New Materials Based on the Self-Assembly of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

材料的性质不仅取决于组成分子的性质，还取决于这些分子的组织方式和相互作用。因此，设计具有特定所需性能的新材料需要控制分子结构和这些分子的自组装。通过合成化学，我们可以制备新的分子，并通过进行特定的结构修饰来控制分子特性。我们还可以通过引入指导分子自组装的单元来控制这些分子的组织。拟议的研究重点是通过基于多环芳烃的刚性分子构建块来设计和合成新材料，这些分子构建块将以可预测的方式组装，最终使我们能够控制材料的特性。

The properties of materials depend not only on the nature of the constituent molecules, but also on the way that these molecules are organized and interact with each other. Therefore, the design of new materials with specific desired properties requires control of both molecular structure and the self-assembly of these molecules. Through synthetic chemistry, we can prepare new molecules and control molecular properties by making specific structural modifications. We can also control the organization of these molecules by incorporating units that direct molecular self-assembly. The proposed research focuses on the design and synthesis of new materials by making rigid molecular building blocks based on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons that will assemble themselves in predictable ways, ultimately allowing us to control the properties of the material.