Final Activity Report Summary - UNINANOCUPS (Uni-directional nanoscale supramolecular wires assembled by photo- and electro-active metallocyclodextrin cups)
The photoinduced energy and electron transfer rates of the active wire components in solution were in picosecond regime and were studied by fast laser spectroscopy techniques. Significantly, the rates of electron transfer of the thin films of metallocyclodextrins and metalloguests are approximately 100 times slower than state-of-the-art silicon devices. The multicomponent assembly of wires on surfaces allowed the detection of two redox centres that opens up the possibility of multi-bit data storage and processing.