Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP160100474

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP160100474

Funding Status
Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Shape-Shifting Molecules: Photoisomerization Action Spectroscopy. This project aims to examine molecules that change shape in response to light in order to gain insight into the biological processes they control. Many biological systems, including the human visual apparatus and bacterial photosynthesis, depend on molecules that change shape in response to light. The project plans to probe shape-shifting molecules with laser light while they are propelled through gas by an electric field. Light-induced changes in molecular shape produce detectable variations in drift speed. The ensuing knowledge would help calibrate computational approaches for predicting molecular function. It would also establish foundations for understanding essential biological molecules, including retinals, carotenes and peptides, and for developing new light-activated molecular motors and switches.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2016

End Date: 31-12-2023

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $665,765.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Structural Chemistry and Spectroscopy | Quantum Chemistry | Atomic and Molecular Physics | Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences |

Other Keywords

Atomic and Molecular Physics | Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural) | Quantum Chemistry | Structural Chemistry and Spectroscopy

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