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EPSRC Reference: GR/S77721/01
Title: PLATFORM: Self-assembled Amphiphilic Microstructured Materials
Principal Investigator: Seddon, Professor JM
Other Investigators:
Law, Professor R Templer, Professor R
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Department: Chemistry
Organisation: Imperial College London
Scheme: Platform Grants (Pre-FEC)
Starts: 01 February 2004 Ends: 31 January 2009 Value (£): 425,460
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Catalysis & Applied Catalysis Chemical Biology
Complex fluids & soft solids Materials Characterisation
Physical Organic Chemistry Surfaces & Interfaces
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
Electronics Food and Drink
Healthcare Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
Energy
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This application is for a Platform grant to underpin our research into the nature of self-assembled amphiphilic microstructures: lyotropic liquid crystals, surfactants, lipid membranes, block copolymers and liquid crystals. Materials based on such structures have wide-ranging importance, from biomimetic materials, surfactants and foodstuffs, advanced materials, to biomembranes, enhanced medical imaging, and templating applications. In order to use and manipulate these materials effectively, a detailed understanding of their structure, ordering and dynamics, over lengthscales ranging from 1 nanometre to 1 micron, and timescales from microseconds to minutes, is required. Both the equilibrium and the non-equilibrium behaviour need to be studied, as the latter is usually encountered during processing or functioning conditions.We plan to use a combination of experimental methods, primarily X-ray diffraction and solid-state NMR, but also encompassing techniques such as polarising microscopy, calorimetry and electron microscopy, to study the structure, ordering and dynamics of a wide range of self-assembling materials, under both equilibrium and out-of-equilibrium conditions.
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