Design and synthesis of supramolecular copolymers for responsive self-assembled photonic structures.

Project Information

SUPRACOPHS

Grant agreement ID: 704734

DOI 10.3030/704734

Project terminated on 31 December 2017

Start date 1 September 2016

End date 31 August 2018

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost € 175 419,60

EU contribution € 175 419,60

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITE DE FRIBOURG
Switzerland

Objective

Based on the reversible bonds that hold the structural units together, supramolecular polymers gain technological relevance from the simplicity of their synthesis, while a constantly increasing amount of research is dedicated to the study of the unique solution, electronic, mechanical and rheological properties of these materials. An interesting aspect of these properties may arise when the use of such polymers in photonic structures is considered. Optical properties, such as reflectivity, polarization, iridescence, and transmission, rely on the spatial arrangement of the components of nano- and micro- structures and are a direct result of their refractive index mismatch and their wavelength scale periodicity that constructively or destructively interacts with the incident light. While the use of traditional block copolymers has been extensively reported in the literature, a leap forward in the accessible properties requires high molecular weight polymers that add complexity and significantly increase processing timescales due to chain entanglements. Herein we propose the use of supramolecular block (co)polymers with highly dynamic interactions that can circumvent such constraints. We intend to study the effect of polymer composition, molecular weight, and architecture on the periodic structure scale in order to achieve a fine balance between interaction and segregation of the polymer chains and obtain the desired periodic structures, such as double gyroids.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › chemical sciences › polymer sciences

Keywords

• SUPRACOPHS

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2015-EF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF)

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2015

Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)

Coordinator

UNIVERSITE DE FRIBOURG

• Net EU contribution: € 175 419,60
• Address: Avenue de l europe 20 ; 1700 Fribourg ; Switzerland
• Region: Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera › Espace Mittelland › Fribourg / Freiburg
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Other funding: € 0,00