Molecular Assemblers: Light Driven Molecular Machines for Synthesis (A08*)

• Subject Area: Organic Molecular Chemistry - Synthesis and Characterisation
• Term: from 2015 to 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 13266514

In nature light energy is converted to chemical energy by photosynthesis driving ATP condensation. The energy stored in ATP powers a number of biochemical processes such as molecular machines which assemble reactants to products with high spatial precision. In project A8 we develop analogous, artificial, molecular assemblers, or in other words, we are aiming at light-driven molecular machines that are able to make other molecules.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 677: Function by Switching
• Applicant Institution: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Rainer Herges, since 7/2015