Electron Donor Acceptor Nanocomposites with High Mechanical Strengh

当前提案的范围是设计新的电子供体受体纳米复合材料，这将导致通过静电组装到碳纳米管（CNT）的电活性和光活性集合体的仿生组织在能量转换和运输方面的显着改善。根据现有的实验结果，所提出的纳米级系统有望对太阳能转换非常有价值，特别是对新型化学和光驱动系统以及高机械强度材料。基本原理是CNT的电子受体特征。新能源汽车结构设计分子的可溶于凝聚介质的碳纳米结构作为控制/改变能量转换和传输的有力手段而出现。调节相互作用可以满足从制备电子给体-受体纳米复合材料到增强强度材料的各种目的。长期目标是在光诱导反应后产生和表征活性中间体，以探测CNT在i）均匀有机介质和ii）ITO电极薄膜中的电子和能量存储特性。综合项目的最终目标是通过使用模型，建立化学/物理/生物物理特性与引入特定功能之间的关系。

The scope of the current proposal is to devise new Electron Donor Acceptor Nanocomposites that will lead to significant improvements in energy conversion and transport via the biomimetic organization of electro- and photoactive ensembles electrostatically assembled to carbon nanotubes (CNT). On the basis of available experimental results the proposed nanoscale systems promise to be extremely valuable to solar energy conversion ¿ specifically to novel chemical and light driven systems ¿ and high mechanical strength materials. The basic rationales are the electron acceptor features of CNT. Structural design of new ¿molecular¿ carbon nanostructures, which are soluble in condensed media, emerge as powerful means to control/modify energy conversion and transport. Tuning of the interactions can satisfy a variety of purposes that range from the preparation of electron donor-acceptor nanocomposites to augmented strength materials. The long-term objective is generation and characterization of reactive intermediates following light-induced reactions in order to probe the electron and energy storage properties of CNT in i) homogeneous organic media and ii) thin films at ITO electrodes. The ultimate goal of the integrated project is, through the use of models, to develop relationships between chemical / physical / photophysical properties and the introduction of specific functionalities.