LIGHTSUPGEL · Towards unravelling self-assembly/disassembly mechanisms of photo-switchable supramolecular gels by super-resolution microscopy and their use for drug crystallization

Towards unravelling self-assembly/disassembly mechanisms of photo-switchable supramolecular gels by super-resolution microscopy and their use for drug crystallization

Light-responsive soft materials are attracting increasing interest because they can reorganise their structure when exposed to specific wavelengths of light. Such materials have potential uses in microfabrication, sensing, adaptive surfaces and controlled crystallisation. However, progress in this area has been hindered by the lack of experimental tools capable of visualising, with sufficient precision, how these materials reorganise during light-induced transformations. Without such tools, it is difficult to understand the mechanisms that govern their behaviour or to design next-generation light-controlled materials with improved performance. The LIGHTSUPGEL project was created to address this challenge. Its overall objective was to develop new methodologies to observe, understand and control how supramolecular gels respond to light. By combining advanced microscopy, photochemistry, computational modelling and soft-matter research, the project aimed to generate fundamental knowledge and experimental strategies that could serve as a basis for future technologies involving light-controlled materials. The project pathway to impact centred on improving scientific understanding and enabling more efficient, contactless and energy-saving approaches to structuring and manipulating soft matter. In the long term, the results are expected to contribute to scientific and technological developments in fields such as materials science, photonics, microfabrication and crystallisation science.

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