NIRT: Novel Nanoengineered Chromophore Aggregates with Controlled Electronic and Optical Properties

这个NIRT项目的重点是具有受控电子和光学性质的新型纳米工程发色团聚集体，目的是在纳米尺度上控制有机构建块之间的电荷转移和光学功能。这里提出的定义明确的聚集体是与分子电子学相关的重要的新系统。这项研究考察了单分子作为开关、存储器和晶体管等微电路部件的潜力。本项目将合成并使用含有对位基团接触的分子聚集体。对其光学和电学特性的研究将集中在对环纸调光剂上。

The focus of this NIRT project on Novel Nanoengineered Chromophore Aggregates with Controlled Electronic and Optical Properties is on the design, synthesis, optical characterization, and modeling of novel materials, with the objective of nanoscale control of charge transfer and optical functionality between organic building blocks. The well-defined aggregates proposed here are important new systems of relevance to molecular electronics. The research examines the potential of single molecules as microcircuitary components such as switches, memory and transistors. Molecular aggregates which contain paracycophane contacts will be synthesized and used in this project. The investigation on the optical and electronic characteristics will be focused on the paracyclophane dimmers.