Pioneering Carbon-Based Architectures for Next-Generation Optoelectronics 

SPIRANT is an ambitious project led by Dr. Carlos Moreno Cruz at the University of Granada. Funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and by the European Regional Development Fund "A way of making Europe", within the "Proyectos de Generación de Conocimiento 2022" call. Its mission is to explore an entirely new family of carbon-based materials built around an innovative structural unit: spirobisanthracene. This unique three-dimensional scaffold opens exciting possibilities for advanced applications in organic electronics and photonics, including solar cells, OLEDs, and molecular electronics. 

Why is SPIRANT groundbreaking?

• Uncharted Territory: Some Spiro-compounds remains virtually unexplored in scientific literature. SPIRANT aims to fill this gap by developing synthetic routes and studying its optical and electronic properties.

• Next-Generation Materials: By combining spirocompounds with functional units, the project will create architectures with enhanced light-emission, charge-transport, and nonlinear optical responses—key features for future optoelectronic devices.

• Multidisciplinary Impact: SPIRANT bridges organic synthesis, materials science, and nanotechnology, contributing to the global effort to design sustainable, high-performance materials.

SPIRANT delivers new molecular systems with potential to revolutionize organic solar cells, OLED displays, and single-molecule electronics. Beyond scientific innovation, the project fosters collaboration, training, and public engagement, positioning our research at the forefront of advanced materials research.

Follow SPIRANT’s journey as we turn visionary chemistry into tomorrow’s technology.

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