Current Research:

BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

• Fluorophores for Monitoring Metal Ion Levels in Natural Waters
• The syntheses of cyclopropyl peptidomimetics
• The syntheses of novel drugs
• New highly active oligomeric cobalt salen and cobalt b-ketoiminato catalysts
• Novel therapeutic approaches to combating oxidative stress: Medicinal chemistry of Hydralazine analogues
• Structure-based Drug Design
• Cyclodextrin Chemistry: Enzyme Mimics
• Synthesis of Anti-Cancer Active Quinones
• Host defence peptides of mammals and amphibians
• Synthesis of Active Benzazepine Derivatives
• Bioactive Peptides from Amphibians
• Exploring Non-Covalent Solute-Solvent Interactions in the Gas Phase
• Acyl Migration Reactions within Glucoronide Conjugates

 CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS

• Synthesis of Novel Pyrroles & Porphyrin Derivatives: Approaches to 'Molecular Cogs'
• Cyclodextrin Based Molecular Devices
• Electronic communication via less unsaturated carbon chains
• Reactions of unsaturated carbon chains
• Molecular switches
• New Materials from Gold-centred Reactions
• Molecular design: squares, rectangles and cubes
• Synthesis of molecules with unsaturated carbon chains
• Models for Molecular wires
• Optical limiters (with DSTO, Salisbury)
• Computatioal Studies of Group 5 Metal-Carbon Clusters (V, Nb and Ta)
• Liquid Beam Mass Spectrometry: An Investigation of Novel Methods for Polymer Characterisation
• Laser Spectroscopy of Transition Metallo-Organic Radical Molecules
• Gold-Sulfur Interactions in Nanotechnology

 LASER & ION CHEMISTRY

• Interstellar Chemistry
• Laser Spectroscopy of Transition Metallo-Organic Radical Molecules
• The Search for Ethylene Dione, O=C=C=O
• Exploring Non-Covalent Solute-Solvent Interactions in the Gas Phase
• Liquid Beam Mass Spectrometry: An Investigation of Novel Methods for Polymer Characterisation
• Stratospheric Ion Chemistry: Micro-Solvated Hypochlorites

 ANALYTICAL & GREEN CHEMISTRY

• Detection of Agricultural Pollutants via Liquid Beam Mass Spectrometry
• Ultra-Sensitive Chemical Detection and Monitoring using Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy
• Cork Taint in Bottled Wine: Investigating the Role of Trichloroanisole (TCA)
• Stratospheric Ion Chemistry: Micro-Solvated Hypochlorites
• Fluorophores for Monitoring Metal Ion Levels in Natural Waters
• Studies of Reactions of the Greenhouse gas Carbon Dioxide

 PROF. J. BOWIE

• Bioactive Peptides from Amphibians
• Host defence peptides of mammals and amphibians
• Synthesis of Anti-Cancer Active Quinones
• Synthesis of Active Benzazepine Derivatives
• Interstellar Chemistry
• Studies of Reactions of the Greenhouse gas Carbon Dioxide
• The Search for Ethylene Dione, O=C=C=O

 PROF. M. BRUCE

• Models for Molecular wires
• Synthesis of molecules with unsaturated carbon chains
• Molecular switches
• Reactions of unsaturated carbon chains
• Electronic communication via less unsaturated carbon chains
• Molecular design: squares, rectangles and cubes
• New Materials from Gold-centred Reactions
• Optical limiters (with DSTO, Salisbury)

 ASSOC. PROF. M. BUNTINE

• Exploring Non-Covalent Solute-Solvent Interactions in the Gas Phase
• Detection of Agricultural Pollutants via Liquid Beam Mass Spectrometry
• Liquid Beam Mass Spectrometry: An Investigation of Novel Methods for Polymer Characterisation
• The Search for Ethylene Dione, O=C=C=O
• Stratospheric Ion Chemistry: Micro-Solvated Hypochlorites
• Computatioal Studies of Group 5 Metal-Carbon Clusters (V, Nb and Ta)
• Ultra-Sensitive Chemical Detection and Monitoring using Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy
• Cork Taint in Bottled Wine: Investigating the Role of Trichloroanisole (TCA)
• Gold-Sulfur Interactions in Nanotechnology
• Acyl Migration Reactions within Glucoronide Conjugates

 PROF. S. LINCOLN

• Fluorophores for Monitoring Metal Ion Levels in Natural Waters
• Cyclodextrin Chemistry: Enzyme Mimics
• Cyclodextrin Based Molecular Devices

 DR G. METHA

• Laser Spectroscopy of Transition Metallo-Organic Radical Molecules
• Computatioal Studies of Group 5 Metal-Carbon Clusters (V, Nb and Ta)
• Ultra-Sensitive Chemical Detection and Monitoring using Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy
• Cork Taint in Bottled Wine: Investigating the Role of Trichloroanisole (TCA)
• Gold-Sulfur Interactions in Nanotechnology
• The Search for Ethylene Dione, O=C=C=O
• Liquid Beam Mass Spectrometry: An Investigation of Novel Methods for Polymer Characterisation
• Stratospheric Ion Chemistry: Micro-Solvated Hypochlorites

 DR S. PYKE

• Synthesis of Novel Pyrroles & Porphyrin Derivatives: Approaches to 'Molecular Cogs'
• Structure-based Drug Design
• Novel therapeutic approaches to combating oxidative stress: Medicinal chemistry of Hydralazine analogues
• Acyl Migration Reactions within Glucoronide Conjugates

 DR D. TAYLOR

• The syntheses of cyclopropyl peptidomimetics
• The syntheses of novel drugs
• New highly active oligomeric cobalt salen and cobalt b-ketoiminato catalysts

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