Design at the molecular level: advanced macromolecules and nanomaterials with well-defined architectures

这项研究计划涉及在分子水平上设计、合成和开发先进的聚合物和纳米材料，这是化学中一个有望发现、创新和巨大增长的新兴领域。我们对新化学的发展特别感兴趣，这种化学可以用来产生具有明确复杂结构的先进材料，因为它们具有展示独特性质和先进功能的潜力。拟议的工作包括开发新的聚合物和纳米材料，其潜在应用范围从用于程序化药物输送的智能纳米载体到有机发光二极管和太阳能电池。我们的研究将探索这些材料的性质和功能，并试图了解它们与分子结构的关系，从而为未来具有所需性能和功能的聚合物和纳米材料的合理设计、高效合成和分子工程提供基础。预计拟议的研究将有助于为纳米材料科学和技术奠定基础，其未来的进展在很大程度上将取决于在分子水平上对化学结构的有效控制。所有这些都将有助于推动国内和国际上的科学技术进步，促进社会经济增长和全体加拿大人的福祉。

This research program involves the design, synthesis, and development of advanced polymers and nanomaterials at the molecular level, an emerging field in chemistry which promises discovery, innovation and tremendous growth. We are particularly interested in the development of new chemistry which can be utilized to generate advanced materials with well-defined complex architectures as they have the potential to exhibit distinctive properties and advanced functions. Proposed work includes the development of new polymers and nanomaterials with potential applications ranging from intelligent nanocarriers for programmed drug delivery to organic light emitting diode and solar cells. Our research will explore the properties and functions of these materials, and seek to understand how they are related to the molecular structures, thus providing the basis for the future rational design, efficient synthesis and molecular engineering of polymers and nanomaterials with desired properties and functions. It is anticipated that the proposed research will help lay foundation for nanomaterials science and technology, the future advances of which will depend, to a large extent, on the effective control of chemical structures on the molecular level. All this will help advance science and technology nationally and internationally, and promote socioeconomic growth and well being of all Canadians.