SONSEUROCORES-Supramolecular Materials for new functional structures - SUPRAMATES
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Cambridge
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
This project is aimed to bring advanced materials synthesis and processing of 'supramolecular materials' together with measurements of electronic structure and properties, and their exploitation in semiconductor devicess. Within the consortium, there is activity on the development of supramolecularly-organised structures for transistors (molecular- and meso-scale), in-plane diodes single-photon emitters (useful for quantum cryptography), as well as photovoltaic cells and light-emitting diodes (LEDs). This European consortium comprises groups with the necessary breadth of expertise. The Cambridge activities are directed towards materials processing, electronic properties and semiconductor device fabrication and measurement.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Richard Friend (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Dabirian R
(2009)
The relationship between nanoscale architecture and charge transport in conjugated nanocrystals bridged by multichromophoric Polymers.
in Journal of the American Chemical Society
Finlayson C
(2010)
Photophysical studies of poly-isocyanopeptide based photovoltaic blends
in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Finlayson C
(2008)
Electronic Transport Properties of Ensembles of Perylene-Substituted Poly-isocyanopeptide Arrays
in Advanced Functional Materials
Foster S
(2009)
Improved Performance of Perylene-Based Photovoltaic Cells Using Polyisocyanopeptide Arrays
in Macromolecules
Palermo V
(2010)
Macromolecular scaffolding: the relationship between nanoscale architecture and function in multichromophoric arrays for organic electronics.
in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
| Description | This Eurocores grant allowed collaboration with leading supramolecular chemistry groups in Europe. The primary outputs from this grant were the studies of a novel polyisocyanide-peptide-conjugated semiconductor structures, developed at the University of Nijmegen, in which the conjugated semiconducting molecules are held in coupled stacks. Studies of exciton transport and efforts to study intra-polymer-stack heterojunctions resulted from this project |
| Exploitation Route | this project has enabled some long term European collaborations to be developed |
| Sectors | Electronics,Energy |
| Description | This was a basic research project that produced new understanding of supramolecular semiconductor materials |
| First Year Of Impact | 2009 |
| Sector | Education,Electronics |