9月16日下午，英国皇家学会副主席、剑桥大学Anthony C.Cheetham教授应邀访问苏州纳米所，并为纳米所师生做了《无机-有机框架结构材料物理性能的若干问题》的交流报告，受到与会者的积极反响。 

　　Cheetham教授关于杂化结构框架的研究主要集中在其物理性质，包括的机械性能、光学性质、磁性、铁电和电子行为。报告中，Cheetham教授讨论了一系列影响MOFs（Metal-Oganic Frameworks）机械性能的化学和结构参数，包括其溶剂可及体积、阳离子的同一性、有机配体上的取代基、氢结合键和框架之间的连通性。此外，报告还围绕多空MOFs的非晶化方面的扩展工作，包括用¹³C和¹⁵N NMR对ZIFs进行的测量；静水压力下，高密度杂化结构框架；杂化框架结构纳米化的研究前沿，包括极浓体系和经典的MOFs；利用嵌段共聚物得到的具有多重空隙的MOFs；高温裂解框架材料过程中出现的碳材料等方面内容做了精彩讲解。 

　　Cheetham教授此次作为副主席随同由保罗·纳斯爵士率领的英国皇家学会高级代表团来访中国，在北京受到刘延东副总理的接见。Cheetham从在上海的安排中抽出半天时间到我所访问，希望能通过访问交流，了解苏州纳米所并建立联系。Cheetham教授经常被国家自然科学基金委、中国科学院邀请到中国访问，对发展中英科技交流与合作怀有浓厚的兴趣和愿望。 

　　Tony Cheetham obtained his D.Phil. at Oxford in 1971 and did post-doctoral work in the Materials Physics Division at Harwell. He joined the chemistry faculty at Oxford in 1974, and then moved to the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1991 to become Professor in the Materials Department. He held the Directorship of UCSB’s Materials Research Laboratory (1992-2004) and was Director of the International Center for Materials Research (2004-7). In 2007 he moved to Cambridge to become the Goldsmiths’ Professor of Materials Science. Cheetham is a Fellow of the Royal Society (1994), the German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina), and several other academies. He has received numerous awards for his work in the field of materials chemistry; these include a Chaire Blaise Pascal, Paris, (1997-9), the Somiya Award of the IUMRS (2004), the Leverhulme Medal of the Royal Society (2008), the Platinum Medal of the IOM3 (2011), and honorary doctorates from Versailles (2006), St. Andrews (2011), and Tumkur (2011). Cheetham became Treasurer and Vice President of the Royal Society in 2012. 

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