Project Info
Halogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks
Mike McGuirk
cmmcguirk@mines.edu
Project Goals and Description:
Synthetic Porous frameworks, such as metal-organic frameworks, represent an immense class of materials with applications ranging from carbon capture, water harvesting, to drug delivery. However, may application gaps remain, primarily owing to the fundamental nature of ligand–metal coordination and its role in framework assembly. In this work, we seek to develop a new approach to framework assembly, namely the investigation of the emergent noncovalent interaction "halogen bonding".
More Information:
Grand Challenge: Make solar energy economical.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.cgd.3c01427
Primary Contacts:
Michael McGuirk, cmmcguirk@mines.edu. Michael Moghadasnia, mmoghadasnia@mines.edu
Student Preparation
Qualifications
have taken organic chemistry 1 and 2
TIME COMMITMENT (HRS/WK)
6-8
SKILLS/TECHNIQUES GAINED
organic synthesis, crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry
MENTORING PLAN
The student will work directly with a 5th year graduate student in the lab. The student will be expected to attend weekly meetings with the professor.
Preferred Student Status
Junior
Senior