{"id":89919,"date":"2025-06-24T11:59:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T09:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/port.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/?post_type=projects&p=89919"},"modified":"2025-12-19T10:49:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T09:49:00","slug":"nanocrystals-of-novel-lead-free-perovskite-materials-in-a-3d-polymer-matrix-synthesis-and-evaluation-of-their-applicability-in-ionizing-radiation-detection-polyncs-2","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/port.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/projekty-badawcze\/nanocrystals-of-novel-lead-free-perovskite-materials-in-a-3d-polymer-matrix-synthesis-and-evaluation-of-their-applicability-in-ionizing-radiation-detection-polyncs-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nanocrystals of Novel Lead-Free Perovskite Materials in a 3D Polymer Matrix: Synthesis and Evaluation of Their Applicability in Ionizing Radiation Detection – POLYNCS"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Project funded by the National Science Centre (NCN)<\/strong> under the \u201cMINIATURA 8\u201d<\/strong> call for single research activities announced on February 1, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Project registration number: 2024\/08\/X\/ST5\/00980<\/strong>
Project value: PLN 49,940<\/strong>
Funding amount: PLN 49,940<\/strong>
Project duration: 10\/12\/2024 \u2013 09\/12\/2025<\/strong>
Project manager: Micha\u0142 Makowski, PhD Eng.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Since the dawn of civilization, humans have needed to store and transmit information<\/strong> to pass accumulated knowledge to future generations. Methods of information storage have evolved significantly over the centuries. However, despite the sophistication of modern technologies, they struggle to keep pace<\/strong> with the explosive growth of data generation<\/strong>. The amount of data currently produced exceeds the capacity of conventional storage media, such as hard drives or flash memory\u2014a trend that continues to accelerate. A major drawback of commonly used hard drives is their limited stability<\/strong> and high energy consumption<\/strong>.<\/p>

Nature uses nucleic acids<\/strong> as its primary information carriers. It has been demonstrated that synthetic DNA<\/strong> can be used to encode binary code<\/strong>, enabling the storage of text or computer processor instructions through the representation of 0s and 1s by two selected nucleotides.<\/p>

Sequence-defined polymers (SDPs)<\/strong> offer a stable<\/strong>, resource- and energy-efficient<\/strong>, and sustainable<\/strong> solution for data storage\u2014a promising alternative to DNA. The properties of synthetic polymers can be precisely tailored<\/strong> to specific needs. By selecting structural building blocks from a wide library of synthetic monomers, polymer characteristics can be tuned to increase stability, extend lifespan, or simplify data reading. Moreover, the expanded alphabet of synthetic monomers<\/strong> enables higher information density<\/strong>.<\/p>

In addition, the storage capacity<\/strong> of sequence-defined polymers can be further enhanced through spatial organization<\/strong> of digital polymers using non-covalent synthesis methods<\/strong>, such as Layer-by-Layer (LbL) deposition of polyelectrolytes<\/strong>. These approaches overcome the limitations of traditional polymer synthesis, allowing the sequential assembly of macromolecules<\/strong> on a small surface area and resulting in materials with exceptionally high data density<\/strong>.<\/p>

Compared to conventional hard drives, the read\/write speed<\/strong> of macromolecular data storage is significantly lower. Therefore, polymers will not replace electronic drives but may address the challenge of long-term data archiving<\/strong>, serving as durable molecular information carriers<\/strong>. A key requirement, however, is the efficiency and speed of data reading<\/strong>.<\/p>

The project aims to develop sequence-defined polymers<\/strong> designed for reading encoded information<\/strong> based on their fluorescent properties<\/strong>. Fluorescent dye-containing monomers<\/strong> will be synthesized and used to encode information within macromolecular chains via iterative synthesis<\/strong>. A critical aspect of the work will be to select appropriate monomer structures<\/strong> that enable the formation of polymers exhibiting sequence-dependent fluorescence<\/strong>.<\/p>

The resulting polymer characteristics will be used to train neural networks<\/strong>. By applying artificial intelligence tools<\/strong>, fluorescence can be evaluated as a method for reading information encoded in macromolecules<\/strong>. The project is based on the hypothesis that fluorescence spectroscopy<\/strong> offers a promising technique for polymer sequencing<\/strong>. The advantages of fluorescence as a sequencing method include speed<\/strong>, low cost<\/strong>, non-destructive measurement<\/strong>, no need for sample recovery<\/strong>, high sensitivity<\/strong>, and potential for miniaturization<\/strong> and high-throughput parallel analysis<\/strong>.<\/p>

Despite the great potential of fluorescence for sequencing applications, the main scientific challenge of this project lies in designing polymers that generate sequence-dependent fluorescence signals<\/strong>. To achieve this, monomers will be designed to respond to the distance between fluorophore units<\/strong> (affecting energy transfer) and to environmental conditions<\/strong>.<\/p>

The expected results will contribute to new fundamental knowledge<\/strong> on the relationship between monomer sequence and fluorescence properties<\/strong> in polymers. Research on discrete systems will allow for systematic comparison of different sequences<\/strong> and a deeper understanding of underlying phenomena. Furthermore, the use of AI tools<\/strong> will enable discoveries beyond the reach of traditional analytical methods. The acquired knowledge will advance the fields of polymer chemistry<\/strong> (through the synthesis of novel structures) and functional materials science<\/strong> (through the creation of new data storage materials), while also evaluating fluorescence spectroscopy as an emerging technique for polymer sequencing<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Project funded by the National Science Centre (NCN) under the \u201cMINIATURA 8\u201d call for single research activities announced on February 1, 2024 Project registration number: 2024\/08\/X\/ST5\/00980Project value: PLN 49,940Funding amount: PLN 49,940Project duration: 10\/12\/2024 \u2013 09\/12\/2025Project manager: Micha\u0142 Makowski, PhD Eng. Since the dawn of civilization, humans have needed to store and transmit information to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":80871,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[588,747],"grupy_badawcze":[622],"pozostale_projekty":[],"class_list":["post-89919","projects","type-projects","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncn","category-nsc","grupy_badawcze-grupa-badawcza-materialow-dla-fotoniki"],"acf":{"kierownik_projektu":["Dr. Micha\u0142 Makowski"],"dofinansowanie":"Narodowe Centrum Nauki","nazwa_projektu":"","tematyka_projektu":"","opis_projektu":"","grupa_badawcza":["Photonic Materials Research Group"],"dofinanowanie":"National Science Centre"},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-02 11:01:43","action":"category","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/port.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects\/89919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/port.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/port.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/projects"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/port.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects\/89919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96738,"href":"https:\/\/port.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects\/89919\/revisions\/96738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/port.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/port.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/port.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89919"},{"taxonomy":"grupy_badawcze","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/port.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/grupy_badawcze?post=89919"},{"taxonomy":"pozostale_projekty","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/port.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pozostale_projekty?post=89919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}