Middle East Technical University Areas of Interest Department of Chemistry

Middle East Technical University Areas of Interest
Department of Chemistry


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Department of Chemistry : AREAS OF INTEREST
A novel synthesis of a,b-unsaturated nitriles via epichlorohydrins intermediates Media Novel A novel synthesis of various butenolides Novel Novel synthesis of butenolides Accelerator Mass Spectrometry dating of archaeological samples Archaeological Archaeology Dating Mass Spectrometry Spectrometry Application and development of atomic and molecular spectroscopy techniques Atomic Development Molecular Molecular spectroscopy Molecular spectroscopy techniques Spectroscopy Application and development of nuclear analytical , atomic spectroscopic and chromatographic techniques for pollution studies and for analysis of trace elements in biological materials Analytical Atomic Biological Biological materials Chromatographic Chromatographic techniques Development Material development Materials Materials Development Nuclear Nuclear techniques Pollution Pollution studies Spectroscopic studies Trace Trace element Trace elements Application of electrochemical, thermal, radiochemical and r.f. plasma methods for preparation and\or modification of polymeric materials Chemicals Electrochemical Materials Modification Plasma Plasma methods Polymer modification Polymeric Polymeric Materials Polymers Radio Radiochemical Thermal Application of quantum chemical methods to spectroscopic studies, metal clusters and colloids Chemicals Colloids Metal Metal clusters Quantum Quantum chemical methods Spectroscopic methods Spectroscopic studies Asymmteric synthesis of pyrrolidine derivatives using 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of azomethine ylides in the presence of Lewis acids and chiral ligands Azomethine ylides Lewis acids Reaction Atomic spectrometry Atomic Spectrometry Binuclear Metal Complexes Complexes Metal Metal complexes Nuclear Biochemistry Chemistry biodegradable polyesters Biodegradable Polyesters Biophysical Chemistry Biophysics Chemistry Physical Physical Chemistry Boric acid Acid Calculation on nuclear level densities Nuclear Calixarene-based chromogenic and fluorogenic molecular sensors Calixarene Chromogenic and fluorogenic molecular sensors Chromogenic molecular sensors Fluorogenic molecular sensors Molecular Molecular sensors Sensors Characterization and synthesis of natural products Characterisation Natural Natural products Product Chemical and mineralogical analysis of archaeological materials Analysis of archaeological materials Archaeological Archaeological materials Archaeology Chemicals Materials Mineral Mineralogical Mineralogical analysis Chemical characterization and investigation of several characteristics clays and soil fractions Characterisation Chemical characterisation Chemical characterization of clays Chemical characterization of fractions Chemicals Clay Investigations Soil Soil fractions Chemistry Chromatographic techniques Chromatographic Composites Conducting Polymer Conducting polymers Polymers Conducting polymers Polymers Continous fiber composites Composites Fiber Cyclodextrin and calixarene-based artificial enzymes; convergent functional groups Artificial Calixarene Enzyme Groups Determination of anionic pollutants by ion chromatography Anionic Anionic pollutants Chromatography Ion chromatography Ions Pollutants Determination of isomer yield ratios Isomer Determination of various trace elements in biological matrices and their relationship with health and disease in humans Biological Determination of trace elements Health Human Matrix Trace Trace element Trace element determination Trace elements Trace elements in biological matrices Developing new methods for preparing ionic, stereoregular and flame-retardant polymers Flame Flame-retardant polymers Ionic polymers Polymers Stereoregular polymers Development of analytical techniques for determination of trace elements Analytical Determination of trace elements Development Trace Trace element Trace element determination Trace elements Development of instruments for in-situ measurement of phytoplanktons lakes Development In-situ Instrument development Measurement Phytoplanktons Phytoplanktons lakes Plankton Development of new methodologies in the asymmetric synthesis of biologically important organic compounds Asymmetric synthesis Biological Biologically