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EPSRC Reference:	GR/N33447/01
Title:	COUPLED SYNTHESIS AND SELF ASSEMBLY OF ORGANIZED NANOSTRUCTURES IN COMPLEX FLUIDS
Principal Investigator:	Mann, Professor S
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Department:	Chemistry
Organisation:	University of Bristol
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 December 2000	Ends:	29 February 2004	Value (£):	198,164
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Chemical Synthetic Methodology
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Chemicals Electronics
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The proposed research programme aims to develop a general method for the direct synthesis of nanoparticle arrays in which reaction chemistry and self-assembly processes are intrinsically coupled over extended length scales.The central theme is that complex fluids, in the form or reverse micelles and microemulsions, offer a versatile approach to the integration of nanoparticle synthesis and self-organization because the reactions are spatially constrained but interfacially active. Whereas, previous work has shown that the spatial confinement of chemical reactions can result in the synthesis of numerous types of inorganic nanoparticles in reverse micelles and microemulsions, the research programme described here intends to exploit the dynamical behaviour of complex fluids. We propose to develop a method by which linear arrays of nanoparticles are synthesized in a single-step by controlling the stiochiometry of precipitation reactions arising from the exchange and the fusion of reverse micelles and microemulsion water droplets. We intend to undertake a detailed investigation of the formation of linear arrays of regularly spaced barium chromate nanoparticles, elucidate the mechanism and scope of the reaction system, and develop the methodology for the one-pot synthesis of organized colloidal superstructures containing metal sulfates, carbonates, oxides, sulfide, metallic nanoparticles and prussian blue molecular magnets.
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