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EPSRC Reference:	EP/N033906/1
Title:	Two dimensional supramolecular networks on insulators: structural organisation, fluorescence and host-guest interactions
Principal Investigator:	Champness, Professor NR
Other Investigators:	George, Professor M Besley, Professor NA Beton, Professor P
Researcher Co-Investigators:	Dr V Korolkov
Project Partners:	Defence Science & Tech Lab - MOD Max Planck Institutes (Grouped) National Institute for Materials Science
Department:	Sch of Chemistry
Organisation:	University of Nottingham
Scheme:	Standard Research
Starts:	01 October 2016	Ends:	31 March 2020	Value (£):	783,422
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Analytical Science Chemical Synthetic Methodology Surfaces & Interfaces
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
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Panel History:	Panel Date Panel Name Outcome 12 May 2016 EPSRC Physical Sciences Chemistry - May 2016 Announced
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This project focuses on the ability to control the organisation of molecules on the molecular level, to specifically determine their precise positioning and to understand the effect of their relative positions on their fluorescence. The study builds upon our recent discovery that it is possible to structurally characterise molecular arrays on insulating surfaces under atmospheric conditions with a high degree of precision by atomic force microscopy (AFM), moving beyond previous studies that used conducting surfaces. As a result we are now able to probe molecular properties, such as fluorescence, which were previously quenched by the supporting, conducting surface. We now seek to understand to what degree these properties can be controlled and how entrapment of guest molecules within our arrays, which are porous, affects that fluorescence. We will develop a detailed understanding of the effect of guest trapping by the surface-based arrays and demonstrate that through change in the fluorescence signal we can specifically recognise trapped guest molecules working towards molecular-scale sensing systems.
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