Obiettivo High aspect ratio (quasi-1D) nanostructures have potential to revolutionise the way we use, make and study molecules. This ambitious project is designed to enable characterisation and manipulation of molecules at a single-molecule level, visualisation of mechanisms of chemical reactions in real space and time, and synthesis of molecules within nano-sized containers. Understanding interactions of molecules with nanostructures of different types (nanofibres, nanotubes) and different chemical composition (carbon, bron nitride, titanium dioxide) forms a fundamental core of this project, as the 1D nanomaterials will serve as structural and functional bridges between the molecular world and the macro world. This project opens up new broad horizon for molecular disciplines, such as organic chemistry, molecular physics and the science of nanomaterials. Molecules possessing optical (polyaromatic hydrocarbons, complexes of transition metals and lanthanides), magnetic (single-molecule magnets, free radicals) or redox (metallocenes, molecular wires, tetrathiafulvalene) properties wired to 1D nanostructures will be delivered for next generation of electronic devices, harnessing functional properties of individual molecules for a variety of applications ranging from ultrasensors to quantum information processors. This project will help to establish a precise control of geometries and orientations of extended molecular arrays urgently needed for nano-device applications. Understanding of how molecules interact with 1D nanostructures and how they react with each other when confined within nano-reactors will give a new powerful set of tools to control the direction, selectivity and kinetics of chemical reactions. Methodology of molecular confinement at the nanoscale developed in this project will offer new opportunities for preparative synthetic chemistry of the XXI century leading to high-value isomerically and enantiomerically pure products that cannot be synthesised otherwise. Campo scientifico natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrytransition metalsnatural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryhydrocarbonsnatural sciencesphysical sciencesmolecular and chemical physicsnatural sciencesmathematicspure mathematicsgeometryengineering and technologynanotechnologynano-materials Programma(i) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Argomento(i) ERC-SG-PE5 - ERC Starting Grant - Materials and Synthesis Invito a presentare proposte ERC-2011-StG_20101014 Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Meccanismo di finanziamento ERC-SG - ERC Starting Grant Istituzione ospitante THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM Contributo UE € 1 446 107,60 Indirizzo University Park NG7 2RD Nottingham Regno Unito Mostra sulla mappa Regione East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Nottingham Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Paul Cartledge (Mr.) Ricercatore principale Andrey Nikolaevich Khlobystov (Dr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato Beneficiari (1) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM Regno Unito Contributo UE € 1 446 107,60 Indirizzo University Park NG7 2RD Nottingham Mostra sulla mappa Regione East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Nottingham Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Paul Cartledge (Mr.) Ricercatore principale Andrey Nikolaevich Khlobystov (Dr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato