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EPSRC Reference:	GR/S02761/01
Title:	A NEW APPROACH TO COMPOSITE MATERIALS: MOLECULAR RECOGNITION, CRYSTAL INTERFACES AND EPITAXY [Interface Engineering]
Principal Investigator:	Blagden, Professor N
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Department:	Pharmacy
Organisation:	University of Bradford
Scheme:	First Grant Scheme Pre-FEC
Starts:	01 July 2003	Ends:	30 June 2006	Value (£):	117,521
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Materials Synthesis & Growth
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The proposed research centres on three topics in the area of solid state chemistry. These are: (i) the solution growth of functionialised crystal surfaces for epitaxy, (ii) implementation of functionalised surface to epitaxial interfaces , and (iii) application of molecular aspects of crystal growth to composite materials engineering. It is the aim of the proposed work to develop a solution crystallisation based strategy, which enables interfaces between bulk phases to be engineered at the molecular level. This is motivated by the observation that a material functionality requires the optimum interaction across the interface and in order to do this strategies must depart from current mechanical phenomenological approach. Consequently a molecular template approach will be developed. Three novel approaches to engineering interface pairs will be explored. These are: a)- habit modification followed by epitaxy onto the host face, b)- habit modifcation followed by intermediate phase and then desired guest phase, c)- functionilization of crystal face followed by epitaxy guest phase. Habit modification; is the use of additive molecules, usually less 1 % by weight, to promote expressed crystal faces, which in this context will be a crystal face that has the optimum match for epitaxy between the two components composing the discrete interface. The optimisation of expressing, the optium configuration will entail using the guest molecule as an additive, or a derivative of the guest molecule or pre select molecule as an additive. If directed epitatxy as desribed is run in cyle manner it is envisged that composite structures may result, this will be explored.
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