Meta-chemistry for nanoscale chemical functionalization

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Nanoscale thermal gradients can then be exploited to drivechemistry in a spatially selective manner. In the projectl we will develop afundamental understanding of how heat is generated and transported in a liquidsurrounding a nanostructure, thus providing the foundation for optimal spatialcontrol. Also crucially, we will synthesise thermally responsive polymers whichwill be transformed in the locally heated solvent, creating nano-domains whichcan be subsequently chemically functionalised. Using the meta-chemistryconcept cm2 of a nanostructured substrate can be both spatially and selectivelychemically modified, in preparation for subsequent chemical functionalisation, inless than 60 seconds. The project is at the cusp of chemistry physics andengineering, it will discover novel fundamental science which in the longer termcould be the foundation of a powerful flexible technology for the nanoscience