Inorganic and Materials Chemistry Division
Coordination, organometallic and supramolecular chemistry
- Synthesis of transition and main group metal and f-element complexes
- Small molecule activation and homogeneous catalysis
- Surface, solution and solid-state supramolecular self-assembly
- Photochemistry and time-resolved spectroscopy
Biological Inorganic Chemistry
- Coordination complexes as mimics for Mo, W, Cu and NiFe enzymes
- Catalytic hydrogen/proton interconversion for fuel cells
- Spectroscopy and theory to probe the electronic structure of transition metal complexes and metalloenzyme active sites
- Metal intercalators as IR probes of DNA damage
Nanomaterials, Solid State and Polymer Chemistry
- Synthesis, processing and characterisation of carbon nanotubes and fullerenes
- Nanomaterials and light framework polymers for gas storage and activation
- Polymer synthesis and processing in supercritical fluids: drug delivery, tissue engineering, polymer blends and photonic materials
- Magnetic oxides and ionic conducting materials
Green and Analytical Chemistry and Clean Technology
- Clean chemistry in supercritical water
- Continuous reactions in supercritical CO2
- UHV spectroscopic and XPS techniques for the characterisation and in-situ monitoring of catalysis in ionic liquids
Contact:
Professor Martin Schroder
t: +44 (0)115 951 3490
e: m.schroder@nottingham.ac.uk
Organic and Biological Chemistry Division
Synthesis and Natural Products
The design and application of novel synthetic methodologies for the synthesis of naturally occurring target molecules, including antibiotics, alkaloids, terpenes and marine natural products.
Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
The design of new reagents and catalysts to effect diastereo- and enantio-selective reactions, involving alkylations, C-H oxidation, reduction, and rearrangement processes.
Biological and Medicinal Chemistry
Studies of the fundamental properties of biomolecules, for example the folding of proteins and the binding of antibiotics to DNA; synthesis of enzyme inhibitors, antisense DNA, and hapten design for generation of catalytic antibodies. Novel compounds with antibiotic, anticancer and antimalarial properties.
Contact:
Professor C J Moody
t: +44 (0)115 846 8500
e: c.j.moody@nottingham.ac.uk
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Division
Spectroscopy and Dynamics
- studies of fragmentation in isolated molecules using tunable laser and synchrotron light sources;
- time-resolved studies of intramolecular energy transfer;
- photoelectron studies of chiral molecules.
Astrophysical Chemistry
Observational and laboratory spectroscopy of molecules and dust found in stellar, circumstellar and interstellar media.
Magnetic Resonance
Application of magnetic resonance spectroscopic and imaging techniques to the characterisation of structure and dynamics in polymers, nanocomposite materials and biomolecules.
Surfaces Science
- studies of internal surfaces in mesostructural materials;
- UHV surface science, including surface structure using X-ray standing wave analysis, surface kinetics and dynamics.
Clusters and van der Waals complexes
- chemical and spectroscopic studies of the gas phase solvation of metal dications
- spectroscopy of weakly-bound complexes
- spectroscopy of molecules trapped in helium nanodroplets
- development of new experiments for studying metal ions using traps.
Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
- development of new methods in quantum chemistry, applications include benzene in superfluid helium droplets, buckminsterene fullerene adsorbed on silicon surfaces, and the spectroscopy of proteins
- application of computational chemistry to biologically important molecules.
Contact:
Professor A J Stace
t +44 (0)115 951 3450
e: anthony.stace@nottingham.ac.uk