Jie (Jay) He, from the University of Connecticut, will deliver a seminar entitled, "Polymer/Inorganic Hybrids: From Synthetic Chemistry to Catalysis." Hosted by Tianning Diao.
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Abstract: Loading metal ions and nanoparticles on polymer supports to produce “soluble” catalysts has long been used in catalysis. Harnessing synergies at the interface of polymers and inorganic catalytic components is, however, still challenging. Our group works on developing new synthetic methodologies of hybrid polymer/inorganic materials (metal ions and nanoparticles) with well defined chemical compositions, nanostructures and synergetic functionalities. We seek to understand the role of polymers in tuning the interface of hybrid materials in order to control the catalytic properties of inorganic materials. My talk will show our recent effort on, i) the development of new synthetic methods to prepare polymer-tethered nanoparticles and explore the role of new ligand chemistry in the stabilizing metal nanoparticles in electrocatalysis; and ii) control over the electronic properties and accessibility of nanoparticles or metal ions that are incorporated in polymer frameworks. I will introduce the concept of polymer-tethered nanoparticles and the application of hybrid building blocks for bioinspired catalysis.
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