important organic compounds CALL Development Organic Development of various atomic spectrometric techniques Atomic Development drugs and in the environment Drug Environment Dyes Dynamic NMR Dynamics NMR effects of medicinal plant extracts on enzyme systems Enzyme Plant System Electrically Conductive Polymers CALL Polymers Electrochemical polymerization Chemicals Electrochemical Polymers Electrochemical Properties of Transition Metal Complexes Chemicals Complexes Electrochemical Metal Metal complexes Electrochemistry Chemistry Electronic absorption spectra, kinetics and mechanisms of ligand substitution reactions of transition metal complexes Complexes Electronic absorption spectra Electronics Kinetics Ligand Substitution Reactions Mechanisms Metal Metal complexes Reaction Reaction Kinetics Sorption Spectra Electronic Spectra and Structure of Transition Metal Complexes Complexes Electronics Metal Metal complexes Spectra Structures Electroorganic Electroorganics Organic Enantiomeric resolution of 2-Thienylcarbinols by Pig Liver Esterase (PLE) Enantiomeric resolution Liver Solution Enantiomeric resolution of bicyclic Diels-Alder adducts by Hydrolase type enzymes Enantiomeric resolution Enzyme Solution Enantiomeric resolution of racemic 2-Furylcarbinols by Pig Liver Esterase (PLE) Enantiomeric resolution Liver Solution Enantiomeric resolution of racemic secondary N-methyl-2-pyrrolylcarbinols by Candida Cylindracea lipase (CCL) Candida cylindracea lipase Enantiomeric resolution Solution Enantiomeric resolution of racemic tertiary 1-methyl-2-pyrrolylcarbinols by Candida cylindracea lipase (CCL) Candida cylindracea lipase Enantiomeric resolution Solution Enantiomeric separation of various a¢-acetoxyenones via hydrolase type enzymes Enzyme Separation Enantioselective reduction and alkylation reactions with menthoxymethyl chloride derivatives Alkylation reactions Enantioselective reduction Menthoxymethyl chloride Menthoxymethyl chloride derivatives Reaction Reduction Energic Polymers and Rocket fuels Polymers Rocket fuels Rockets Energy and angular momentum distribution in fıssion Angular momentum distribution Distribution Energy Momentum Enrichment Enzyme Chemistry Chemistry Enzyme Enzyme conformational changes Enzyme Formation enzyme-substrate realtionships Enzyme ESR Fiber optic sensors Fiber Fiber Optics Sensors Floresence, Dye-Laser, Polarized Luminescence techniques Laser Luminescence Fluorescence spectrometry techniques Fluorescence Spectrometry Fluorescent chemosensors of carbohydrates Carbohydrate Carbohydrates Fluorescent chemosensors Hydrate Sensors Functional genomics using cDNA and/or oligonucleotide (DNA) microarray technology and differential display and screening methods CDNA Differential Differential display Differential display method Display Technology Displays DNA Functional genomics Genomics Microarray Microarray technology Oligonucleotide Screening Screening method Technology Health effects of air pollution Air Air Pollution Health Pollution High temperature bromination Bromination High Temperature Temperature Highly strained hydrocarbons Carbon Hydrocarbon Strained hydrocarbons Instrument development for trace element determination Development Element Instrument development Trace Trace element Trace element determination Investigation of origin and production techniques of archaeological pottery by usinig nuclear techniques Archaeological Archaeological Pottery Archaeology Investigations Nuclear Nuclear techniques Pottery Product Production IR izolation of bioactif components from medicinal plant extracts Components Plant Ligand Substitution Reactions Reaction Light charged particle emission in heavy ion reactions Emission Heavy ion reactions Ions Light charged particle emission Lights Reaction liquid crystalline copolyesters and blends Crystal Liquid Liquid crystalline copolyesters Polyesters Long range transport modeling of pollutants Long range transport modeling Modeling Modeling of pollutants Pollutants Transport Transport modeling Transport modeling of pollutants Long wavelength ion sensing with functionalized squaraines and cyanines Ions Sensing Luminescence spectrometry Luminescence Spectrometry Magnetic Circular Dichroism Magnetic Matrix Isolation and Flash Photolysis of Metal-Carbonyl Complexes containing diimine, olefin, and trialkylphosphino ligands Carbon Complexes Diimine Flash Photolysis Isolation Matrix Matrix Isolation Metal complexes Metal-Carbonyl Complexes