Smart Hybrid Materials for Opto(electro)ionics

SmartHyMat aims to develop hybrid halide perovskites as adaptive materials for innovative, sustainable devices in energy production and nanorobotics through molecular design and synthesis.

Subsidie
€ 2.123.241
2024

Projectdetails

Introduction

Modern technologies increasingly require smart and sustainable materials that adapt to their operating conditions in functional devices, such as those for efficient energy production and nanorobotics. Their development requires controlling complex material functions in response to external stimuli.

Challenges in Solid State

While molecular machines demonstrated remarkable potential in a wide range of stimuli-responsive functions, this remains a challenge in the solid state, hampering their use in functional devices. Overcoming this necessitates an amphidynamic platform that is ordered yet permits molecular motion without compromising stimuli-responsiveness, while offering the ease of processing for device fabrication.

Project Overview

SmartHyMat will address this enduring challenge by relying on the unparalleled capacity of hybrid halide perovskites to act as unique scaffolds for stimuli-responsive systems. These soft yet crystalline materials recently emerged as one of the leading semiconductors for thin-film optoelectronics, featuring mixed ionic-electronic conductivities and extraordinary performances in solution-processable devices.

Enhancing Operational Stability

While their operational stability can be enhanced by incorporating organic moieties, their functionality remains limited to electronically inactive off-the-shelf materials. This project will realize the innovative potential of hybrid perovskites in adaptive nanotechnologies through molecular design, synthesis, and characterization of stimuli-responsive systems in hybrid solid-state architectures.

Applications

Their potential will be demonstrated in unprecedented smart devices for:

  1. Power generation
  2. Memory
  3. Actuation relevant for automation and nanorobotics

This will involve optoelectronic devices, such as smart solar cells, as well as optoionic devices exploiting mixed conductivities, including artificial synapses and neuromuscular junctions.

Environmental Focus

The focus will be on environmentally friendly materials, setting the stage for an entirely new generation of smart and sustainable nanotechnologies.

Financiële details & Tijdlijn

Financiële details

Subsidiebedrag€ 2.123.241
Totale projectbegroting€ 2.123.241

Tijdlijn

Startdatum1-9-2024
Einddatum31-8-2029
Subsidiejaar2024

Partners & Locaties

Projectpartners

  • TURUN YLIOPISTOpenvoerder

Land(en)

Finland

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