NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute (EAPSI) for FY 2013 in Japan

2013 财年 NSF 东亚及太平洋夏季学院 (EAPSI) 在日本举行

• 批准号: 1316215
• 负责人: Carson Bruns
• 金额: $ 0.51万
• 依托单位: Bruns Carson J
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-06-01 至 2014-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1316215&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; East; Asia; Pacific; Summer

This action funds Carson J. Bruns of Northwestern University to conduct a research project in Math and Physical Sciences during the summer of 2013 at the University of Tokyo in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. The project title is "Programming Simple Molecules to Self-Assemble into Well-Defined Nanoparticles with Intricate Hierarchical Architectures." The host scientist is Professor Makoto Fujita.The 'bottom-up' strategies to nanotechnology, which carry the banners of self-assembly, supramolecular chemistry, and molecular nanotechnology, are often highly sensitive to experimental conditions or limited by serendipitous discovery. Scientific breakthroughs in this field will be marked by research that describes ways to self-assemble increasingly intricate nano-objects in a more rational, predictable, robust, and well-defined manner. Toward this end, the award supports the development of self-assembled metallo-organic molecular nanoparticles known as M12L24 spheres (where M is a metal ion and L is an organic ligand) to serve as a platform around which to orchestrate the hierarchical self-assembly of more complex molecular architectures. This goal is realized by installing functional groups on the ligands that have the capacity for molecular recognition, which allow them to participate in multiple compatible modes of self-assembly that span a spectrum of strengths and length scales, and include the self-assembly of 'molecular machine' prototypes such as mechanically interlocked molecules known as catenanes, rotaxanes, and pseudorotaxanes. Broader impacts of an EAPSI fellowship include providing the Fellow a first-hand research experience outside the U.S.; an introduction to the science, science policy, and scientific infrastructure of the respective location; and an orientation to the society, culture and language. These activities meet the NSF goal to educate for international collaborations early in the career of its scientists, engineers, and educators, thus ensuring a globally aware U.S. scientific workforce. Furthermore, the Fellow disseminates and enhances scientific understanding to a broad audience by sharing the EAPSI experience at international research conferences and at collaborating national laboratories in both Japan and the United States. The Fellow will extend the benefits of this international research experience to younger students by mentoring undergraduates in related research at the host institution.

该行动资助西北大学的 Carson J. Bruns 于 2013 年夏季在日本东京文京区的东京大学开展数学和物理科学研究项目。 该项目的标题是“编程简单分子以自组装成具有复杂层次结构的明确定义的纳米粒子”。主持科学家是Makoto Fujita教授。“自下而上”的纳米技术策略，打着自组装、超分子化学和分子纳米技术的旗号，往往对实验条件高度敏感，或者受到偶然发现的限制。该领域的科学突破将以更合理、可预测、稳健和明确的方式描述如何自组装日益复杂的纳米物体的研究为标志。为此，该奖项支持开发称为 M12L24 球体的自组装金属有机分子纳米粒子（其中 M 是金属离子，L 是有机配体），作为协调分层自组装的平台更复杂的分子结构。这一目标是通过在具有分子识别能力的配体上安装官能团来实现的，这使得它们能够参与跨越一系列强度和长度尺度的多种兼容的自组装模式，并包括“分子机器的原型，例如被称为链烷、轮烷和拟轮烷的机械联锁分子。 EAPSI 奖学金的更广泛影响包括为研究员提供美国以外的第一手研究经验；各自地点的科学、科学政策和科学基础设施的介绍；以及对社会、文化和语言的定位。 这些活动符合 NSF 的目标，即在科学家、工程师和教育工作者职业生涯的早期进行国际合作教育，从而确保美国科学劳动力具有全球意识。 此外，该研究员通过在国际研究会议以及日本和美国的合作国家实验室分享 EAPSI 经验，向广大受众传播和增强科学理解。该研究员将通过指导主办机构的本科生进行相关研究，将这种国际研究经验的好处扩展到年轻学生。