A building-block approach for the study of transport and reactions in confined environments: from synthesis to nano-organised devices through controlled assembly

该项目的合作研究工作“用于研究运输和限制环境中的反应的构建块方法：从合成到通过控制组装的纳米组织设备”，旨在探索超薄膜形式的分层混合材料。虽然小分子、聚合物和胶体的组装多年来一直是研究的主题，但人们对树状大分子等预先组织的分子物体的结合知之甚少。虽然在合成方面要求很高，但树状大分子提供了一个明确的外部和内部结构，使它们成为纳米容器或纳米反应器。如果这些材料与其他材料共同组装，人们应该期望最终的混合结构将显示出额外的功能，这些功能来自所有组件的可控空间安排。在目前的项目中，我们建议合成各种各样的树状大分子构建块，以一种可控的方式组装它们，表征所得到的纳米组织系统，并研究这些设备中某些模型情况下的输运和反应。

The collaborative research effort in the project "A building-block approach for the study of transport and in reactions confined environments: from synthesis to nano-organised devices through controlled assembly" is directed towards the exploration of hierarchic hybrid materials in the form of ultrathin films. While the assembly of small molucules, polymers and colloids has been a topic for research since several years, little is known about the incorporation of preorganized molecular objects such as dendrimers. While demanding with respect to synthesis, dendrimers offer a well defined exterior and interior that makes them attractive as nanocontainers or nanoreactors. If such materials are co-assembled with others, one should expect that the resulting hybrid structures will show additional functionality that arises form the controlled spatial arrangement of all components. In the present project we propose to synthesise a large variety of dendrimer building blocks, to assemble them in a controlled way, to characterize the resulting nano-organized systems and to study transport and reactions in such devices for some model cases.