Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP1094564

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP1094564

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Making Silicon Even More Useful: Functionalising Silicon to Produce Stable Electronic Devices in Aqueous Environments. Silicon is the wonder material of our time, being the foundation upon which our electronics and device industries are based. Silicon however would be even more useful if it could be stabilised so the surface did not oxidise in air and water. If this oxidation could be prevented silicon could be used in a whole range of new devices related to biotechnology, molecular electronics and sensing. The project will develop a viable surface chemistry strategy for achieving this stabilisation and hence will greatly expand the scope of devices which can be fabricated from silicon. This will have significant scientific and economic benefits for Australia. We will exploit this new capability for cancer detection, cell engineering and biosensing.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2010

End Date: 01-07-2015

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $980,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Colloid And Surface Chemistry | Sensor (Chemical And Bio-) Technology | Electrochemistry | Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Diagnostics | Diagnostic methods |

Other Keywords

Colloid And Surface Chemistry | Diagnostic methods | Diagnostics | Electrochemistry | Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural) | Sensor (Chemical And Bio-) Technology

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