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
Promoting university students' situational engagement in online learning for climate education (2025)
Internet and Higher Education
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Recovery of rare earth elements from mining wastewater with aminomethylphosphonic acid functionalized 3D-printed filters (2025)
Separation and Purification Technology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Transforming fabrics into UV-sensing wearables: A photochromic hackmanite coating for repeatable detection (2024)
Chemical Engineering Journal
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Chondroitin Sulfate-Coated Heteroduplex-Molecular Spherical Nucleic Acids (2024)
ChemBioChem
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Monitoring cellular Guanosine triphosphate (GTP) and GTP associated proteins (2024)
(G5 Article dissertation )Multifunctional persistent luminescent and photochromic hackmanite-based materials prepared by microwave-assisted solid-state synthesis (2024)
Optical Materials
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
High intraspecific variability and previous experience affect polyphenol metabolism in polyphagous Lymantria mathura caterpillars (2024)
Ecology and Evolution
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Exploring the Interactions between Plant Proanthocyanidins and Thiabendazole : Insights from Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (2024)
Molecules
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Interactions of Galloylated Polyphenols with a Simple Gram-Negative Bacterial Membrane Lipid Model (2024)
Membranes
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))
Label-free electronic detection of peptide post-translational modification with functional enzyme-driven assay at the physical limit (2024)
Cell Reports Physical Science
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)