摘要
CONSPECTUS:As a metal that can occur in nature in the elemental form,copper(Cu)has been used by humans since ca.8000 BC.With most properties matching those of Ag and Au,Cu has played a more significant role in commercial applications owing to its much higher(the 25th among all elements)abundance in Earth’s crust and thus more affordable price.In addition to its common use as a conductor of heat and electricity,it is a constituent of various metal alloys for hardware,coins,strain gauges,and thermocouples.
基金
supported in part by the NSF(CHE-1804970,DMR-1505400,DMR-1506018,DMR-0804088,DMR-1104614,DMR-1215034)
the NIH(R01,CA138527)
the Department of Energy-Basic Energy Sciences,Division of Chemical Sciences(DE-FG02-05ER15731)
startup funds from the Georgia Institute of Technology.We thank our collaborators for their invaluable contributions to these studies.
