News: Honours projects - Chemistry
Deciphering the catalytic potential & the electron transfer pathways of microorganisms
Honours project: Study new enzymes and the associated ferredoxins from bacteria found in interesting environments (or genes from metagenomes) or which carry out novel reactions.
Synthesis using Nature’s catalysts; enzymes
Honours project: Projects in this area involve the isolation and study new enzymes from bacteria of interest or taking existing enzymes and adapting them for chemical synthesis.
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Understanding the mechanism of enzyme catalysed reactions of importance in drug metabolism
Honours project: Learn about the mechanism by which the major family of enzymes involved in drug metabolism catalyse oxidative transformations.
Improving food safety using plasma sterilisation
Honours project: Investigate the use of a high energy form of matter (plasma) to improve food safety.
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Using metal-organic frameworks to understand catalysis
Honours project: Insights into industrial catalysis and x-ray crystallography in metal-organic frameworks.
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Catalytic activity of metal clusters on surfaces
Honours project: Develop techniques to determine the geometric and electronic structure of size-specific clusters (e.g. Au9) deposited onto semiconductors surfaces (e.g. TiO2) and test their performance for photocatalytic water-spitting (H2 production) and CO2 reduction (hydrocarbon formation).
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Linking supramolecular cages into functional nanomaterials
Honours project: Explore the use of metal-organic cages as building blocks for the synthesis of advanced porous networks.
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New Metal-organic frameworks for Biomacromolecule Protection
Honours project: Investigate new metal-organic frameworks for biomacromolecule encapsulation and protection
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