Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP190100788

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP190100788

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Unravelling the dominant drivers of ion specificity. This project aims to understand what governs the sensitivity of many technological and biological processes to the precise nature of the salt present in solution. The term ‘ion-specific’ encompasses all the circumstances in which the influence of a salt in solution depends on the precise chemical nature of the salt, not just the electrical charge on the ions that form the salt. As such, ion-specific effects abound and have important consequences in most situations involving solutions, including cellular functions and battery technology. This project will enable us to understand and control the influence of specific ions, building on our recently described fundamental ion-specific series with colloid science experiments and quantum simulations. This project should overcome current challenges in predicting ion-specific effects leading to progress in a wide variety of applications of colloid and interface science, from sensor interfaces to self-assembly.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-03-2019

End Date: 31-12-2022

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $533,038.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Colloid and Surface Chemistry | Quantum Chemistry | Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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

Other Keywords

Colloid and Surface Chemistry | Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural) | Quantum Chemistry

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