Opportunities, Initiatives, and Overlap: Physical Sciences Research Targeting Future Energy Needs...
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Opportunities, Initiatives, and Overlap: Physical Sciences Research Targeting Future
Energy NeedsAnne E. V. Gorden Representing Dept. Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research Opportunities in Energy:
• Expanding Ease of Access to Energy
• Reducing Environmental Impacts
• Improving Energy Efficiency
• Increasing Sustainability
Opportunities, Initiatives, and Overlap: Physical Sciences Research Targeting Future Energy Needs
Synthetic MethodsGreen Chemistry
And Environmental Science
Nuclear or Radiochemistry
Gorden
Biofuels and Biomimics
DuinMonsoorabadi
1-N-Me-His
5-Me-ArgS-Me-Cys
2-Me-Gln
ThioGly
F430
CoM-S-S-CoB
Materials
StanburyPatkowskiShannon
RSH + O2 ? (RSSR, RSO2H, (RSO2)2, RSO3H)RSO2H + oxidant ? (rates and products?)
Catalysis
Goldsmith Gorden
OPAAR
O
complex 1
TBHP
solvent
70ºC
1hrO
O
Facilities and Resources: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility Mass Spectrometry Facility Bruker D8 Powder Diffractometer Bruker APEX Single Crystal Diffractometer Physical Properties Measurement System Renishaw InVia Confocal Raman Microscope CRAIC UV-Vis Microspectrophotometer Alabama Supercomputer and
Computational Clusters
Opportunities, Initiatives, and Overlap: Physical Sciences Research Targeting Future Energy Needs
Examples of Current Funding• NSF - National Science Foundation
(Acevedo, Patowski, Duin)• DTRA - Defense Threat Reduction Agency
(Gorden)• PRF- American Chemical Society – Petroleum Research
Fund(Stanbury, Goldsmith, Patkowski)
• NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration(Duin)
New Potential Sources of Funding• USDOE – Department of Energy• NEUP – Nuclear Energy University Programs• EMSP – Environmental Management Science Programs• NRC – Nuclear Regulatory Commission• NIH – National Institutes of Health• USDA – Department of Agriculture• ONR/ARO – Office of Naval Research or Army Research
Opportunities, Initiatives, and Overlap: Physical Sciences Research Targeting Future Energy Needs
Cluster Opportunity Ideas: Green Chemistry and Sustainability
Catalysis and Biocatalysis
Nuclear and Radiochemistry
Energy and the Environment
Opportunities, Initiatives, and Overlap: Physical Sciences Research Targeting Future Energy Needs
Principles of “Green” Chemistry
•Replace chemicals with more environmentally friendly materials
•Replace more costly catalyst metals with less costly less toxic metals for catalysis
•Improve yields to reduce purifications required
•Reduce solvents and materials required for separations or purifications
Anastas, P. T.; Kirchhoff, M. M., Origins, Current Status, and Future Challenges inGreen Chemistry. Acc. Chem. Res. 2002, 35, (9), 686-694.
Green Chemistry and Catalysis