Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140101237

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP140101237

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The photons take charge: Elucidating the structure and stability of distonic radical anions by mass spectrometry and photoelectron spectroscopy. Recent work has discovered that certain radical anions have electronic configurations that defy chemical convention and exhibit exceptional radical stability. Exploitation of this breakthrough first requires experimental elucidation of the intrinsic electronic structure of these compounds and how it relates to their remarkable properties. This project will probe the fundamental structure and energetics of radical anions by modifying instrumentation to enable multi-step gas-phase ion synthesis to be efficiently coupled with anion photoelectron spectroscopy. These investigations are essential to revealing the scope of this phenomenon in free radical chemistry and biology and could inform future development of new catalysts for polymerisation.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 10-06-2014

End Date: 31-12-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $360,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Physical Organic Chemistry | Structural Chemistry and Spectroscopy | Analytical Spectrometry | Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Scientific Instruments |

Other Keywords

Analytical Spectrometry | Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural) | Physical Organic Chemistry | Scientific Instruments | Structural Chemistry and Spectroscopy

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