LEAPS-MPS: It Takes a Village: Synergistic Assembly of Naphthodithiophene-Based Organic Macrocycles and Metallomacrocycles

LEAPS-MPS：举全村之力：基于萘并二噻吩的有机大环化合物和金属大环化合物的协同组装

• 批准号: 2316854
• 负责人: Zacharias Kinney
• 金额: $ 25万
• 依托单位: Oakland University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-12-15 至 2025-11-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2316854&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: LEAPS; MPS; Takes; Village; Synergistic

In this project managed by the Chemistry Division at NSF, Professor Zacharias Kinney and his students at Oakland University will perform studies that aim to develop new organic macrocycles and metallomacrocycles to serve as photoactive materials with unique optoelectronic properties. As society continues to search for efficient and sustainable energy solutions a growing area of interest are primarily low-cost organic materials that display unique photophysical properties. The Kinney lab’s efforts are focused on synthesizing molecules that are emissive and can serve as the core photoactive component in optoelectronic materials such as solar cells and organic light-emitting diodes. To accomplish this task the Kinney lab employs multiple types of interactions – namely covalent, non-covalent, and metal-ligand bonding – to assemble macrocyclic structures containing multiple thiophene-based monomers. Ultimately, their studies aim to improve our understanding of structure-property relationships in photoactive materials containing macrocyclic components while elucidating their potential applications as sustainable materials. Central to this program will be broadening participation in STEM by providing an equitable opportunity for Oakland Community College (OCC) students to gain an authentic research experience while pursuing their associates degree.Professor Kinney and his research team will investigate and elucidate the structure-property relationships of isomeric naphthodithiophenes for use in optoelectronic devices. By employing angular naphthodithiophene building blocks predictable discrete, shape-persistent macrocycles and metallomacrocycles can be synthesized under facile conditions. These macrocyclic products afford extended pi-conjugation, allowing for unique photophysical properties. Researchers will be tasked with synthesizing and characterizing these molecules in both the solution- and solid-state. The macrocyclic nature of these molecules yields an interior cavity lined with heteroatoms, providing additional opportunities for post-synthetic modulation of the molecules photophysical properties through host-guest interactions. A section of this work will be completed by OCC students through the advent of a paid research internship during the summer; wherein students are able to participate in an authentic research experience in a synthetic chemistry laboratory.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

在由NSF化学部管理的该项目中，Zacharias Kinney教授及其奥克兰大学的学生将进行研究，旨在开发新的有机大环和金属曲眼环，以作为具有独特光电性特性的光活性材料。随着社会继续寻找高效且可持续的能源解决方案，不断增长的感兴趣的领域是表现出独特的光物理特性的主要低成本有机材料。 Kinney Lab的努力集中在合成发射性的分子上，可以作为光电材料（例如太阳能电池和有机发光二极管）的核心光活性成分。为了完成这项任务，Kinney Lab员工多种类型的相互作用，即共价，非共价和金属配体键合，以组装包含多个基于硫芬的单体的大环结构。最终，他们的研究旨在提高我们对含有大环成分的光活性材料中结构 - 特性关系的理解，同时阐明其潜在应用作为可持续材料。该计划的核心将通过为奥克兰社区学院（OCC）学生提供平等的机会来获得真正的研究经验，同时攻读其助理学位。通过采用可预测的离散的角膜噻吩的构建块，可以在易于的条件下合成形状持久的大环和金属曲叶子。这些大环产物提供了扩展的PI结合，从而具有独特的光物理性能。研究人员将负责合成，并在溶液和固态中表征这些分子。这些分子的大环特性产生了杂原子的内部空腔，为分子通过宿主 - 基因相互作用提供了辐射特性的同一合成后调节的机会。 OCC学生将通过夏季的有薪研究实习来完成这项工作的一部分；其中学生能够参加合成化学实验室的真实研究经验。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估标准，通过评估诚实地表示支持。