Monash University: University Handbooks: Postgraduate Handbook 2002: Units indexed by faculty
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Materials chemistry


Sol-gel precursors for ceramic oxides with applications as electrochromics, protective coatings, sensors and optical films; organometallics and related complexes as precursors for semiconductor and microelectronic materials; microporous materials including zeolites and pillared clays; metal fullerides and supramolecular complexation of fullerences; inorganic glasses (non-oxide); liquid crystals for opto-electronic devices, buckminster-fullerenes; new conducting polymers, recyclable polymers.

Nano-chemistry

Self-assembly of multicomponent systems based on host-guest chemistry; molecular recognitions of fullerenes and other golubular molecules; supramolecular indicated transport of molecules across membranes; molecular and supramolecular photonic devices; characterisation of nanoparticles and macromolecules; colloid aspects of food chemistry

Polymer chemistry

Novel ions conducting polymers for applications in batteries, capacitors and electrochromic windows; improving the properties of polymer blends; polyurethane elastomers and foams.

Spectroscopy and molecular properties

Spectroscopy in supersonic jets; laser detection of gases released in coal gasification; high resolution FTIR spectroscopy of transients and atmospheric species; IR spectroscopy of biological molecules, mircowave investigation of the molecular processes of interstellar masers; molecular structures of small molecules and highly reactive compounds from spectroscopy and computational chemistry; x-ray crystallography, magnetochemistry, solution and solid state spectroscopy and electron microscopy in structural evaluation.

Synthetic and catalytic chemistry

Total synthesis of biologically and clinically important molecules, including antiobiotics, antifungals, antivirals, marine toxins and steroids; heterocyclic synthesis, including a wide variety of oxygen and nitrogen-containing heterocycles, many of which are found in important, bio-active molecules; stereoselective methods, design of new reactions using enzymes and organotransition metal catalysts, ring expansion and contraction reactions, conjugate additions; invention of chemical reagents and new chemical reactions, including metal-based systems; synthetic methods for organometallics, coordination complexes, clusters, heterometallic species, metallopolymers and fluorocarbon compounds; organometallics of main group elements, d-block metals, rare earths including catalysts, reagents for organic synthesis, and novel clusters; metal complexes, including amides, imides, oxides, alkoxides, divergent receptor molecules; metal ion hydrolysis products, corrosion inhibitors; catalysis of polymerisation and hydroformylation; element-carbon bond activation.

Theoretical and computation chemistry

New ligands for asymmetric synthesis; investigation of reaction mechanisms by application of semi-empirical and ab-initio calculations; ab-initio calculations in supramolecular chemistry.

Coal product development

Development of coal dewatering processes; characterisation of coal structure and coal-water interactions; humic acids for soil improvement; bitumen from coal; liquid fuels from coal; active carbon manufacture and applications; catalytic processes in fuel science; applications of molecular modelling to fuel science.

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