical transformations leading to these high-quality films will be investigated with various techniques offering near-atomic resolution capabilities. By applying the film chemistry to lamination, the center will study and tune reactions -neutralization, metathesis, interdiffusion, and redox - providing insights on basic chemistry processes involving these materials. By pushing the film chemistry to ultra-thin limits ( 1 nm), the center will open new opportunities to synthesize targeted compositions and structures Beyond the Molecular Frontier. This research holds promise of transforming current technologies to produce high performance materials at dimensions 10 nm with potential broad applications from electronic device fabrication to optical coatings and use in energy storage materials and applications using environmentally benign methods. The center is committed to education at all levels. Graduate students and postdoctoral associates will have access to professional development opportunities in entrepreneurship, teaching, immersion courses, and public communication. A pilot effort to a high school with a diverse population will promote learning through a graduate-student-in-residence program. It will develop a web-based public outreach initiative and accompany this with outreach events across Oregon to build awareness of how chemistry research contributes to a healthy economy and societal well-being. Activities of the center in these areas as well as its science initiatives will be monitored by an external advisory board and evaluation consultants.The Center for Sustainable Materials Chemistry is funded as part of the Centers for Chemical Innovation (CCI) program.