Boron Nitrogen Isostere-Doped Organometallics for Molecular Electronics

The project will design and develop synthetic methods to access unprecedented classes of low-dimensional boron-nitrogen compounds. These are intended for use as high value-added bespoke materials for electro-optical applications that were previously the domain of carbon-only materials. This project will critically evaluate the physical and chemical characteristics of the new materials that underpin potential applications, through a gauntlet of new and emerging structural and spectroscopic methods. The novelty of the new materials ensures that Australia is at the forefront of their development and evaluation allowing immediate technology transfer and industry-academic networking. The complexity of the proposed molecular architectures calls for the development of sophisticated and in some cases new capabilities for design, synthesis, manipulation and characterisation. This provides an exceptional opportunity for the emergence of highly trained scientists with analyti