Interfacing self-assembly and multiple stimuli to create adaptive behaviour (A03)

• Subject Area: Organic Molecular Chemistry - Synthesis and Characterisation ; Physical Chemistry of Molecules, Liquids and Interfaces, Biophysical Chemistry ; Theoretical Chemistry: Molecules, Materials, Surfaces
• Term: since 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 433682494

Controlling the energy landscape of stimuli-responsive supramolecular materials remains a major challenge in the field of self-assembly. In this project, we aim at unravelling the effect of various triggers on supramolecular polymerization by detailed mechanistic insights. By interfacing supramolecular polymerization under controlled experimental conditions and a given stimulus, we will switch from responsive to adaptive behaviour on demand. The sequential application of multiple stimuli at defined intervals is expected to produce unprecedented functional supramolecular materials with oscillating, adaptive, sensing and memory behaviour.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1459: Intelligent matter: From responsive to adaptive nanosystems
• Applicant Institution: Universität Münster
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Gustavo Fernandez-Huertas; Professor Dr. Michael Ryan Hansen; Professor Dr. Johannes Neugebauer