Australian Laureate Fellowships - Grant ID: FL170100014

Funded Activity Summary

Light-Induced chemical modularity: a new frontier in macromolecular design. This project aims to develop powerful light-driven chemistries for the modular construction of advanced macromolecular materials. The expected outcome is a versatile, light-based precision macromolecular synthetic technology platform, enabling critical advances in soft matter material design and synthesis, ranging from selectivity control of chemical reactions and information-coded and biomimetic light-responsive macromolecules to advanced functional photoresists for 3D laser lithography as well as materials that self-report structural transformations by light or are reprogrammable in their properties by photonic fields. Harnessing the power of light as a precision tool for the construction of advanced macromolecular materials will provide technology outcomes for Australian manufacturing industries from electronics to health. This includes laser-driven 3D printing technology at the nano-level, light-adaptive smart reprogrammable coatings and materials, synthetic proteins responsive to light as well as tailor-made single cell niches.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-02-2018

End Date: 30-12-2023

Funding Scheme: Australian Laureate Fellowships

Funding Amount: $3,275,680.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Physical Chemistry of Materials | Functional Materials | Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | Synthesis of Materials

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Polymeric Materials (e.g. Paints) |

Other Keywords

Functional Materials | Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | Physical Chemistry of Materials | Polymeric Materials (e.g. Paints) | Synthesis of Materials

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