Core capability for Chemistry Research
Lead Research Organisation:
Imperial College London
Department Name: Chemistry
Abstract
The National Importance of a vibrant and successful university Chemistry research sector cannot be underestimated. The RSC's report on the Economic Benefits of Chemistry showed that the UK's upstream chemicals industry and downstream chemistry-using sectors contributed a combined total of £258 billion in added-value in 2007, equivalent to 21% of UK GDP, and supported over 6 million UK jobs. This output is underpinned by some of the world's most successful University Chemistry research, reflecting the fruits of many years of investment. On-going fundamental research is essential, not only to maintain a continuing flow of scientific and technological breakthroughs, but also to ensure that the UK maintains a highly skilled and innovative workforce; it is through these trained people that the UK will adopt and advance new ideas, successfully exploit new technologies, and develop new and better products and services. The ability to develop and exploit chemically-derived technology will fuel economic activity, and is a necessary condition for attracting inward investment to the UK. The RSC report also showed that the quality of UK chemists and the reputation for excellence of the UK's university chemical science base significantly influences companies in decisions to locate within the UK, or to retain a UK-based research presence.
Imperial College is an internationally leading centre for research, education and translation. It is the only UK higher education institution to focus exclusively on science, engineering, medicine and business. The College is renowned both for world-class fundamental research and for the translation of this research to benefit society and the economy; this combination was indeed defined as a core part of the College's mission at its foundation in 1907. Its research strengths reflect its focus on fundamental underpinning science and cover the breadth of engineering and the physical sciences. The College currently holds 270 research grants totalling over £285M that have been through the EPSRC's peer review process; these include 11 Programme Grants and 12 Platform Grants.
The equipment requested is to underpin the above activity.
Imperial College is an internationally leading centre for research, education and translation. It is the only UK higher education institution to focus exclusively on science, engineering, medicine and business. The College is renowned both for world-class fundamental research and for the translation of this research to benefit society and the economy; this combination was indeed defined as a core part of the College's mission at its foundation in 1907. Its research strengths reflect its focus on fundamental underpinning science and cover the breadth of engineering and the physical sciences. The College currently holds 270 research grants totalling over £285M that have been through the EPSRC's peer review process; these include 11 Programme Grants and 12 Platform Grants.
The equipment requested is to underpin the above activity.
Planned Impact
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Organisations
Publications
Campbell J
(2014)
Fabrication of hybrid polymer/metal organic framework membranes: mixed matrix membranes versus in situ growth
in J. Mater. Chem. A
Campbell J
(2015)
Improving the permeance of hybrid polymer/metal-organic framework (MOF) membranes for organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN) - development of MOF thin films via interfacial synthesis
in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Cao Y
(2015)
Solution Processed Bismuth Sulfide Nanowire Array Core/Silver Sulfide Shell Solar Cells
in Chemistry of Materials
Cappel UB
(2016)
Evidence for photo-induced charge separation between dye molecules adsorbed to aluminium oxide surfaces.
in Scientific reports
Carmona D
(2014)
Chiral transition-metal complexes as Brønsted-acid catalysts for the asymmetric Friedel-Crafts hydroxyalkylation of indoles.
in Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)
Carreras P
(2014)
Microfluidic generation of droplet interface bilayer networks incorporating real-time size sorting in linear and non-linear configurations.
in Biomicrofluidics
Carreras P
(2015)
A microfluidic platform for size-dependent generation of droplet interface bilayer networks on rails.
in Biomicrofluidics
Carroll L
(2015)
Mn-salen catalysed benzylic C-H activation for the synthesis of aryl [(18)F]CF3-containing PET probes.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Casey A
(2015)
Cyano substituted benzothiadiazole: a novel acceptor inducing n-type behaviour in conjugated polymers
in Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Casey A
(2015)
Novel soluble thieno[3,2-b]thiophene fused porphyrazine
in RSC Advances
Casey D
(2014)
Amphiphilic drug interactions with model cellular membranes are influenced by lipid chain-melting temperature
in Journal of The Royal Society Interface
Cecchini M
(2014)
Heavy Metal Sensing Using Self-Assembled Nanoparticles at a Liquid-Liquid Interface
in Advanced Optical Materials
Celaya-Sanfiz A
(2015)
Self-condensation of acetone over Mg-Al layered double hydroxide supported on multi-walled carbon nanotube catalysts
in Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical
Chadwick FM
(2015)
Group 9 bimetallic carbonyl permethylpentalene complexes.
in Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)
Chen S
(2016)
Avoiding artefacts during electron microscopy of silver nanomaterials exposed to biological environments.
in Journal of microscopy
Cheng LJ
(2015)
Catalytic Nucleophilic Fluorination of Secondary and Tertiary Propargylic Electrophiles with a Copper-N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complex.
in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
Chumphukam O
(2014)
High Efficiency Acetylcholinesterase Immobilization on DNA Aptamer Modified Surfaces
in Molecules
Ciepla P
(2014)
New chemical probes targeting cholesterylation of Sonic Hedgehog in human cells and zebrafish.
in Chemical science
Clancy AJ
(2015)
A one-step route to solubilised, purified or functionalised single-walled carbon nanotubes.
in Journal of materials chemistry. A
Clough M
(2015)
Ionic liquids: not always innocent solvents for cellulose
in Green Chemistry
Collado-Fregoso E
(2015)
Increased Exciton Dipole Moment Translates into Charge-Transfer Excitons in Thiophene-Fluorinated Low-Bandgap Polymers for Organic Photovoltaic Applications
in Chemistry of Materials
Cooper RT
(2015)
Double CO2 activation by 14-electron ?(8)-permethylpentalene titanium dialkyl complexes.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Craig D
(2013)
Aziridine-based concise synthesis of (±)-alstonerine.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Credgington D
(2014)
In Situ Measurement of Energy Level Shifts and Recombination Rates in Subphthalocyanine/C 60 Bilayer Solar Cells
in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Crick C
(2015)
Advanced analysis of nanoparticle composites - a means toward increasing the efficiency of functional materials
in RSC Advances
Crick CR
(2015)
Selectively Sized Graphene-Based Nanopores for in Situ Single Molecule Sensing.
in ACS applied materials & interfaces
Crimmin MR
(2015)
Oxidative addition of carbon-fluorine and carbon-oxygen bonds to Al(I).
