Beatriu de Pinós Grant | Majid Basharat

Grant description

This project aims to develop versatile light-driven colloidal motors, based on organometallic compounds, capable of self-propulsion in both aqueous and organic solvents. These colloids will selectively photo-catalyze reactions based on their redox potentials, mimicking natural photosynthetic systems.

Their unique photophysical properties, including fluorescence, oxygen sensitivity, and responsiveness to oxidative and reductive pathways, will provide real-time insights into the underlying reaction mechanisms.

The Beatriu de Pinós programme (posdocBP) focuses on the attraction of post-doctoral research talent. The programme, funded by the Direcció General de Recerca de la Generalitat de Catalunya (General Directorate for Research in the Government of Catalonia) and managed by AGAUR, was launched in 2005.

The goal of the calls in the Beatriu de Pinós programme is to provide individual funding support for the recruitment and incorporation of post-doctoral researchers in the Catalan system of science and technology. Researchers are allowed to freely choose their own research project in any field. Candidate selection is performed through an independent, transparent and competitive evaluation process.

The posdocBP programme is aimed at the professional development of research staff in three areas: leadership, independence and consolidation. Besides, it promotes international mobility, multidisciplinary and intersectoral collaboration, and fosters supplementary training of researchers in transversal skills.