Science: Chemistry: Research Groups: Page 5

Enzymatic catalysis in biological systems.

Integrates both chemical and biological disciplines, including chemical modifications and biotransformations.

Reactive organic intermediates in solid state (zeolites) and solution systems. Physical bio-organic chemistry and the examination of enzyme active-site/reactive-intermediate complexes.

Organicinorganic materials. Transition metal catalysts. Bioinorganic modeling.

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

Atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) and other methods of controlled radical polymerization (CRP).

Supramolecular, organometallic and bioinorganic chemistry.

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

Synthesis and characterization of novel metalloporphyrins by X-ray, spectroscopic, and computational methods.

Molecular Mechanisms underlying the biological activity of proteins. Mechanical properties of polymer molecules.