Olefin Trialkylphosphino Measurement and control of hazardous substances in various environment Control Environment Hazardous Measurement Measurement of radioactive contaminants in the environment Contaminants Contaminants in the environment Environment Measurement Radio Radioactive Radioactive contaminants Mechanical properties Mechanical properties of polymers Mechanical properties Polymers Properties of polymers Medicinal Chemistry Chemistry Medicinal plants Plant Mercury speciation by CVAAS and Gas Chromatography Chromatography CVAAS Gas Gas Chromatography Ion chromatography Mercury Speciation Modelling of pollutants Modeling Modeling of pollutants Pollutants Molecular equivalents of logic gates Logic Logic gates Molecular Molecular Spectroscopy- Mass Spectroscopy Mass Spectroscopy Molecular Molecular spectroscopy Spectroscopy Monitoring for radioactivity in foods Monitoring Radio Radioactivity Monitoring of gas phase pollutants wet and dry deposition and aerosols Deposit Deposition Gas Gas phase Monitoring Pollutants Monte Carlo calculations of Deexcitation of fıssion fragments Fragment Monte Carlo calculations Negative ion studies in the gas phase Gas Gas phase Ions Negative Negative ion Negative ion studies NMR NMR and IR Spectroscopy, Photochemistry, Catalysis, Kinetics and mechanisms, Composite materials Catalysis Chemistry Composite Materials Composites IR Kinetics Materials Materials Chemistry Mechanisms NMR NMR and IR Spectroscopy Photochemistry Spectroscopy Novel fluorescent signaling mechanisms Antenna systems, non-covalent FRET designs Antenna Design Mechanisms Novel Signal System Nuclear Fission Fission Nuclear Nuclear Spectroscopy Decay Schemes Decay Nuclear Spectroscopy Organic acid and carbohydrate determinations by HPLC Acid Carbohydrate Carbohydrate determinations by HPLC HPLC Hydrate Organic Organic acid Organic acid determinations by HPLC Organic and organametallic chemistry Chemistry Metallic Organic Organic Chemistry Organometallic Chemistry :Synthesis, stereochemistry, molecular structure, dynamic behaviour, reactivity, and catalytic use of transition metal complexes containing carbonyl, olefin or donor ligands Behavior Carbon Chemistry Complexes Donor ligands Dynamics Metal Metal complexes Metallic Molecular Molecular structure Olefin Organometallic Chemistry Reactivity Stereochemistry Structures Photocatalytic reactions of olefins, intrazeolite organometallic chemistry Chemistry Metallic Olefin Organometallic Chemistry Reaction Zeolite Photochemistry Chemistry Photooxygenation of hydrocarbons Carbon Hydrocarbon Photooxygenation Physical Chemistry Chemistry Physical Physicochemical studies of colloids and soils Chemicals Colloids Physicochemical studies of colloids Physicochemical studies of soils Soil pKa determination of weak organic acids using HPLC method HPLC Organic Organic acid PKa determination Weak Weak organic acids Polymer blends Polymers Polymer Chemistry Chemistry Polymers Polymer composites Composites Polymers Polymer mixtures Polymers Polymer modification Modification Polymers Polymer Synthesis and Characterization Characterisation Polymers Preparation and characterization of organometallic compounds Characterisation Metallic Organometallic compounds Pyramidalized double bonds, cyclic allenes and alkynes QTL analysis of wheat yellow rust disease, and development of molecular markers linked to disease resistance genes in wheat Development Disease resistance genes in wheat Molecular Molecular markers QTL QTL analysis QTL analysis of wheat yellow rust disease Wheat Radiation Chemistry Chemistry Radiation Reology Rotaxanes and catenanes as building blocks of molecular machines Building Catenane Machine Molecular Molecular machines Rotaxane Sensors Simulation studies of polymers and surface dynamics. Dynamics Polymers Simulation Surface Solid state reactions of rare earths, preparation and crystallographic investigation of inorganic materials Crystal Crystallographic investigation Earth Inorganic Inorganic Materials Investigations Materials Organic Reaction Solid Solid State Reactions Solid state reactions of rare earths Solid-liduid phase extractions. Extraction Phase extraction Solid Solution Properties of Polymers Polymers Properties of polymers Solution Sorption studies of radioactive wastes using clays and soil fractions Clay Radio Radioactive Radioactive waste Soil Soil fractions Sorption Waste Speciation Spectro-electrochemistry Chemistry