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

Bio-Organic Group

Chemistry Education Research Group

Detection Technology Group

Intelligent Materials Chemistry Group

Materials Chemistry Research Group

Natural Chemistry Research Group

Physical Chemistry Group

Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry Group

Smart Energy Materials group

Newest Publications

Production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Precursors by Aldol Condensation of Cyclopentanone and Furfural on Ce-Based Catalysts (2026)

Energy and Fuels

Yevdokimova, Olha V.; Thirel, Axel; Eränen, Kari; Gallego-Villada, Luis A.; Kumar, Narendra; Angervo, Ilari; Lastusaari, Mika; Wärnå, Johan; Mäki-Arvela, Päivi; Murzin, Dmitry Yu.

(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Beyond compound‑specific methods: Group‑specific UHPLC-MS/MS enables rapid detection and quantitation of all glucosinolates (2026)

Journal of Chromatography A

Fock, Ville; Luntamo, Niko; Salminen, Juha-Pekka

(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Effect of heavy Nd3+ doping on defect-sensitive low-temperature properties of yttrium-aluminium garnet laser ceramics (2026)

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Li, Tingsong; Jing, Yanqiu; Liu, Yiyang; Wu, Lexiang; Hu, Chen; Li, Jiang; Antuzevičs, Andris; Šarakovskis, Anatolijs; Angervo, Ilari; Lastusaari, Mika; Boiko, Vitalii; Macalik, Bogusław; Komar, Jarosław; Stachowiak, Piotr; Hreniak, Dariusz

(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Development of an In Vitro Assay for Evaluation of Intracellular SPAAC Reactions Using Hoechst-DBCO (2026)

Chemical & Biomedical Imaging

Kovacs, Luciana; Savela, Risto; Matovic, Jelena; Auchynnikava, Tatsiana; Ekholm, Filip S.; Airaksinen, Anu J.

(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Catalyst development for the hydrogen to propylene oxide process with in-situ generated hydrogen peroxide and intensification in a trickle bed reactor (2026)

Applied Catalysis A: General

Schmidt, Christoph; Sandri, Francesco; Vidrequin, Alice; Favier, Jeremy; Aho, Atte; Granroth, Sari; Lastusaari, Mika; Salmi, Tapio

(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

New bi-functional catalysts for a novel continuous production of propylene oxide with in-situ generated hydrogen peroxide (2026)

Journal of Catalysis

Schmidt, Christoph; Alvear, Matias; Sandri, Francesco; Mandon, Seo; Ojala, Satu; Laitinen, Tiina; Lastusaari, Mika; Angervo, Ilari; Salmi, Tapio

(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Moments of Mistakes: Students’ Affective Responses in an Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory Course (2026)

Kyynäräinen, Reetta

(G5 Article dissertation )

Lead-free layered halide double perovskites with aromatic organic cations for resistive switching memories and artificial synapses (2026)

Materials Horizons

Ganaie, Mubashir Mushtaq; Mohammadi, Mahdi; Loizos, Michalis; Rogdakis, Konstantinos; Ansari, Rashid M.; Bravetti, Gianluca; Ghasemi, Maryam; Golobostanfard, Mohammad Reza; Kumar, Kishan; Ahmad, Shahab; Sahu, Satyajit; Kymakis, Emmanuel; Tress, Wolfgang; Milić, Jovana V.; Kumar, Mahesh

(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Bandgap Tunable Two-Step Vapor-Deposited Perovskite Absorbers for Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Solar Cells (2026)

ACS Energy Letters

Kuba, Austin G.; Artuk, Kerem; Othman, Mostafa; Turkay, Deniz; Ongaro, Chiara; Debastiani, Michele; Guesnay, Quentin; Golobostanfard, Mohammad Reza; Heydarian, Maryamsadat; Fischer, Oliver; Schubert, Martin C.; Sahli, Florent; Ansel, Yohann; Jeangros, Quentin; Hessler-Wyser, Aïcha; Ballif, Christophe; Wolff, Christian M.

(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Separating critical elements from NdFeB magnets with aminophosphonic acid functionalised 3D printed filters and their detailed structural characterisation (2026)

Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Virtanen, Emilia J.; Yliharju, Janne; Kukkonen, Esa; Christiansen, Tia; Hulkko, Eero; Tuomisto, Minnea; Miettinen, Arttu; Lastusaari, Mika; Vaisanen, Ari; Moilanen, Jani O.

(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

All publications

Research at the Department of Chemistry

Research groups

Bio-Organic Group

Chemistry Education Research Group

Detection Technology Group

Intelligent Materials Chemistry Group

Materials Chemistry Research Group

Natural Chemistry Research Group

Physical Chemistry Group

Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry Group

Smart Energy Materials group

Newest Publications

Production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Precursors by Aldol Condensation of Cyclopentanone and Furfural on Ce-Based Catalysts (2026)

Beyond compound‑specific methods: Group‑specific UHPLC-MS/MS enables rapid detection and quantitation of all glucosinolates (2026)

Effect of heavy Nd3+ doping on defect-sensitive low-temperature properties of yttrium-aluminium garnet laser ceramics (2026)

Development of an In Vitro Assay for Evaluation of Intracellular SPAAC Reactions Using Hoechst-DBCO (2026)

Catalyst development for the hydrogen to propylene oxide process with in-situ generated hydrogen peroxide and intensification in a trickle bed reactor (2026)

New bi-functional catalysts for a novel continuous production of propylene oxide with in-situ generated hydrogen peroxide (2026)

Moments of Mistakes: Students’ Affective Responses in an Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory Course (2026)

Lead-free layered halide double perovskites with aromatic organic cations for resistive switching memories and artificial synapses (2026)

Bandgap Tunable Two-Step Vapor-Deposited Perovskite Absorbers for Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Solar Cells (2026)

Separating critical elements from NdFeB magnets with aminophosphonic acid functionalised 3D printed filters and their detailed structural characterisation (2026)

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