| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/S30221/01 |
| Title: |
New facilities for UV/Vis/NIR spectroscopy |
| Principal Investigator: |
Ward, Professor MD |
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| Department: |
Chemistry |
| Organisation: |
University of Sheffield |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
26 September 2003 |
Ends: |
25 September 2005 |
Value (£): |
39,793
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Chemical Structure |
Chemical Synthetic Methodology |
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| Chemicals |
Electronics |
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UVNis/NIR spectroelectrochemistry has become a mainstay of our research in a varuety of areas relating t the optical properties of redox-active metal complexes. Our exisiting facility for spectroelectrochemistry, which is very heavily used, is 13 years old and needs urgent replacement to allow these projects (many carried out by EPSRC-funded personnel) to continue. The four main projects which will be supported by the new instrument are as listed above in the 'objectives' section, viz: (1) Study of electronic metal-metal interactions in polynuclear complexes, and how these relate to the nature of the bridging ligand; solvent-based switching of the direction of long-range electron-transfer; (2) Spectroelectrochemical analysis of complexes displaying non-innocent redox behaviour assignment of metal-based and ligand-based redox processes; (3) Evaluation of surface-immobilised near-IR electrochromic dyes as'switchable windows'; (4) Analysis of complexes displaying redox-switchable non-linear optical behaviour (both second and thirdorder).
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http://www.shef.ac.uk |