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

该研究项目涉及开发新的聚合物合成化学，可用于生成具有明确结构的先进聚合物和纳米材料，这是化学领域的新兴领域，承诺发现，创新和巨大增长。我们对新型复杂聚合物和纳米材料的设计、合成和开发特别感兴趣，因为它们具有展示有趣特性和先进功能的潜力。建议的工作包括开发新的手性，含金属和ph响应聚合物材料，这些材料在手性拆分，催化，有机发光二极管，太阳能电池和程序化药物递送方面具有潜在的应用。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，从而为未来合理设计、合成和分子工程提供具有理想性质和功能的聚合物和纳米材料的基础。预计本研究将为纳米材料科学与技术奠定基础，未来纳米材料科学与技术的发展将在很大程度上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科学技术的发展，促进社会经济的增长和所有加拿大人的福祉。

This research program involves the development of new polymer synthetic chemistry which can be utilized to generate advanced polymers and nanomaterials with well-defined architectures, an emerging field in chemistry which promises discovery, innovation and tremendous growth. We are particularly interested in the design, synthesis, and development of new complex polymers and nanomaterials as they have the potential to exhibit interesting properties and advanced functions. Proposed work includes the development of new chiral, metal-containing and pH-responsive polymeric materials, which have potential applications in chiral resolution, catalysis, organic light emitting diodes, solar cells, and programmed drug delivery. 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, 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.