Project description
European network on chiral nanomaterials
Nanotechnology is opening new possibilities in science and industry, addressing challenges in areas such as medicine, chemistry, and materials development. With the support of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the CHIRALNANOMAT project unites seven laboratories and six companies across eight European countries. The network merges physics, chemistry, and biosciences to develop and study chiral metal nanoclusters. These clusters will be explored for their potential in chemical reactions and biosensing. New computational tools will also be developed to enhance understanding of these materials. The network will train 13 PhD candidates, equipping them with skills in chemical synthesis, spectroscopic methods, optics, bioimaging, and machine learning, among others, to prepare them for future roles in nanotechnology, impacting fields such as drug development and personalised medicine.
Objective
CHIRALNANOMAT is a multi-disciplinary DN project between 7 laboratories and 6 companies in 8 European countries. The network
merges physics, chemistry, and biosciences into a unique combination of advanced synthesis and characterization of chiral metal
nanoclusters, as well as their applications in catalysis and biosensing. CHIRALNANOMAT's innovative approach overcomes the current
state-of-the-art through: (A) production of chiral atomically precise metal nanoclusters and their assemblies, (B) extensive
characterization of their chiral properties, structure and optical properties; both in solution phase and on solid supports, (C) catalytic
and biomedical applications followed by the prototyping of the most promising enantioselective catalysts and bioprobes, and (D)
development of new computational tools to study chiroptical, catalytic properties and interface of nanomaterials and biomolecules
and integration of computational and experimental studies to understand their functionalities.
CHIRALNANOMAT will train 13 Doctoral Candidates who will become experts in chiral nanomaterials and will be able to answer to the
future needs of academic and industrial sectors in Europe. By acquiring skills in chemical synthesis, spectroscopic methods, nonlinear
surface optics, surface science imaging and scanning probes, bio-functionalization, bio-imaging, and computational electronic
structure and molecular dynamics methods as well as machine learning for modeling, and being exposed to an intersectoral
environment (through secondments and network-wide training) they will be competitive in future job markets in critical areas of
nanotechnology having impact, among others, on synthesis for production of drugs and fine chemicals and novel biotechnology enabled
personalized nanomedicine.
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Programme(s)
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN - HORIZON TMA MSCA Doctoral Networks
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Call for proposal
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50-370 Wroclaw
Poland
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