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Major Research Areas Analytical chemistry:Atomic spectroscopy; sample introduction methods for atomic sources; automation in chemical analysis; analytical techniques for environmental pollutants and food additives; capillary and microchip capillary electrophoresis; biological mass spectrometry and proteomics applications. Inorganic chemistry: Inorganic and organometallic photochemistry (including studies in microheterogeneous media); asymmetric synthesis and organic oxidation using metal complexes; structure and properties of high nuclearity metal clusters; biomimetic models for nitrogen transfer reactions; chemistry of lanthanides; metal-alkylidyne and -alkylidene complexes; metal-protein interactions; supramolecular chemistry; molecular recognition and chemosensing; recognition and cleavage of DNA by metal complexes; molecular metal-based materials with novel properties. Materials research: Light emitting materials; nanoparticles; catalysts and materials for green oxidation; materials for organic solar cells. Organic chemistry: Synthetic organic chemistry: new synthetic methods, asymmetric catalysis, total and enantioselective synthesis of natural products; chemical biology of natural products; chemical and biological oxidation reactions; design, synthesis and applications of foldamers and peptidomimetics; drug design and synthesis. Polymer chemistry and synthesis: Synthesis and characterization of polymers with potential applications in photonics, electronics, and organic transformations. Physical chemistry: Molecular simulation: Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics calculations; electrochemistry: scanning probe microscopy, fuel cells and sensors, advanced lithium battery, electroplating techniques; molecular reaction kinetics and dynamics; solution phase chemical dynamics; theoretical investigation of electrical and optical properties of polymeric materials; theoretical and computational biophysics including protein folding and charge transfer in biomolecules; reaction mechanisms and chemical intermediates; physical organic chemistry; energetics, structures and mechanisms of gas-phase ions fragmentation. Spectroscopy : High resolution laser and IR spectroscopy of small molecules; resonance Raman spectroscopy; NMR: new pulse sequences employing magnetic field gradients; ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopy; time-resolved resonance Raman spectroscopy. X-Ray crystallography : Structural chemistry. Biological chemistry :
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