2018 Crystal Engineering GRC
Abstract
This proposal requests funds to support the 2018 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Crystal Engineering (CE) to be held June 24-29th, 2018. Crystal engineering is the design and synthesis of solid-state materials with defined structure (e.g., new organic molecular crystals, metal-organic framework solids, covalent-organic frameworks), based on a bottom-up approach from smaller building blocks such as neutral organic molecules, and organic or inorganic ions. While the important role that crystalline materials play in a broad range of technologies is far from new, the ability to understand and control crystallization using principles of crystal engineering is evolving to the point where properties might be realized through rational design. Establishing control of crystallization by governing how building blocks are organized in solids (e.g., polymorphism) can generate materials for many applications related to the mission of the ARO, such as chemical systems for new protective and responsive materials and sensors, as well as reactive and energetic materials. Attendees at the CE GRC, and related Graduate Research Seminar (ORS), represent and will be (i.e., young scientists) major players in the field. The field of crystal engineering is inherently broad and interdisciplinary. The 2018 CE GRC will bring together solid-state, organic. inorganic, computational, and pharmaceutical chemists, as well as materials scientists and others in a uniquely and highly interactive environment to discuss latest results and collaborate. The GRC will gather leading people in the field and to bring them into contact with each other and with younger people (specifically, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in relevant disciplines) to seed new thoughts across the field. Diversity of young scientists and underrepresented minorities, as with past CE GRCs, will be a top priority. The program for the 2018 CE GRC has a wide range of topics and speakers in the area, including sessions crystal growth, structure prediction and polymorphism, single crystals and device applications, metal-organic materials and crystalline polymers, pharmaceutics, gas storage and energy conversion, and mechanochemistry. The program is, therefore, highly relevant to the ARO and, specifically, to the Chemical Sciences program.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Feb 14, 2019
- Source ID
- W911NF1810065
Entities
People
- Leonard Macgillivray
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- Gordon Research Conferences
- United States Army