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Building Advanced Materials from the Bottom Up. This proposal will result in new advanced materials with a range of useful properties, such as storage or trapping of gases such as hydrogen (for use in environmentally friendly transportation), methane and carbon dioxide (for pollution control), magnetic switching (with potential applications such as molecular sensors or data storage), new bulk and discrete nanometer sized magnets, and new liquids with novel solvent properties. These will be const ....Building Advanced Materials from the Bottom Up. This proposal will result in new advanced materials with a range of useful properties, such as storage or trapping of gases such as hydrogen (for use in environmentally friendly transportation), methane and carbon dioxide (for pollution control), magnetic switching (with potential applications such as molecular sensors or data storage), new bulk and discrete nanometer sized magnets, and new liquids with novel solvent properties. These will be constructed from carefully designed polymeric materials and unusual nanometer sized molecules. This proposal will also enable the applicant to develop and enhance overseas collaborations, particularly with a number of research groups in the emerging economy of China.Read moreRead less
Numerical modelling of the solar atmosphere. This project will develop a complete and realistic model of the magnetic solar activity using computer simulations of the interconnected solar interior and atmosphere. The results of this project will provide a deeper insight into the physical processes behind solar activity phenomena and will help in the development of methods of solar activity prediction.
Metal-Based Molecular Materials: From Electronic Structure to Functionality. This project aims to develop and explore new metal-based molecular materials, focusing on molecules that can act as magnets or be switched between multiple states by heating/cooling. This project expects to deliver an improved understanding of how the molecular electronic structure engenders desired physical properties in the target species. This insight will allow development of design principles for robust systems for ....Metal-Based Molecular Materials: From Electronic Structure to Functionality. This project aims to develop and explore new metal-based molecular materials, focusing on molecules that can act as magnets or be switched between multiple states by heating/cooling. This project expects to deliver an improved understanding of how the molecular electronic structure engenders desired physical properties in the target species. This insight will allow development of design principles for robust systems for nanodevices or advanced materials. As well as achieving important advances in fundamental chemistry, this project is anticipated to help lay the foundations for development of novel materials for high density data storage, quantum computing, molecular electronics/spintronics, optical displays or temperature/solvent sensors.Read moreRead less
Site-specific Conjugation of Zirconium and Copper Complexes to Antibodies for Application in Diagnostic Imaging and Therapy. This project will focus on fundamental chemistry that underpins innovations in the synthesis of metal-based imaging and therapeutic agents. Radioactive isotopes of copper and zirconium can be used for either non-invasive diagnostic imaging or treatment of disease. However, it is essential that the diagnostic or therapeutic agent selectively localises in diseased tissue. Th ....Site-specific Conjugation of Zirconium and Copper Complexes to Antibodies for Application in Diagnostic Imaging and Therapy. This project will focus on fundamental chemistry that underpins innovations in the synthesis of metal-based imaging and therapeutic agents. Radioactive isotopes of copper and zirconium can be used for either non-invasive diagnostic imaging or treatment of disease. However, it is essential that the diagnostic or therapeutic agent selectively localises in diseased tissue. This project aims to achieve the required selectivity by employing enzymatic site-specific bioconjugation reactions to build new imaging agents that feature ligands designed to safely bind radioactive isotopes fused to antibody derived targeting molecules.Read moreRead less
New strategies for highly sensitive chemical detection based on luminescent ruthenium and iridium complexes. Chemical reactions that emit tiny quantities of light, not even visible to the naked eye, can be used to detect the biomarkers of disease or traces of chemical or biological weapons in a terrorist attack. This project creates a new generation of reagents for this remarkably sensitive mode of detection for these and other important applications.
Discovering new organic chemistry using an inorganic touch. This project aims to discover new organic chemistry by treating carbon like a metal atom. Advances in fundamental organic chemistry have been important in developing products, including medicines, plastics and television display technology. Much research activity relies on applying existing organic chemistry, but inventing genuinely new organic chemistry is more difficult. By viewing carbon as a metal, this project will try to solve imp ....Discovering new organic chemistry using an inorganic touch. This project aims to discover new organic chemistry by treating carbon like a metal atom. Advances in fundamental organic chemistry have been important in developing products, including medicines, plastics and television display technology. Much research activity relies on applying existing organic chemistry, but inventing genuinely new organic chemistry is more difficult. By viewing carbon as a metal, this project will try to solve important problems in organic chemistry that have been unresolved for decades, and synthesise valuable chemicals normally generated using expensive precious metal catalysts.Read moreRead less
Synthesis, Synergy and Sustainability: Development of active-metal reagents. The design and realisation of new and important molecules requires innovative and efficient methods. This project will create a new store of active-metal molecular tools for the selective, catalytic and atom efficient construction of a diverse library of phosphorus heterocyclic scaffolds and chemical feedstocks relevant to biological, medicinal, and materials chemistry, and the fine chemical industry. Parallel studies e ....Synthesis, Synergy and Sustainability: Development of active-metal reagents. The design and realisation of new and important molecules requires innovative and efficient methods. This project will create a new store of active-metal molecular tools for the selective, catalytic and atom efficient construction of a diverse library of phosphorus heterocyclic scaffolds and chemical feedstocks relevant to biological, medicinal, and materials chemistry, and the fine chemical industry. Parallel studies employing environmentally friendly and benign deep eutectic solvents will allow for replacement of traditional hazardous volatile organic solvents, putting the newly created active-metal reagents at the forefront of the necessary shift towards a more sustainable and 'green' polar organometallic chemistry. Read moreRead less
Enhancing our understanding of metallochemistry in neurobiology with modern electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. Many neurological diseases involve protein accumulation that appears causally linked to abnormal levels of metal ions in the brain. This project will use a special technique called electron paramagnetic resonance to uncover how these metals interact with specific proteins at the molecular level and how drug treatments can modify these interactions.
New reactivity from unusual main group compounds. This project will develop new, fundamentally important, yet unusual main group compounds and investigate their reactivity. The project will lead to important fundamental advance in main group chemistry and will form the basis for cheaper and cleaner future synthetic methodologies and technologies.
Functional supramolecular materials for sensing and sequestration. This project will construct materials by controlling the assembly of molecules by virtue of the weak forces between them and the manner in which they assemble will be assessed. These materials will be capable of storing, sensing or separating small molecules with biological or environmental relevance or common gases.