Advancing the chemistry of topical rare earth metals (Old ID 20618)
Role
Principal Investigator
Description
With abundant, but until recently neglected, rare earth resources, Australia is positioned to become a major supplier of these strategic elements as the world faces a shortage created by a Chinese monopoly and much reduced exports. Advancing the chemistry of highly reactive rare earth metal-organic compounds including syntheses from the free metals and alloys will provide a knowledge base and breakthrough science to underpin future applications in chemical manufacture, catalysis, new materials and recycling. Steric and electronic manipulation of rare earth coordination behaviour will transform their syntheses and reactions.
Date
05 Feb 2013 - 31 Dec 2017
Project Type
GRANT
Keywords
rare earths;Organometallic Chemistry;lanthanoid or lanthanide
Funding Body
Australian Research Council (ARC)
Amount
430000
Project Team
N/A