Non-Covalent Assembly of Functional Nanostructures
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Nottingham
Department Name: Sch of Chemistry
Abstract
This is an application for a European Young Investigator Award for Andrei Khlobystov (AK). Recently the importance of nanostructures such as quantum dots and endohedral fullerenes for various applications (such as high speed electronics, stable memory elements) has been recognised. Much effort has been placed on learning about properties of isolated nanostructures, but the development and understanding of ordered arrays of these materials has just begun to be explored. The central aim of this application is to develop a technology for assembling functional networks of magnetically and/or optically active centres whose quantum states can interact with each other over distances exceeding molecular dimensions. I propose to connect active nano-objects via conducting nanowires through applying coordination and supramolecular chemistry at the nanoscale. There are three major challenges in fabrication of such nanostructures: (1) chemical functionalisation of nanoscopic building blocks for networks, (2) positional and orientational control of nano-objects on the surface, and (3) fine tuning of electronic properties of nanowires mediating interactions in networks. These challenges will be addressed by utilising the versatile coordination and supramolecular chemistry, photo- or electrochemistry on the nanoscale. The new materials are expected to exhibit a range of unusual and testable magnetic, optical and catalytic properties. The metal-directed supramolecular assembly of nanoparticles and nanowires will be used for controlling their alignment. The highly directional coordination interactions between metal functionalised nanoscopic building blocks will allow construction of polymeric architectures with desired topology and geometry. This novel interdisciplinary approach will advance the understanding of fundamental aspects of self-assembly on the nanoscale, and will produce new materials that are commercially useful for applications, such as memory elements, quantum computing, molecular sensors, or optoelectronic devices.
Publications
Yu J
(2009)
Electrostatic interactions for directed assembly of nanostructured materials: composites of titanium dioxide nanotubes with gold nanoparticles
in Journal of Materials Chemistry
Swarbrick JC
(2010)
Electronic structure changes in cobalt phthalocyanine due to nanotube encapsulation probed using resonant inelastic X-ray scattering.
in Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP
Su CY
(2011)
High-quality thin graphene films from fast electrochemical exfoliation.
in ACS nano
Solomonsz WA
(2013)
Competitive hydrosilylation in carbon nanoreactors: probing the effect of nanoscale confinement on selectivity.
in Nanoscale
Shi Y
(2008)
Photoresponse in Self-Assembled Films of Carbon Nanotubes
in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Schulte K
(2007)
Assembly of Cobalt Phthalocyanine Stacks inside Carbon Nanotubes
in Advanced Materials
Schulte K
(2008)
Encapsulation of cobalt phthalocyanine molecules in carbon nanotubes
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Rance GA
(2010)
Nanoparticle-nanotube electrostatic interactions in solution: the effect of pH and ionic strength.
in Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP
Rance GA
(2013)
Click chemistry in carbon nanoreactors.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Rance G
(2010)
UV-vis absorption spectroscopy of carbon nanotubes: Relationship between the p-electron plasmon and nanotube diameter
in Chemical Physics Letters
Rance G
(2008)
Extinction coefficient analysis of small alkanethiolate-stabilised gold nanoparticles
in Chemical Physics Letters
Pagona G
(2008)
Azafullerenes encapsulated within single-walled carbon nanotubes.
in Journal of the American Chemical Society
Obergfell D
(2006)
Transport and TEM on dysprosium metallofullerene peapods
in physica status solidi (b)
Miners SA
(2013)
Regioselective control of aromatic halogenation reactions in carbon nanotube nanoreactors.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Marsh DH
(2007)
Comparison of the stability of multiwalled carbon nanotube dispersions in water.
in Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP
Marsh D
(2008)
Assembly, structure and electrical conductance of carbon nanotube-gold nanoparticle 2D heterostructures
in Journal of Materials Chemistry
Mancel D
(2013)
Triad and cyclic diad compounds of [60]fullerene with metallocenes.
in Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)
Lung-Hao Hu B
(2013)
Graphene-modified LiFePO4 cathode for lithium ion battery beyond theoretical capacity.
in Nature communications
Liu G
(2011)
Photochemical stability of N@C60 and its pyrrolidine derivatives
in Chemical Physics Letters
Lebedeva MA
(2014)
Tuning the interactions between electron spins in fullerene-based triad systems.
in Beilstein journal of organic chemistry
Lebedeva MA
(2013)
Transition metal complexes of a salen-fullerene diad: redox and catalytically active nanostructures for delivery of metals in nanotubes.
in Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
La Torre A
(2010)
Transport and encapsulation of gold nanoparticles in carbon nanotubes.
in Nanoscale
Khlobystov AN
(2011)
Carbon nanotubes: from nano test tube to nano-reactor.
in ACS nano
Giménez-López Mdel C
(2011)
Encapsulation of single-molecule magnets in carbon nanotubes.
in Nature communications
Gimenez-Lopez Mdel C
(2011)
Functionalized fullerenes in self-assembled monolayers.
in Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Gimenez-Lopez Mdel C
(2013)
Assembly and magnetic bistability of Mn3O4 nanoparticles encapsulated in hollow carbon nanofibers.
in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
Gimenez-Lopez Mdel C
(2011)
Functionalised endohedral fullerenes in single-walled carbon nanotubes.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Gimenez-Lopez Mdel C
(2010)
Endohedral metallofullerenes in self-assembled monolayers.
in Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP
Fan J
(2011)
Encapsulation of transition metal atoms into carbon nanotubes: a supramolecular approach.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Fan J
(2007)
Controlled assembly of silver(I)-pyridylfullerene networks.
