Cubiholes

Main research page on the CubiHole project, using Cucurbiturils for hardwired optical and electronic self-assembly

Cucurbiturils for Hardwired Optical and Electronic Self-assembly

The aim of this 4 year EU-funded project is growing Au nanoparticles in cages, to make rigid networks for optics/electronics. We have 4 partners:

University of Cambridge	NanoPhotonics Centre	Prof. Jeremy Baumberg
University of Cambridge	Melville Polymer Lab	Prof. Oren Scherman
CSIC, San Sebastian	Centre for Material Science, Spanish Council for Scientific Research	Prof. Javier Aizpurua
University of Bordeaux	Analytical NanoDevices	Prof. Alex Kuhn

Currently we have 10 researchers on this project, which uses pumpkin-shaped molecules called Cucurbiturils to glue together rigidly defined nanoscale networks built of small particles of Au and Ag. These new materials have novel optical and electronic properties.