Anion-templated functional architectures

本项目旨在介绍一种从相对简单的前驱体制备大型复杂材料的方法。带负电荷的物种，即阴离子，将被用来将带正电荷的有机分子组装成三维结构，包括笼子和多孔框架材料。这将增加对阴离子行为及其在自组装过程中的使用的基本了解。使用这种方法制造的结构有望从水中去除危险的环境污染物，并储存与工业相关的气体、氢和二氧化碳。这为清洁能源技术(例如燃料电池的氢气储存)和环境修复(二氧化碳储存、多环芳烃去除)提供了潜在的应用。

This project aims to introduce a method for preparing large, complex materials from relatively simple precursors. Negatively-charged species, anions, will be used to assemble positively-charged organic molecules into three-dimensional structures, including cages and porous framework materials. This will increase fundamental understanding of how anions behave and their use in self-assembly processes. The structures made using this approach are expected to remove dangerous environmental pollutants from water and store the industrially-relevant gases, hydrogen and carbon dioxide. This offers potential applications in clean energy technology (e.g. hydrogen storage for fuel cells) and environmental remediation (carbon dioxide storage, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon removal).