NSF Center for Single-Entity Nanochemistry and Nanocrystal Design

Our Mission

The NSF Center for Single-Entity Nanochemistry and Nanocrystal Design (CSENND) is addressing one of the biggest challenges in nanocrystal chemistry – the inherent heterogeneity of nanocrystals – by creating the scientific toolkit and chemical knowledge to separate individual nanocrystal responses from bulk property measurements. Nanocrystals are a driver of innovation because they display properties distinct from their bulk form. For example, bulk gold appears a lustrous yellow, but gold nanocrystals can appear nearly any color depending on their specific size and shape. This structure-dependent property can be leveraged for technologies such as disease diagnostic tests and solar cells, for example.

However, the way in which nanocrystals are made introduces variations from one crystal to the next in the same sample, meaning that each one may have different properties. This heterogeneity provides ample opportunity to discover new nanocrystals with useful properties but also makes the discovery of the nanocrystals with exceptional properties incredibly challenging, similar to finding the needle in a haystack. This heterogeneity also makes accurate structure-property relationships difficult to obtain as most property measurements are based on the ensemble. Separating individual nanocrystal responses from the bulk through single-nanocrystal measurements provides accurate structure-property relationships that are essential to facilitating conceptual insights that accelerate nanocrystal design. Separating individual nanocrystal responses from the bulk can also reveal rare events, enhance reproducibility, lead to property enhancements, and promote sustainable nanochemistry. Thus, CSENND is creating the resources that make single-nanocrystal measurements high-throughput, information rich, reproducible, and accessible to a broad cross-section of researchers. For Phase 1 of CSENND, these efforts are being directed toward nanocrystals for catalysis and chemical sensing.

This research is supported by the NSF Centers for Chemical Innovation Program Grant #2221062 from the Division of Chemistry.

 

казино на деньги онлайн | казиной ам | игровые автоматы пинап | игровые автоматы демо играть бесплатно | музей советских игровых автоматов купон | колесо фортуны онлайн казино | музей советских игровых автоматов в санкт петербурге | игровые автоматы адмирал | казино вулкан 777 официальный сайт | казино джойказино | бездепозитные онлайн казино | фото игровых автоматов | top deck игровой автомат | игровые автоматы novomatic deluxe | украинские онлайн казино с бездепозитным бонусом | казино онлайн на реальные деньги | бк леон казино | казино делюкс | автоматы игровые бесплатно 3д | игровые автоматы резидент бесплатно | казино онлайн правила | казино играть на деньги | топ 10 казино онлайн украина | казино с быстрыми выплатами | скачать автоматы игровые резидент | пин ап казино онлайн | джой казино отзывы | официальный сайт вулкан казино | вулкан 24 казино онлайн | baywatch игровой автомат | азино 777 мобильная версия | игровые автоматы клубнички бесплатно без регистрации |