Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0345309

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0345309

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Photoactive Semiconducting Biopolymers. The basic aims of this project are to elucidate, manipulate, and utilise the unique chemical and physical properties of a class of biopolymers called the melanins. These materials are the only known solid state semiconducting biopolymers, and are non-toxic, biocompatible, and biodegradable. Their use as active components in biomimetic soft electonic, optoelectronic or photovoltaic devices, has not hitherto been demonstrated. It is anticipated that the key outcomes from the project will be a demonstration of biopolymer-based photoelectrochemical and solid-state p-i-n solar cells, and an improved understanding of the physics and chemistry of these important biological macromolecules.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 31-12-2005

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $162,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Polymers | Optics And Opto-Electronic Physics | Materials Engineering | Biophysics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Skin and related disorders | Solar-photoelectric | Physical sciences |

Other Keywords

Biophysics | Materials Engineering | Optics And Opto-Electronic Physics | Physical sciences | Polymers | Skin and related disorders | Solar-photoelectric

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