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
D'Arcy M
(2013)
Adsorption of Oxy-Anions in the Teaching Laboratory: An Experiment To Study a Fundamental Environmental Engineering Problem
in Journal of Chemical Education
Daub CD
(2015)
Lithium ion-water clusters in strong electric fields: a quantum chemical study.
in The journal of physical chemistry. A
De La Calle Arregui C
(2016)
Optimised conditions for the synthesis of (17)O and (18)O labelled cholesterol.
in Chemistry and physics of lipids
De La Luz A
(2015)
A New Force Field of Formamide and the Effect of the Dielectric Constant on Miscibility
in Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
De Luca F
(2015)
Nacre-nanomimetics: Strong, Stiff, and Plastic
in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Deledalle F
(2014)
Understanding the Apparent Charge Density Dependence of Mobility and Lifetime in Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells
in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Deledalle F
(2015)
Understanding the Effect of Unintentional Doping on Transport Optimization and Analysis in Efficient Organic Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells
in Physical Review X
Demetriadou A
(2015)
Principles of nanoparticle imaging using surface plasmons
in New Journal of Physics
Dent MR
(2015)
Imaging phase separation in model lipid membranes through the use of BODIPY based molecular rotors.
in Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP
Dickson CJ
(2014)
Lipid14: The Amber Lipid Force Field.
in Journal of chemical theory and computation
Dimitrov SD
(2016)
Singlet Exciton Lifetimes in Conjugated Polymer Films for Organic Solar Cells.
in Polymers
Dimitrov SD
(2015)
Polaron pair mediated triplet generation in polymer/fullerene blends.
in Nature communications
Dou F
(2015)
The effect of phase morphology on the nature of long-lived charges in semiconductor polymer:fullerene systems
in Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Douse C
(2014)
Targeting a Dynamic Protein-Protein Interaction: Fragment Screening against the Malaria Myosin A Motor Complex
in ChemMedChem
Edel JB
(2016)
Fundamentals and applications of self-assembled plasmonic nanoparticles at interfaces.
in Chemical Society reviews
Ekkert O
(2014)
Rhodium Catalyzed, Carbon-Hydrogen Bond Directed Hydrodefluorination of Fluoroarenes
in Organometallics
Ekkert O
(2015)
Addition of aluminium, zinc and magnesium hydrides to rhodium(iii).
in Chemical science
Elani Y
(2015)
Protein synthesis in artificial cells: using compartmentalisation for spatial organisation in vesicle bioreactors.
in Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP
Elani Y
(2015)
Measurements of the effect of membrane asymmetry on the mechanical properties of lipid bilayers.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Elani Y
(2015)
Vesicle-based artificial cells: recent developments and prospects for drug delivery.
in Therapeutic delivery
Elani Y
(2014)
Vesicle-based artificial cells as chemical microreactors with spatially segregated reaction pathways.
in Nature communications
Description | Chemistry is the study and application of the science at the molecular scale. It provides some of the most basic understandings of how the world works and underpins many modern technologies. It provides both the most mundane of objects, such as the disposable cup that holds you coffee, and the most vital compounds, such as life-saving drugs. Chemistry relies on four core instrumental techniques to study molecules; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Mass Spectrometry, X-Ray Crystallography and molecular scale Microscopy. This grant gave the Chemistry Department at Imperial College the ability to update these facilities. These have enabled research in all areas of Chemistry, for example the building of artificial cells, the production of fuels from biomass to the development of new potential pharmaceuticals and diagnostic techniques. There are too many to list. |
Exploitation Route | There are many ways in which these results can be put to use in the wider world. |
Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Agriculture, Food and Drink,Chemicals,Energy,Environment,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology,Security and Diplomacy,Transport |
Description | Policy Briefing Document |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Author of policy briefing document: Using Carbon Dioxide |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Presentation to stakeholders |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Laura Barter was invited to the World Economic Forum in Davos to present her research investigating methods for increasing crop yields by promoting more efficient photosynthesis in the session on "Engineering Intelligent Food Systems". |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Radio Interview |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | BBC World Service's The Why Factor (8 February) on "Why is Water Exceptional?" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Radio Interview |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Andrew Ashley interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Inside Science explaining his group's recent discovery in N2 fixation |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Schools activity |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Salters Festival of Chemistry: Annual Salters Festival. Y7 and Y8 many schools attend with their teachers to undertake two chemistry-based challenges |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Stakeholder meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Laura Barter, Rudiger Wolcholski and Sarah Al-Beidh organised a Creativity and Ideas generation event for the Sainsbury's farming scholars which was also attended by Sainsbury's horticulture manager, academics from Imperial, Natural History Museum and other UK institutions. Followed by attending the Annual Sainsbury's Farming Conference to highlight the success of the Sainsbury's Farming Scholars Programme - a recent collaboration between Imperial College, AGRI-net and Sainsbury's. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016 |
Description | UK Chemicals Stakeholder Forum. Presentation on measuring sustainability |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Presentation and discussion on sustainability metrics |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | World Economic Forum meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Prof David Klug introduced the "Hyperconnected Healthcare" panel at the World Economic Forum meeting in Dalian and participated as a panel member. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |