The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $115,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to Murray State University in Kentucky. The award will support a research project led by Dr. Rachel J. Allenbaugh to study temperature-controlled mechanosynthesis as a sustainable method for producing transition metal complexes. The project aims to better understand the kinetics and mechanisms of mechanochemistry, an approach that uses mechanical forces rather than solvents and heating to drive chemical reactions. The research seeks to develop methods for integrating mechanosynthesis into cost-effective and environmentally friendly synthetic processes. The project will also provide training opportunities for undergraduate, graduate, and high school students in sustainable chemistry techniques. No sub-awards are planned under this grant, which has an award period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025.
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