Research themes

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Synthesis and Catalysis

Synthesis and Catalysis

This themes addresses challenges in synthetic chemistry and catalysis with the aim of developing fast, selective and clean chemical processes

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Chemical biology and health

Chemical Biology and Healthcare

The Development and Application of Novel Methods, Tools, Chemical Entities and Technologies for the benefit of healthcare and healthcare research

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Green chemistry

Environmental and Green Chemistry

The theme focuses on all aspects of sustainable Chemistry including efficient use of resources, agri-chemistry, green syntheses, efficient recycling and degradation, and studying the influence of chemistry on the environment

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Energy

Energy

This theme addresses the development and study of new molecules, materials and devices with tailored chemistry for energy generation, storage, transmission and efficient usage

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Imaging

Imaging, Sensing and Analytical Chemistry

This theme brings together work at the forefront of detecting, sensing and imaging both molecules and complex assemblies. Our activities have a strong basis of novel technology and technique development

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Materials

Materials and Molecular Design

This theme addresses the challenges of the nanoscale design of materials from atoms to bulk properties

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Theoretical, Computational and Data-driven Chemistry (TCDC)

This theme encompasses all areas of modern chemistry, including computational chemistry and modelling; theoretical chemistry and data-driven approaches to chemistry, including machine learning and AI.

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