| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/N22724/01 |
| Title: |
SYNTHESIS AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF ENCAPSULATED CONJUGATED POLYMERS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Cardin, Professor DJ |
| Other Investigators: |
|
| Researcher Co-Investigators: |
|
| Project Partners: |
|
| Department: |
Chemistry |
| Organisation: |
University of Reading |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 October 2000 |
Ends: |
30 September 2003 |
Value (£): |
55,227
|
| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Materials Characterisation |
Materials Synthesis & Growth |
|
| EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications: |
| Electronics |
No relevance to Underpinning Sectors |
|
| Related Grants: |
|
| Panel History: |
|
|
Summary on Grant Application Form |
|
It is proposed to polymerise a range of alkynes in zeolites and in mesoporous particles and thus to achieve within the porous, constraining environment, a collection of chain-extended conjugated polymers, wither single(zeolite) or multi-chain (mesopore). These encapsulated polymers, will be held (inside theparticeles) in suspension in an electric field. The zeolite/mesopore particles are unoriented, transparent, and eletronically inert. Recent transient photoconductivity techniques, developed to measure photocurrents on polymers in solution, will be used with subnanosecond temporal resolution to establish microscopic electronic transport properties of the extended isolate polymers, - such as carrier range and mobility. As an archetypal example of such polymers, polyacetylene will be sued initially. Other conjugated polymers and polymer mixes, will be characterised as grown in mesopores, and their electronic transport properties measured. The technique allows control over chain-chain interactions, and the effect of this parameter on transport will be studied.
|
|
Key Findings |
|
This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk
|
|
Potential use in non-academic contexts |
|
This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk
|
|
Impacts |
|
| Description |
This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk |
| Summary |
|
| Date Materialised |
|
|
|
|
Sectors submitted by the Researcher |
|
This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk
|
| Project URL: |
|
| Further Information: |
|
| Organisation Website: |
http://www.rdg.ac.uk |