NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF ISOTOPIC AND MOLECULAR TECHNOLOGIES
CLUJ - NAPOCA

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SELF-ASSEMBLED BIDIMENSIONAL SUPRAMOLECULAR SRUCTURES   

BASED ON FUNCTIONALIZED ORGANIC MOLECULES

CEEX PROGRAM 

PROJECT NR. 2-CEX-06-11-93/19.09.2006


  

The goals of this research project are the design, synthesis and characterization of functionalized bidimensional supramolecular structures with applications in nanoscience and nanotechnologies. The functionalized organic molecules design needs structural analysis and organic syntheses know-how, simulations and molecular modelling, identification and investigation of intermolecular interactions.

We intend to obtain and characterize Self-assembled Bidimensional Supramolecular Structures (SBSS) of podands and thiophene-phenothiazine macrocycles on gold surfaces and gold nanoparticles respectively.

The project has multi- and inter-disciplinary features, focusing on complex problems from fundamental sciences: molecular and atomic physics, organic chemistry and computational physics.

It will be achieved by a consortium of four representative institutions with a strong tradition in the R-D activities that also have the opportunity of doing joint research with a University from France. The consortium brings together the expertise of two national research institutes: National Institute for R&D of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies from Cluj-Napoca and National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering from Bucharest, as well as two prestigious universities: “Babes-Bolyai” University from Cluj-Napoca and “Carol Davilla” Medicine and Pharmacy University from Bucharest.

All of these aspects correspond to the national politics towards the integration into the European Research Area (ERA), the expected results being relevant for the new Framework Programme 7 (PC7) of the European Community.