A controlled atmosphere glove box setup

作为渥太华大学新招募的助理教授，我正在建立一个研究项目，旨在开发分离无机纳米磁性材料的新型合成方法。这种配合物的合成和研究将导致更快、更低功耗的电子产品和更高密度的数据存储。这是一个重要的创新研究领域。研究将主要集中在分离和研究两种纳米材料，即单分子磁铁（SMMs）和单链磁铁（SCMs）。这些分子表现出超顺磁体样的慢磁化弛豫，并跨越经典/量子界面，也表现出磁化的量子隧穿（QTM）。为了合成新的smm，将采用一种未开发的策略，在桥接配体氰化物、叠氮化物和其他氮基配体的存在下，将锕系元素/镧系元素与过渡金属离子结合。这种方法可能是实现更高阻断温度的SMM的途径。一种受控的混合金属锕系元素/镧系元素和过渡金属构建块方法将用于制备SCMs，其中首先设计和分离不同大小的磁性单元。这些单元随后将使用氰化物、叠氮化物和草酸盐等线性连接剂连接成一维无限SCMs。这项研究将为非常年轻和未知的SCMs领域提供新的方向和许多知识。该计划代表了对纳米磁性材料的最终理解和应用的独特方法，并可能为此类分子的商业应用提供前进的道路。由于这项研究需要在惰性大气条件下每天进行合成，因此迫切需要一个可控大气手套箱装置。这种设置不适用于渥太华大学的锕系化学，由于它们的化学性质，这些复合物不能在任何其他条件下合成。因此，为了开始并成功地发展这个研究项目，以产生尖端的成果，NSERC的资助是必不可少的。

As a newly recruited assistant professor at the University of Ottawa, I am establishing a research program directed towards the development of novel synthetic methods in the isolation of inorganic nano-magnetic materials. The synthesis and study of such complexes will lead to faster and lower-power electronics and higher density data storage. This is an important and innovative research area awaiting exploration. Research will primarily focus on the isolation and study of two types of nano-materials, being single-molecule magnets (SMMs) and single chain magnets (SCMs). Such molecules exhibit superparamagnet-like slow magnetization relaxation and straddle the classical/quantum interface in also displaying quantum tunneling of magnetization (QTM). In order to synthesize new SMMs an unexplored strategy that combines actinides/lanthanides with transition metal ions in the presence of the bridging ligands cyanide, azide and other nitrogen based ligands in inert conditions will be employed. This approach may be the way forward to a higher blocking temperature SMM. A controlled mixed metal actinide/lantanide and transition metal building block approach will be utilized for the preparation of SCMs in which magnetic units of varying size will firstly be designed and isolated. These units will subsequently be linked using linear linkers such as cyanide, azide and oxalate into 1-D infinite SCMs. This research will provide a new direction and much knowledge to the very young and uncharted field of SCMs. The proposed program represents a unique approach to the ultimate understanding and application of nano-magnetic materials and will perhaps provide the way forward to the commercial application of such molecules. As this research requires the use of inert atmospheric conditions for syntheses on a daily basis the acquisition of a controlled atmosphere glove box setup is urgent. This setup is not available for actinide chemistry at the University of Ottawa and due to their chemical properties these complexes cannot be synthesized in any other conditions. Hence, in order to commence and then successfully develop this research program to generate cutting edge results NSERC funding is imperative.