Projects
Projects: Projects for Investigator |
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| Reference Number | EP/G049726/1 | |
| Title | Radical New Materials for Electronics | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Renewable Energy Sources(Solar Energy, Photovoltaics) 10%; Not Energy Related 90%; |
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| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Chemistry) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Dr N Robertson No email address given Sch of Chemistry University of Edinburgh |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 01 April 2009 | |
| End Date | 31 May 2012 | |
| Duration | 38 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £106,718 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Electronics | |
| Region | Scotland | |
| Programme | NC : Physical Sciences | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Dr N Robertson , Sch of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh (100.000%) |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | In recent years, electronic devices made from organic materials have emerged as an exciting alternative to established technologies based on semiconductors like silicon. Such organic materials have the possibility to provide low-cost devices with applications including light-emitting diodes, solar cells, smart cards and radio-frequency ID tags. Commercial products have begun to emerge from this field however to fully realise the potential, new materials and new processing techniques must continue to be developed. Almost all the molecular building blocks currently used in such materials are non-magnetic molecules, however the use of magnetic species (radicals) offers several potential advantages including better-performing transistors with new methods of operation and spintronic devices where the orientation of magnetic moments plays a role in information processing. The project will focus on the study of varying families of magnetic molecules in thin films and devices to understandthe potential of such materials in electronic applications and develop devices that exploit their unique properties | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 10/09/09 | |
