

Per Amstrup Pedersen, Professor, Section of Cell Biology and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Maher Abou Hachem, Professor, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby New Enzyme- and Protein-based Wastewater Treatment for Contaminant Degradation and Resource Recovery Novo Nordisk Foundation awards grants of DKK 75 million for research on sustainability and health Grant recipientĬlaus Hélix-Nielsen, Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby.P2-0006(C): Physicochemical effects on the Surface Layers and use of nanoparticles.P2-0089: Advanced inorganic magnetic and semiconducting materials.Research Programmes and Projects RESEARCH PROGRAMME GROUP DLS and Zeta potential, Zetasizer Nano ZS, Malvern.X-Ray Diffractometer D 5005, Bruker Axs.Corrosion of biomaterials in simulated body fluids.Synthesis and characterisation of fluorometalates.

Synthesis and characterisation of coordination compounds with N-donor ligands.Synthesis of inorganic compounds by sonochemical reactions.Synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles for use in preparation of magnetic fluids.Hydrothermal synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles.Synthesis of magnetic inorganic nanoparticles using a reverse micelle technique.The products will be characterized by thermal analysis, powder- and single crystal X-ray diffraction, magnetic measurements and FTIR spectroscopy.

Research of complex fluorometallates, which are of particular interest in studying hydrogen bonds, will also be continued. Another research area of the laboratory will be the synthesis and characterization of transition metal coordination complexes with N-donor ligands, which will be further extended towards rare earth elements due to their interesting luminescence properties. Properties of the as-prepared materials will be measured by different methods like thermal analysis, X-ray powder diffraction, particle size and zeta- potential measurements and transmission/scanning electron microscopy. The Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry will further develop the synthesis of inorganic nanoparticles using inverse micelles method, hydro/solvothermal synthesis, microwave synthesis and ultrasonic synthesis. Nanosized inorganic materials have been the subject of intense investigation in recent years due to their unique properties, which has led to their application in different areas like drug delivery, hyperthermia, semiconductors and solar cells. The main research interest of the laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry at UM will be focused towards further development of modern methods for the synthesis of inorganic nanoparticles.
