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Award Abstract #9404694
Chemistry of Free Atoms and Reactive Clusters/Particles
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CHE
Division of Chemistry
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| Initial Amendment Date: |
July 28, 1994 |
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| Latest Amendment Date: |
April 16, 1996 |
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| Award Number: |
9404694 |
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| Award Instrument: |
Continuing grant |
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| Program Manager: |
Margaret A. Cavanaugh
CHE Division of Chemistry
MPS Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences
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| Start Date: |
July 15, 1994 |
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| Expires: |
June 30, 1997 (Estimated) |
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| Awarded Amount to Date: |
$339000 |
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| Investigator(s): |
Kenneth Klabunde kenjk@ksu.edu (Principal Investigator)
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| Sponsor: |
Kansas State University
2 FAIRCHILD HALL
MANHATTAN, KS 66506 785/532-6804
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| NSF Program(s): |
PHYSICAL INORGANIC
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| Field Application(s): |
0106000 Materials Research,
12 Chemistry
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| Program Reference Code(s): |
OTHR,MANU,AMPP,9161,9146,0000
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| Program Element Code(s): |
1968
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ABSTRACT
This project, in the Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic Chemistry Program, is a continuation of Professor Kenneth J. Klabunde's studies at Kansas State University of applications of "free atoms" and small particles. Specific topics to be investigated include 1) the use of metal atoms to produce novel arenemetal complexes of novel ligands such as sigma- bonded silanes, 2) the reaction of Group 2 metal atoms with alkyl or aryl halides to produce clusters that conceptionally may be considered as a combination of an alkyl or aryl metal halide with a small number (1-3) of additional metal atoms, 3) combination of metal vapors of two elements to small bielement particles as metastable alloys or mixtures, and 4) generation of colloids by deposition of metal vapors into organic solvents and their applications in generating films of metals on polymeric substrates. Condensation of gaseous metal atoms is rapidly becoming an important method of generating new materials with many interesting and important technological applications. This project is concerned with the fundamental understanding of exactly how metal atoms combine together, and with other reactive species, to give materials with specific properties.
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