NOVEL MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS MATERIALS WITH UNUSUAL   ELECTRON AND EXCITON DYNAMICS

Starting Date : 4. 11. 1998

Duration :         4 years

Budget :           BEF 13,300,000

Participants :  University of Thessaloniki, Greece (Prof. P. Argyrakis)

                          Lebedev Physical Institute, Russia (Prof. A. Vitukhnovsky)

                          Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (Prof. M. Van der Auweraer)

                          Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA (Prof. R. J. Silbey)

Objectives :

The main objective of the project is the exploration of new combinations of conductive polymers and supramolecular materials, known as dendrimers, in photodetectors and electroluminescent materials. This includes both “basic knowledge” and “technological advances”, and includes the following points:

(1) The investigation of the exciton dynamics and electron transfer in new molecular materials based on dendrimers.

(2) The acquisition of more details about the geometry and internal structure of fluorescence dye labeled dendrimers, their motion in various environments, such as solution (liquid and frozen), Langmuir-Blodgett and self-assembling films, and the bulk state.

(3) The selection, synthesis, and testing of new mixed molecular materials (dendrimers, polyamides, fullerenes, polybenzimidazoles, polyphenylenes, carbazole dyes, etc.) for effective electroluminescent devices and novel photodetectors.