Research
The research projects involve the design and synthesis of new organometallic and coordination compounds with applications as catalysts, medicines and as new materials
Overview
The research projects involve the design and synthesis of new organometallic and coordination compounds with applications as catalysts, medicines and as new materials:
CATALYSIS
Catalyst synthesis for:
- Polymerisation/oligomerisation
- Hydroformylation
- Carbonylation
- Oxidation
- Carbon-carbon cross-coupling
Catalyst testing:
High pressure autoclaves
MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
Synthesis of new:
- Anti-malarial drugs
- Anti-cancer drugs
- In vitro and in vivo testing
- Structure-activity relationships of drugs
- Radiopharmaceuticals
MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
Design and synthesis of:
- New polymers (organic and inorganic/organometallic)
- Metallodendrimers
The research in the group accommodates students with interests in all areas of chemistry and provides students with a broad training in small mononuclear molecules, polymers and dendritic/polynuclear complexes (materials synthesis), and characterization techniques. Many of our projects are interdisciplinary in nature. Thus, projects can involve both synthetic chemists, medical biochemists and through collaboration, industrial researchers.