This $600,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) program supports research by Professor Ramesh Jasti at the University of Oregon to harness the reactivity of strained macrocycles for the synthesis and fabrication of diverse carbon nanostructures. The overarching goals are to advance scientific knowledge, develop new materials with unique photophysical and electronic properties, and train the next generation of synthetic chemists and nanoscientists. Key objectives include synthesizing novel pi-extended tubular architectures, three-fold symmetric pinwheel structures, and expansive cage-like molecules using specialized nucleophilic aromatic substitution and cycloaromatization reactions. This project will contribute to fields such as chemistry, materials science, biology, and physics. No subawards are planned under this 3-year award, which runs from June 2024 to May 2027.
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