Research at the Department of Chemistry
The Department of Chemistry developes new tools for the needs of drug development and diagnostics as well as new solutions for sensors, energy storage and energy transfer.
Chemistry is a very practical field of science, which helps finding solutions to many globally essential problems. The research carried out at the Department of Chemistry currently seeks answers to for example the following questions:
- How to store and utilize Solar energy more efficiently?
- Can drugs be targeted in the body by attaching chemical address tags in them?
- Can the defense compounds of plants be used to slow down the climate change and also as anti-parasite drugs?
- How to make the penetration of antiviral drugs into the desired parts of cells more efficient?
- Is it possible to manufacture functional and biocompatible films for sensor, drug delivery, reaction and bio applications?
- Why do all plants produce a different variety of defense compounds?
- How to use bioinspire molecules and solvents in biodegradable electronics and environmentally friendly electrochemical applications? What is the physical basis of these processes?
- How to convert carbon dioxide to fuel?
- How to produce efficient energy storage materials?
Research groups
Newest Publications
Endemic island plant-herbivore interactions: Kamehameha butterfly (Nymphalidae) and Hawaiian Urticaceae (2024)
Biotropica
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))
Cobalt(III) complex with a redox non-innocent bis (o-aminophenol) (2024)
Inorganic Chemistry Communications
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))
Metal Complexes of Redox Non-Innocent Ligand N,N′-Bis(3,5-di-tertbutyl-2-hydroxy-phenyl)-1,2-phenylenediamine (2024)
Molecules
(Refereed review article in scientific journal (A2))
Crystalline nanoxylan from hot water extracted wood xylan at multi-length scale : Molecular assembly from nanocluster hydrocolloids to submicron spheroids (2024)
Carbohydrate Polymers
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))
Monitoring cellular Guanosine triphosphate (GTP) and GTP associated proteins (2024)
(Doctoral dissertation (article) (G5))High intraspecific variability and previous experience affect polyphenol metabolism in polyphagous Lymantria mathura caterpillars (2024)
Ecology and Evolution
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))
Interactions of Galloylated Polyphenols with a Simple Gram-Negative Bacterial Membrane Lipid Model (2024)
Membranes
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))
Identification of stemness-related glycosylation changes in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (2024)
BMC Cancer
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))
Supercapacitive performance of ionic-liquid-intercalated two-dimensional Ti3C2Tx in redox electrolyte (2024)
Cell Reports Physical Science
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))
Fluorescence-Based Protein Stability Monitoring : A Review (2024)
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
(Refereed review article in scientific journal (A2))