Details of Grant

EPSRC Reference:

GR/R13821/01

Title:

(Ropa) Single-Molecule Optoelectronics. (The Control of Electronic Function In Single Molecules Using Light).

Principal Investigator:

Dunn, Professor MH

Other Investigators:

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Department:

Physics and Astronomy

Organisation:

University of St Andrews

Scheme:

ROPA

Starts:

01 February 2001

Ends:

31 January 2003

Value (£):

87,421

EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:

Optical Phenomena

Optoelect. Devices & Circuits

EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:

No relevance to Underpinning Sectors

Related Grants:

Panel History:

Panel Date	Panel Name	Outcome
03 Oct 2000	Photonics & Photonics Materials	Deferred

Summary on Grant Application Form

The principal aim is to demonstrate that light can be used to control electronic functions associated with single molecules. By use of the break junction technique an individual molecule will be wired to a macroscopic circuit so as to allow the molecule's electronic/electrical properties to be measured. A range of intramolecular photochemical process will be explored as means of providing optoelectronic/photonic function within such wired molecules. The overall aim will be to assess experimentally the feasibility of building light-activated switches and memory elements within single molecules. The project hence aims to extend recent progress in the burgeoning area of molecular electronics to encompass a new area, molecular optoelectronics/photonics.

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