Utilising the Coordination chemistry tool-box to tackle issues ranging from Catalysis to Cancer

Completed

Not Energy Related
Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(CO2 Capture and Storage, CO2 storage)
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells(Hydrogen, Hydrogen storage)

Basic and strategic applied research

PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Chemistry)

Not Cross-cutting

Dr C Redshaw
Chemistry
University of Hull

Standard

EPSRC

01 March 2014

28 February 2017

36 months

£57,206

Chemical synthesis

Yorkshire & Humberside

NC : Physical Sciences

Dr C Redshaw, Chemistry, University of Hull

We are bringing together internationally recognised laboratories to collaborate on projects which will advance UK global scientific interactions with key partners, China and Japan. The broad areas of science in which the laboratories will engage are polymerization catalysis, energy and cancer chemistry. The UK partner has a high profile in coordination chemistry, and the partnerships with the groups in the Far East will enable access to state-of-the-art facilities which are not readily available in the UK.The partnerships willi) design new catalysts capable of forming plastic materials with new properties. With a view to the current landfill problems, we will also focus on the formation of biodegradable polymers.ii) probe how the molecular structure of metal organic frameworks (compounds adopting grid-like 3D structures) influence the storage capacity for gases such as hydrogen and carbon dioxide.iii) design new catalysts for spliting water or conducting cataysis in confined spaces; such systems will use abundant metals rather than precious metals.iv) investigate metal-based compounds with a view to identifying new anti-cancer agents. Much of the synthetic work will be guided by molecular modelling conducted in Japan

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