Frustrated Lewis Pairs: A New Approach to Pollution Control

Nicholas Francis Pietra

By incorporating the chemistry of frustrated Lewis pairs into polymeric materials, we plan to create new methods for gas storage and catalytic applications. The poster discusses the synthesis and characterization of the polymeric Lewis base to be used in the frustrated Lewis pair, Poly(4-diphenylphosphino styrene). The polymer was synthesized by anionic polymerization and characterized using SEC, proton NMR, and 31P NMR, which will be essential in determining adduct formation between the acid and base.

Major: 
Materials Science and Engineering
Exhibition Category: 
Engineering
Exhibition Format: 
Poster Presentation
Campus: 
University Park
Faculty Sponsor: 
Dr. Robert Hickey
Poster Number: 
143