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We have a number of internationally respected research groups within Chemistry at Keele. Collaborations are numerous with academic and industrial partners in the UK and overseas, including for example close ties with the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) in Grenoble, France - the world’s leading facility in neutron science and technology, and with AstraZeneca - one of the world’s foremost pharmaceutical companies.
Facilities
The Birchall Centre is home to academics whose general fields of research cover inorganic chemistry and materials science and straddle areas as seemingly diverse as sustainable energy, bioinorganic chemistry, catalysis, polymers, porous materials and surface science. The Birchall Centre fosters an environment in which fundamental and applied sciences across this breadth of fields can both prosper and inform one another.
- Organic and Medicinal Chemistry (Prof Pat Bailey, Dr Russell Pearson, Prof Chris Ramsden)
- Green Chemistry and Clean Energy (Prof James Howell, Prof Mark Ormerod)
- Integrated Macromolecular Structure (Prof Trevor Forsyth, Dr Susana Teixeira)
- Analytical & Spectroscopic Research (Dr Catherine Duckett, Dr David McGarvey, Dr Frank Rutten)
- Chemical Ecology (Dr Falko Drifjhout, Dr G.R. Jones)
Enquiries are welcome at any time, particularly but not exclusively on the following projects. Although there may not be specific funding available, opportunities for partial funding may be possible so please contact the relevant supervisor before submitting an application.
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Clean catalytic conversion of waste biomass into energy and useful chemicals. |
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Computer modelling of inorganic materials. |
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Identification of chemicals invoved in the communication in insects. |
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Studies of the mechanism and inhibition of tyrosinase and related ortho-quinone chemistry. |
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New bioactive compounds from seed crop oils. |
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The design, synthesis and evaluation of novel nitric oxide releasing compounds. |
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The design and synthesis of drug carrier molecules, to improve oral bioavailability of pharmaceuticals via the PepT1 transporter. |
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The bioinorganic chemistry of aluminium and silicon in relation to both the essentiality and/or toxicology of these elements. |
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Organic/inorganic porous materials, their synthesis and characterisation on several length scales. |
Dr C.C. Egger |
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The use of structural techniques to probe the properties of compounds of importance in inorganic and materials chemistry. |
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Metal-organic chemical vapour deposition. |
Prof. P. Haycock |
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The interactions between metal ions and dendrimers or hyperbranched polymers. |
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Materials chemistry focussing on understanding the relationships between synthesis, structure and applications of functional hybrid materials. |
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Catalysis by zeolites and mesoporous materials and their characterisation by spectroscopic methods. |
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DNA and DNA-ligand complexes studied in crystals, fibres and solutions using X-ray and neutron diffraction |
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Crystallographic studies of the molecular basis of the perception of taste |
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Crystallographic studies of glycogen phosphorylase using novel diffraction approaches |
Contact Details |
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| Administrator | Ann Billington |
| Tel : | (+44) 01782 734071 |
| E-Mail : | epsam.enquiries@keele.ac.uk |
