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  • Making life better through chemistry

    How our research is improving lives and changing the world we live in

  • Making life better through chemistry

    How our research is improving lives and changing the world we live in

Our Institute is organised into three research pillars covering a wide range of chemical disciplines. These are carefully designed to address global challenges, including energy, the environment, health, and materials. Aligning our research efforts with these critical areas, we seek to make meaningful contributions that drive positive change and create a sustainable future.

Research Groups

The Institute hosts 18 research groups led by researchers of proven excellence, dedicated to conducting rigorous and ethical research.

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Scientific core facilities

Our Research Core Facilities, comprising the Characterisation Technologies and Reaction Technologies Departments (CTD and RTD), serve as the essential backbone for conducting cutting-edge research at the institute.

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2025 | Nat. Commun.

Polyethylene hydrogenolysis to liquid products over bimetallic catalysts with favorable environmental footprint and economics

Nogueroles-Langa, I.; Ge, Y.; Salah, C.; Jaydev, S. D.; Morales-Vidal, J.; Berman, P. S.; Eliasson, H.; Erni, R.; Guillén-Gosálbez, G.; López, N.; Martín, A. J.; Pérez-Ramírez, J.

2025 | RSC Adv.

Conformational change-based electrochemical biosensor for the simple and highly selective detection of miRNA in whole serum

Haji-Hashemi, H.; Shafique, K.; Prieto-Simón, B.

2025 | CCS Chem.

Photoinduced Cobalt-Catalyzed Reductive Addition of Glycosyl C-Aldehydes: Stereoselective Synthesis of C-Hydroxymethine Glycosides

Zhao, S. Y.; Yu, Y.; Xie, X. Y.; Cheng, G. Q.; Nian, Y.; Xie, L. G.; Han, Y.; Yang, B.; Li, Y. Z.; Zhu, F.

2025 | Angew. Chem.-Int. Edit.

EDA Complex-Driven Desaturation of Heterocyclic Carbonyl Compounds Enabled by HFIP

Maiti, R.; Cauwenbergh, R.; Nath, A.; Guimaraes, A. B. R.; Qin, Y. M.; Maseras, F.; Das, S.

2025 | Nat Catal

Autonomous catalysis research with human–AI–robot collaboration

Orouji, N.; Bennett, J. A.; Canty, R. B.; Qi, L.; Sun, S.; Majumdar, P.; Liu, C.; López, N.; Schweitzer, N. M.; Kitchin, J. R.; Xin, H.; Abolhasani, M.

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