Electrochemistry Spectroscopic methods (P-P: Dialkylphosphinoethane) Dialkylphosphino Spectroscopic methods Spectroscopy Stabilization Stabilisation Stereo and regioselective nucleophilic addition reactions to substituted norbornene derivatives Reaction Regioselective nucleophilic addition reactions Stereo nucleophilic addition reactions Ubstituted norbornene derivatives Stereoregular polymerizations and Stereospesific Catalysis Catalysis Polymers Structural characterization of conducting homo and copolymers taking into account synthesis conditions Characterisation Conducting polymers Polymer Synthesis and Characterization Polymers Structural characterization Studies of the Kinetics and Mechanism of the Ring-Closure Reaction of M(CO)5(diimine) or M(CO)5(P-P) Complexes by means of IR and UV-Vis Complexes Diimine IR Kinetics Reaction Reaction Kinetics Ring-Closure Reaction UV-Vis Studies on composites and polymer blends Composites Polymer Blends Polymer composites Polymers Study of the effect of a donor ligand (PR3 , P(OR3)3) on the rate of substitution of an olefin ligand in the M(CO)5(h2-olefin) and M(CO)4(h2-olefin)2 Complexes (M= Cr, Mo, W) Complexes Donor ligands Olefin Study of the effect of a donor ligand [PR3, P(OR3)3] on the rate of chelation of M(CO)5(L-L) complexes [M=Cr,Mo,W;L-L = Diimine (R-N=CH-CH=N-R), Dialkylphosphino ligand (R2P-(CH2)n-PR2) Chelation Complexes Dialkylphosphino Dialkylphosphino ligand Diimine Donor ligands Surface and colloidal properties of clays Clay Clay properties Colloidal Colloidal properties of clays Surface Surface properties of clays Synthesis and biotransformation studies of various appealing synthons for biologically active natural products Biological Biologically active natural products Biotransformation CALL Formation Natural Natural products Product Transformations Synthesis and characterization of polymeric materials for industrial and biomedical use Biomedical Biomedical Materials Characterisation Characterization of polymeric materials Characterization of polymeric materials for biomedical use Characterization of polymeric materials for industrial use Industrial Material synthesis Material synthesis and characterization Materials Materials characterization Medical Polymer Synthesis and Characterization Polymeric Polymeric Materials Polymers Synthesis of polymeric materials Synthesis of polymeric materials for biomedical use Synthesis of polymeric materials for industrial use Synthesis and enzymatic resolution of various cyclopentenoid and cyclohexenoid type compounds Cyclohexenoid Cyclohexenoid type compounds Cyclopentenoid Cyclopentenoid type compounds Enzymatic resolution Solution Synthesis and optimization of TEMPO based polymeric oxidation catalysts Optimization Polymeric Polymers Synthesis and reactions of alycyclic compounds Reaction Synthesis of enantiomerically pure amino alcohol equivalent compounds CALL Synthesis of Metal-Carbonyl Complexes of 6B Elements containing Diimine or Dialkylphosphino ligands Carbon Complexes Dialkylphosphino Dialkylphosphino ligand Diimine Metal complexes Metal-Carbonyl Complexes Metal-Carbonyl Complexes of 6B Elements Synthesis of trans-5-norbornene-2,3-dimethylamine and application as ligand in asymmetric reactions Asymmetric synthesis Reaction Trans-5-norbornene-2,3-dimethylamine Thermal characterization (stability, decomposition products, decomposition mechanism) of polymers by Pyrolysis MS and FTIR analysis Characterisation Decomposition products FTIR FTIR analysis Polymers Product Pyrolysis Stability Thermal Thermal Analysis Thermal Characterization Total synthesis of highly oxygenated natural products Natural Natural products Oxygenated natural products Product Total synthesis Total synthesis of natural and/or unnatural products Natural Natural products Product Total synthesis Use of Organometallic compounds in preparation of new materials which might find applications as new solid-state materials for use in electronic and optic devices as well as in catalysis Catalysis Electronic devices Electronics Materials Metallic New materials Optic devices Organometallic compounds Solid Solid-state Solid-state materials Well Applications UV-VIS Absorption and Circular Dichroism Sorption UV-Vis wetting, spreading and capillarity Capillarity Reading Spreading Wetting X-Ray Crystal Structure Determination Crystal Structures X-ray X-Ray Crystal Structure

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