in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
Chuvilin A
(2010)
Observations of chemical reactions at the atomic scale: dynamics of metal-mediated fullerene coalescence and nanotube rupture.
in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
Chuvilin A
(2011)
Self-assembly of a sulphur-terminated graphene nanoribbon within a single-walled carbon nanotube.
in Nature materials
Chuvilin A
(2010)
Direct transformation of graphene to fullerene.
in Nature chemistry
Chamberlain TW
(2008)
Polyarene-functionalized fullerenes in carbon nanotubes: towards controlled geometry of molecular chains.
in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
Chamberlain TW
(2011)
A piggyback ride for transition metals: encapsulation of exohedral metallofullerenes in carbon nanotubes.
in Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
Chamberlain TW
(2007)
Toward controlled spacing in one-dimensional molecular chains: alkyl-chain-functionalized fullerenes in carbon nanotubes.
in Journal of the American Chemical Society
Chamberlain TW
(2011)
Reactions of the inner surface of carbon nanotubes and nanoprotrusion processes imaged at the atomic scale.
in Nature chemistry
Chamberlain TW
(2012)
Engineering molecular chains in carbon nanotubes.
in Nanoscale
Chamberlain TW
(2010)
The role of molecular clusters in the filling of carbon nanotubes.
in ACS nano
Chamberlain T
(2011)
Multi-Electron-Acceptor Dyad and Triad Systems Based on Perylene Bisimides and Fullerenes
in Chemistry - A European Journal
Buitelaar M
(2008)
Pauli spin blockade in carbon nanotube double quantum dots
in Physical Review B
Botka B
(2014)
Interactions and chemical transformations of coronene inside and outside carbon nanotubes.
in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
Ashino M
(2009)
Revealing subsurface vibrational modes by atom-resolved damping force spectroscopy.
in Physical review letters
Ashino M
(2008)
Atomically resolved mechanical response of individual metallofullerene molecules confined inside carbon nanotubes.
in Nature nanotechnology
Ashino M
(2009)
Atomic-resolution three-dimensional force and damping maps of carbon nanotube peapods.
in Nanotechnology
Argent SP
(2012)
High-nuclearity metal-organic nanospheres: a Cd66 ball.
in Journal of the American Chemical Society
Andrei Khlobystov (Author)
(2009)
Interactions of Carbon Nanotubes with Molecules and Colloidal Nanoparticles
Andrei Khlobystov (Author)
(2007)
Interaction of Nanoparticles with Carbon Nanotubes
Andrei Khlobystov (Author)
(2011)
Molecular Encapsulation and Chemical Reactions in Carbon Nanostructures
| Description | EURYI Award enabled me to pioneer the supramolecular chemistry of carbon nanomaterials and advance the imaging of individual organic and organometallic molecules/clusters by electron microscopy. I have developed approaches for construction of nanoscopic heterostrucutres of nanotubes with a wide range of materials, utilising carbon nanostructures as platforms for bridging the molecular world with the macroscopic world. I have unraveled mechanisms of interactions between carbon nanostructures |
| Exploitation Route | My findings are important for advancement of structural characterisation of individual molecules and nanostructures, and linking the molecular world with the macro world via the 1D nanostructures, such as nanotubes. |
| Sectors | Chemicals,Electronics,Energy |
| URL | http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nanocarbon |
| Description | European Research Council Consolidator Award |
| Amount | € 1,446,100 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Research Council (ERC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 12/2011 |
| End | 11/2016 |
| Description | Marie Curie Fellowship for incoming researcher |
| Amount | £144,300 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | Global |
| Start | 01/2009 |
| End | 12/2010 |
| Description | Quantum Information Processing Interdisciplinary Centre |
| Amount | £102,600 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2008 |
| End | 11/2009 |
| Description | Royal Society Equipment Grant |
| Amount | £137,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2012 |
| End | 09/2014 |
| Description | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore - Dr. Lain-Jong Li |
| Organisation | Nanyang Technological University |
| Country | Singapore |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Optically transparent, electrically conducting thin films of carbon nanotubes and nanocomposites; support with structural characterization by TEM |
| Collaborator Contribution | Device fabrication and characterization of functional optoelectronic properties |
| Impact | several high-profile publications (including Nature group journals). |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | University of Ulm - Prof. Ute Kaiser |
| Organisation | University of Ulm |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I provide nanomaterials for advanced electron microscopy experiments in Ulm. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaborators in Ulm University (Germany) enable access to cutting-edge electron microscopy facilities essential for my work. |
| Impact | Several high-profile publications (including 3 Nature group articles), co-supervision of PhD students. |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | British Association Festival of Science (Liverpool) 'Wonder in Carbon Land' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Popular science exhibition to inspire school pupils to study STEM subjects with emphasis on chemistry of nano-carbons Increased levels of interest from general public and schools (6 school visits followed the exhibition). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Exhibition in the Nottingham Contemporary Gallery, 'Wonder in Carbon Land' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | hands-on activities and interactive displays promoting chemistry and nanotechnology high level of public interest |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | International Summer School on Frontiers of Science & Technology of Carbon Nanostructures, (Krutyn, Poland) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | International summer school for young researchers (PhD students and postdocs) to improve understanding of the cutting edge science and technology of carbon materials. New collaborations, intellectually enriching experience for young researchers from different EU countries. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition'Wonder in Carbon Land' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Over 5000 visitors attended the exhibition, including politicians and media Increased interest in chemistry and technology of nano-carbon from general public, UCAS candidates, research students, media, |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |