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EPSRC Reference:	GR/A00102/01
Title:	AF: HYDROGEN BOND-ASSEMBLED INTERLOCKED MOLECULAR ARCH ITECTURES
Principal Investigator:	Leigh, Professor D
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Department:	Chemistry
Organisation:	University of Warwick
Scheme:	Advanced Fellowship (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 April 2000	Ends:	30 September 2001	Value (£):	128,240
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Chemical Structure
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The aim of this project is to exploit the discovery of benzylic amide catenanes, a family of readily accessible interlocked molecules first prepared (by chance!) in the Applicant's laboratory, to produce functional materials, macromolecules, biomolecules and reagents and catalysts with unusual or unique properties by virtue of their interlocked molecular architectures. As both the art and science of synthesis develops apace towards the end of the 20th century, interlocked molecular systems (catenanes, rotaxanes and knots) are attracting increasing interest from chemists, biologists and materials scientists. This is partly in view of the lessons one can learn about nanoscale assembly processes per se, but also because these often extraordinary structures offer unique opportunities for producing functional materials not open to molecules with conventional architectures. For example, mechanical interlocking allows the two (or more) interlocked components to move with respect to each other in a limited manner thus increasing flexibility at the molecular level (with consequent effects on macroscopic properties) and, perhaps in response to external stimuli, altering distances and angles between functional groups and substituents on the interlocked components.This multidisciplinary proposal is split into 4 sub-areas, some of which are already being investigated in partnership with industry and with EU and research council support to supply manpower, consumables, equipment and technical support. An EPSRC Advanced Fellowship is sought to allow the Applicant to concentrate fully on accomplishing the research goals described herein.
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