Research Grant
[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FL170100014]Researchers: Professor Christopher Barner-Kowollik (Australian Laureate Fellowship)
Brief description Light-Induced chemical modularity: a new frontier in macromolecular design. This project aims to develop powerful light-driven chemistries for the modular construction of advanced macromolecular materials. The expected outcome is a versatile, light-based precision macromolecular synthetic technology platform, enabling critical advances in soft matter material design and synthesis, ranging from selectivity control of chemical reactions and information-coded and biomimetic light-responsive macromolecules to advanced functional photoresists for 3D laser lithography as well as materials that self-report structural transformations by light or are reprogrammable in their properties by photonic fields. Harnessing the power of light as a precision tool for the construction of advanced macromolecular materials will provide technology outcomes for Australian manufacturing industries from electronics to health. This includes laser-driven 3D printing technology at the nano-level, light-adaptive smart reprogrammable coatings and materials, synthetic proteins responsive to light as well as tailor-made single cell niches.
Funding Amount $3,275,680
Funding Scheme Australian Laureate Fellowships
- ARC : FL170100014
- PURL : https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FL170100014
