Research Groups

Physical and organic chemistry, materials science, biophysics, complexity, surface science, microfluidics, self-assembly, micro- and nanotechnology, science for developing economies, origin of life, and cell-surface biochemistry.

Dynamics of metal oxide surfaces.

Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, methods and applications to biomolecular structure determination.

Design and synthesis of novel structures for application in catalysis and nanotechnology.

Mass spectrometry, cluster ion chemistry, molecular spectroscopy and modelling of the ro-vibrational states of small molecules.

Molecular aggregation, protein ligand-interactions, prediction of molecular properties, and the molecular basis of odor.

Development of microchip sensors suitable for detection / quantification of acids, bases, salts, sugars, proteins, viruses, and DNA oligomers.

Chiral liquid crystals, organic materials and glycolipids. Access to LiqCryst database.

Materials chemistry research, with a focus on nano-scale materials.

Biological mass spectrometry. Biophysics of peptides and proteins. Characterization of metal and semiconductor clusters.

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Molecular electronic and vibrational spectroscopy.

Chemical biology.

Interfacial architecture.

Synthesis of biomimetic models of NADH and the molecular recognition of acids and amines.