Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP1092560

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP1092560

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Tailored porphyrins for nanoscience applications. Porphyrins are the pigments of life, the central components of haemoglobin in blood and chlorophyll in living plants. In order to expand their use into important areas of nanoscience, this project will establish a new porphyrin paradigm. It will result in the synthesis of novel porphyrins with inbuilt structural features that enhance their propensity to self-assemble into monolayers on surfaces, and into nanorods. This will lead to advanced materials for molecular sensing, photonics, molecular memory devices, catalysis, and organic photovoltaics. A new means of improving the efficiency of solar cells will also be explored. Well-trained graduates and strong international scientific cooperation will also result from the project.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 19-04-2010

End Date: 31-12-2014

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $450,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Supramolecular Chemistry | Organic Chemistry | Physical Organic Chemistry | Organic Chemical Synthesis |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Solar-photoelectric | Integrated circuits and devices | Chemical sciences

Other Keywords

Chemical sciences | Integrated circuits and devices | Organic Chemical Synthesis | Organic Chemistry | Physical Organic Chemistry | Solar-photoelectric | Supramolecular Chemistry

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