| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/S77721/01 |
| Title: |
PLATFORM: Self-assembled Amphiphilic Microstructured Materials |
| Principal Investigator: |
Seddon, Professor JM |
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| Department: |
Chemistry |
| Organisation: |
Imperial College London |
| Scheme: |
Platform Grants (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 February 2004 |
Ends: |
31 January 2009 |
Value (£): |
425,460
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Catalysis & Applied Catalysis |
Chemical Biology |
| Complex fluids & soft solids |
Materials Characterisation |
| Physical Organic Chemistry |
Surfaces & Interfaces |
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| Electronics |
Food and Drink |
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Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology |
| Energy |
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Summary on Grant Application Form |
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This application is for a Platform grant to underpin our research into the nature of self-assembled amphiphilic microstructures: lyotropic liquid crystals, surfactants, lipid membranes, block copolymers and liquid crystals. Materials based on such structures have wide-ranging importance, from biomimetic materials, surfactants and foodstuffs, advanced materials, to biomembranes, enhanced medical imaging, and templating applications. In order to use and manipulate these materials effectively, a detailed understanding of their structure, ordering and dynamics, over lengthscales ranging from 1 nanometre to 1 micron, and timescales from microseconds to minutes, is required. Both the equilibrium and the non-equilibrium behaviour need to be studied, as the latter is usually encountered during processing or functioning conditions.We plan to use a combination of experimental methods, primarily X-ray diffraction and solid-state NMR, but also encompassing techniques such as polarising microscopy, calorimetry and electron microscopy, to study the structure, ordering and dynamics of a wide range of self-assembling materials, under both equilibrium and out-of-equilibrium conditions.
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http://www.imperial.ac.uk |