Photoactive hybrid materials

Grant Agency
Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
Topics
Molecular Spectroscopy and Photochemistry.
Year from
2010
Year to
2013
Hybrid materials designed in this project combine suitable properties of both inorganic (carrier, protection) and organic (photoactivity, forming) components so that photoactive compounds can be activated by visible radiation. Nanostructured hybrid materials are based on layered double hydroxides (LDH) and layered silicates predominantly in the form of oriented films, self-standing films, and porphyrin-LDH/polymer films. We intend (i) to develop the methods of fabrication of hybrid materials with intercalated active molecules, (ii) to control photofunctions (e.g., energy transfer, singlet oxygen formation), (iii) to elucidate the role of a matrix structure on the organization, distribution, orientation and structure of intercalated (active) molecules, and (iv) to characterize structure - release and structure - photofunction relations. We are going to develop materials applicable as carriers of active molecules and materials with controlled photophysical properties, e.g., producing singlet oxygen upon visible light irradiation that leads to bactericidal surfaces.

RNDr. KUBÁT Pavel CSc.

Room
04B, 021
Extension
+420 26605 3076, 3047
E-mail
pavel.kubatatjh-inst.cas.cz