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Research Areas
EaStCHEM has four research areas which span the whole of Chemistry.
The Chemistry/Biology Interface
The Chemistry/Biology Interface
area is broad, with particular strengths in the areas of protein
structure and function, mechanistic enzymology, proteomics, biologically
targeted synthesis, the application of high throughput and combinatorial
approaches and biophysical chemistry, which focuses on the development
and application of physicochemical techniques to biological systems.
Experimental and Theoretical Chemical Physics
Chemical Physics is the fundamental
study of molecular properties and processes. Areas of expertise
include probing molecular structure in the gas phase, clusters and
nanoparticles, the development and application of physicochemical
techniques such as mass spectoscropy to molecular systems and the
EaStCHEM surface science group, who study complex molecules on surfaces,
probing the structure property-relationships employed in heterogeneous
catalysis. A major feature is In Silico Scotland, a world class
research computing facility.
Synthesis
Molecular synthesis encompasses
the synthesis and characterisation at ambient and extreme conditions
of organic and inorganic compounds, including those with application
in homogeneous catalysis, nanotechnology, supramolecular chemistry,
drug discovery and ligand design. The development of innovative
synthetic and characterisation methodologies (particularly in structural
chemistry) is a key feature.
Materials Chemistry
The EaStCHEM Materials Chemistry
group is one the largest materials chemistry groups in the UK.
Areas of strength include the design, synthesis and characterisation
of strongly correlated electronic materials, battery and fuel cell
materials and devices, porous solids, materials at extreme pressures
and temperatures, polymer microarray technologies and technique
development for materials and nanomaterials analysis.
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