Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0879944

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0879944

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Biomolecular optoelectronic materials and devices. The melanins are the molecules in our skin, eyes and hair that provide colour and protection from the sun. In addition to being important bio-molecules, they have properties which make them useful for high tech applications especially in electronics and optoelectronics. Unfortunately, our current understanding of these fascinating materials is poor. In our project we aim to solve this limiting problem. We will develop new science to explain their behaviour, and use this knowledge to create bio-compatible hi-tech materials and devices. We anticipate significant benefits from the perspectives of basic science and utilisation of biomaterials for new green technologies.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-05-2008

End Date: 01-12-2011

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $420,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Optical Physics | Optics And Opto-Electronic Physics | Biophysics | Physical Chemistry Of Macromolecules

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Solar-photoelectric | Chemical sciences | Physical sciences |

Other Keywords

Biophysics | Chemical sciences | Optical Physics | Optics And Opto-Electronic Physics | Physical Chemistry Of Macromolecules | Physical sciences | Solar-photoelectric

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