Center for Sustainable Materials Chemistry

可持续材料化学中心(CSMC)开发新的方法和技术来促进电子和能源技术的制造。CSMC Research合成并表征在电子、反光涂层和太阳能电池等多个技术领域中非常重要的薄膜。CSMC以最大限度地减少有害物质的使用和产生的方式设计这些新的化学产品。中心研究人员和合作伙伴公司将这项基础研究的产品商业化。学生和实习生接受高级研究培训和专业发展，以帮助职业成功。薄层金属氧化物在许多技术领域都很重要，包括电子、反光涂层和太阳能电池。该中心有一套广泛的目标：发现新的合成新的和已知的金属氧氢氧化物金属簇合物和多金属氧酸盐作为薄层金属氧化物的前体；通过结合衍射、光谱和计算方法确定这些化合物在溶液和固体中的结构；了解金属氢氧化物团簇或多金属氧酸盐在水解和凝聚形成中间体然后形成致密金属氧化物时发生的详细化学变化；以及阐明用于纳米成膜的薄膜中光解和辐射驱动的团簇缩合的基本步骤。CSMC及其合作伙伴探索金属氧化物薄膜的许多可能应用，包括光刻抗蚀剂、光伏以及电气和光学设备。对于研究生和博士后，CSMC在创新、创业、团队绩效、领导力、项目规划和科学交流等领域将研究培训与专业发展相结合。

The Center for Sustainable Materials Chemistry (CSMC) develops new methods and techniques to advance the manufacturing of electronics and energy technologies. CSMC research synthesizes and characterizes thin films important in many technology areas including electronics, reflective coatings, and solar cells. CSMC designs these new chemical products in ways that minimize the use and generation of hazardous substances. Center researchers and partner companies commercialize products coming from this basic research. Students and trainees receive advanced research training as well as professional development to aid career success. Thin-layer metal oxides are important in many technology areas, including electronics, reflective coatings, and solar cells. The center has a broad set of goals: discover new methods to synthesize new and known metal oxo-hydroxide metal clusters and polyoxometalates as precursors to thin-layer metal oxides; determine the structures of these compounds in solution and in the solid state by combining diffraction, spectroscopic, and computational methods; understand the detailed chemical changes that occur as metal oxo-hydroxide clusters or polyoxometalates hydrolyze and condense to form intermediates and then dense metal oxides; and elucidate the elementary steps of photolytic and radiolytic-driven cluster condensation in films for nanopatterning. CSMC and its partners explore many possible applications of metal oxide thin films, including lithographic resists, photovoltaics, and electrical and optical devices. For graduate students and postdocs, CSMC integrates research training with professional development in the areas of innovation, entrepreneurship, team performance, leadership, project planning, and science communication.