Here is a selected list of publications with MRes students as authors, from the following courses in the Department of Chemistry:
MRes in Advanced Molecular Synthesis
- Visible light photoredox-catalyzed decarboxylative alkylation of 3-aryl-oxetanes and azetidines via benzylic tertiary radicals and implications of benzylic radical stability
- Short Synthesis of Oxetane and Azetidine 3-Aryl-3-carboxylic Acid Derivatives by Selective Furan Oxidative Cleavage
MRes in Catalysis: Chemistry and Engineering
- Using molecular oxygen and Fe–N/C heterogeneous catalysts to achieve Mukaiyama epoxidations via in situ produced organic peroxy acids and acylperoxy radicals
- Oxetan-3-ols as 1,2-bis-electrophiles in a Brønsted acid catalyzed synthesis of 1,4-dioxanes
- From waste to green applications: The use of recovered gold and palladium in catalysis
MRes in Chemical Biology and Bio-Entrepreneurship
MRes in Drug Discovery & Development
- Identification of the first structurally validated covalent ligands of the small GTPase RAB27A
- Activity-based protein profiling reveals deubiquitinase and aldehyde dehydrogenase targets of a cyanopyrrolidine probe
- Structure–Activity Relationship Studies of a Novel Class of Transmission Blocking Antimalarials Targeting Male Gametes
- Meta-analysis of In Vitro Drug-Release Parameters Reveals Predictable and Robust Kinetics for Redox-Responsive Drug-Conjugated Therapeutic Nanogels
- The transcriptional repressor REV-ERB as a novel target for disease
- Amino-oxetanes as amide isosteres by an alternative defluorosulfonylative coupling of sulfonyl fluorides
- Nanodrug delivery systems for metabolic chronic liver diseases: advances and perspectives
- Potential therapeutic approaches for targeted inhibition of inflammatory cytokines following COVID-19 infection-induced cytokine stor
MRes in Green Chemistry: Energy and the Environment
- Doping carbon electrodes with sulfur achieves reversible sodium ion storage
- Real-Time In Situ Monitoring of CO2 Electroreduction in the Liquid and Gas Phases by Coupled Mass Spectrometry and Localized Electrochemistry
- Hydrogen/Functionalized Benzoquinone for a High-Performance Regenerative Fuel Cell as a Potential Large-Scale Energy Storage Platform
- Monitoring Light-Driven Oxygen Insertion Reactions into Metal Carbon Bonds by LED-NMR Spectroscopy
- From waste electronic equipment to homogeneous gold catalysts
- New Biobased Sulfonated Anionic Surfactants Based on the Esterification of Furoic Acid and Fatty Alcohols: A Green Solution for the Replacement of Oil Derivative Surfactants with Superior Proprieties
- Characterization and Valorization of Humins Produced by HMF Degradation in Ionic Liquids: A Valuable Carbonaceous Material for Antimony Removal
- Highly Selective and Near-Quantitative Conversion of Fructose to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Using Mildly Acidic Ionic Liquids
- Fractionation by Sequential Antisolvent Precipitation of Grass, Softwood, and Hardwood Lignins Isolated Using Low-Cost Ionic Liquids and Water
- Quantitative glucose release from softwood after pretreatment with low-cost ionic liquids
- Exploring conformational preferences of proteins: ionic liquid effects on the energy landscape of avidin
- Effect of pretreatment severity on the cellulose and lignin isolated from Salixusing ionoSolv pretreatment
- Ionic Liquid-Based Strategy for Predicting Protein Aggregation Propensity and Thermodynamic Stability
MRes in Nanomaterials
- Modular Synthesis of Semiconducting Graft Copolymers to Achieve “Clickable” Fluorescent Nanoparticles with Long Circulation and Specific Cancer Targeting
- Simultaneously Incorporating Atomically Dispersed Co-Nx Sites with Graphitic Carbon Layer-Wrapped Co9S8 Nanoparticles for Oxygen Reduction in Acidic Electrolyte
- Carbon Aerogel Based Thin Electrodes for Zero-Gap all Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries - Quantifying the Factors Leading to Optimum Performance
- Highly Selective O2 Reduction to H2O2 Catalyzed by Cobalt Nanoparticles Supported on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon in Alkaline Solution
- Controllable Heteroatom Doping Effects of CrxCo2–xP Nanoparticles: a Robust Electrocatalyst for Overall Water Splitting in Alkaline Solutions
- Tuning Halide Composition Allows Low Dark Current Perovskite Photodetectors With High Specific Detectivity
- Annexin A1 based inflammation resolving mediators and nanomedicines for inflammatory bowel disease therapy