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Using powerful laser experiments, a Danish team has revealed a surprising behavior of gas phase Iodine (I2) molecules. The findings are reported in prestigious Physical...
DTU Chemistry PhD Jorge Peiró Cadahía is Denmark’s nominee for European Champion in Medicinal Chemistry.
Smart polymers, protein stability, fuel cells and solar energy headline new projects at DTU Chemistry made possible by Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF).
Professor Anders Riisager and Senior Researcher Sebastian Meier are co-authors on an article in Communications Chemistry.
As Professor, Esben Thormann will be able to strengthen the efforts of DTU Chemistry within the chemistry of complex and functional surfaces with respect to education...
Partnership between DTU Chemistry and LEO Pharma will give students the opportunity to experience how a global pharmaceutical company works with innovation and research...
For Novozymes, close contact with the universities is important to ensure the acquisition of new knowledge and technology—and to recruit talented employees.
The following are merely examples of some of DTU's research in life science.
The Novo Nordisk Foundation is supporting the establishment of an ultra-modern research platform in Lund, Sweden. Researchers from DTU Chemistry, DTU Bioengineering and...
Four DTU researchers receive close to EUR 1,3 million each from VILLUM FONDEN. Now they are to establish research groups and realize their ambitions.
No less than 14 new PhD’s will be recruited and trained in a European network on computational spectroscopy with strong DTU Chemistry participation.
A EUR 3.8 million (DKK 28 million) grant from VILLUM FONDEN has made it possible to create a Villum Kann Rasmussen professorship at DTU for the leading international catalysis...
The portfolio of research projects has been extended significantly in Danish Hydrocarbon Research and Technology Centre (DHRTC). This is due to the start-up of research...
Researcher from DTU has proposed an innovative new solution to dealing with dangerous roads in winter
Three researchers receive a total of EUR 2.3 million (DKK 17.4 million) from Independent Research Fund Denmark for research at DTU.
A new library of chemical substances at DTU gives researchers easier access to chemical substances involved in life sciences research.
A fruitful collaboration bridging DTU Chemistry and DTU Chemical Engineering and combining theory and experiments has resulted in a front page article in an important...
DTU recently welcomed 22 highly talented researchers who have been granted a H.C. Ørsted COFUND fellowship. The 22 researchers come from all over the world and will spend...
A poster by postdoc Søren Kramer won the “Chemistry – A European Journal Poster Prize”.
Topical film formers for sunscreens and adhesives for attachment of ostomy bags are examples of polymers designed for contact with the human skin. Such products may be...
When Associate Professor Hans E.M. Christensen, Associate Professor Pernille Harris and PhD student Trine Vendelboe from DTU Chemistry with colleagues from the University...
The Department has decided to strengthen its position significantly within both organic and inorganic chemistry. This means that six talented young researchers have been...
Pioneering the field of highly selective heterogeneous nanoparticle catalysts Associate Professor Søren Kegnæs from Centre for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry at DTU...
Magnetic fields are attractive. That is old news. But only a special magnetic field can attract international researchers and companies. Such a magnetic field has been...
Scientists from DTU Chemistry have discovered a new method of transforming enantiomers in a racemic mixture so that all enantiomers will end up as the desired kind.
Significant grants from the Villum Young Investigators Programme allow two highly talented researchers to build strong groups at DTU Chemistry.
With an extract from a tropical plant, DTU researchers have found a way to combat parasites in chickens.
DTU Chemistry’s last appointed professor is Sonia Coriani. She is a professor in physical chemistry and has a strong background in quantum chemistry, i.e. the use of...
Five DTU researchers under the age of 40 receive a total of almost DKK 46 million (EUR 6,2 million) from VILLUM FONDEN and can now speed up their research careers.
Researchers from DTU Chemistry, Coloplast, and Riemann have joined forces to develop new materials that are to make products such as sunscreen and stoma bags adhere better...
Building 212, which now houses DTU’s new centre for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), is now officially open! The inauguration attracted researchers, students, collaborators...
The official opening of Building 212, which now houses DTU’s new centre for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), will be held on 13 December.
Using sophisticated X-ray equipment and highly advanced computational chemistry methods, DTU researchers have shown that it is possible to record ‘molecular movies’ of...
DTU recently welcomed 18 highly talented researchers who have been granted a H.C. Ørsted COFUND postdoc fellowship. The 18 researchers come from all over the world and...
Copper substituted zeolites are considered prime candidates as catalysts for reducing NOx emissions from exhaust fumes. Until recently, the mechanism by which they work...
Glycerol is a low-value byproduct from bio-diesel production. A new process patented by DTU Chemistry can convert glycerol into the monomer allyl alcohol which can be polymerized...
Scion DTU is home to a company that is well on its way to becoming one of the biggest Danish biotech success stories ever.
New findings from DTU Chemistry on photoresponsive microfibers have just been published in Advanced Materials.
Together with a group of researchers in Australia and China, the NanoChemistry group at DTU Chemistry have brought our knowledge about the intriguing properties of gold...
Senior Research Scientist, Katrine Qvortrup from DTU Chemistry writes about her research in chemical biology in an article on the Carlsberg Foundation website. Chemical...
Single-nanoparticle resolved enzyme-mimicking electrochemical catalysis.
After decades of research, scientists from DTU Chemistry have identified the first structure of the enzyme that controls conversion between two of our body’s most important...
DTU’s new chemistry laboratories in Building 211 constitute a technically advanced ‘machine’.
Knowledge of the properties of proteins right down to atomic level is essential for making it easier and faster for the pharmaceutical industry to manufacture protein-based...
Associate Professor Günther Peters from DTU Chemistry has turned Introductory Physical Chemistry for biological sciences upside down. For several years, the average grades...
Knowledge of the properties of proteins right down to atomic level is essential for making it easier and faster for the pharmaceutical industry to manufacture protein...
Coupling clinical data with bio-chemical analysis has allowed DTU Chemistry to reveal molecular mechanisms behind the neuro-degenerative disorder. The implications to the...
As alkaloids are known to exert a wide variety of pharmacological effects, they have long been of great interest for numerous drug discovery projects. In a modern variation...
Chemists from DTU are finding new ways to combine atoms and molecules to create 3D structures that are stable and thus behave as the chemists would like them to. The...
Beam time is in high demand at the exclusive international facilities able to “film” on the femtosecond scale which applies to chemical reactions. A successful DTU modeling...
New results published in Scientific Reports
Novel nanochemistry techniques control the stereochemistry of selfassembled monolayers (SAMs) of small molecules. This is good news for basic research in the field, and...
Analysis of an enzyme produced by Novozymes in largescale as a detergent ingredient, confirms that X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) is highly relevant for protein-producing...
It's here - The Annual Report from the Department of Chemistry, where excellent research and exciting highlights from 2014 and the visions for 2015 are summarized.
Zeolite recrystallization allows synthesis of extremely efficient gold nanoparticle catalysts. This could revive one of the oldest processes in chemical industry, namely...
Associate Professor Qijin Chi and postdoc Ramendra S. Dey from the NanoChemistry Group at DTU Chemistry have worked out a cost-effective way to assemble 3D graphene nanomaterials...
Associate Professor Anders Riisager, Senior Researcher Saravana Shunmugavel and PhD Mayra Melian-Rodriguez from DTU Chemistry have just published an article on excellent...
Chemical Physics - Special issue: The Femto11 Conference at DTU
DTU Chemistry is one of 30 partners in The European Lead Factory, a novel pan European consortium and platform for innovative drug discovery based on crowd sourcing. The...
For the first time, the coordinative bonding forces in a transition metal complex have been investigated at the single-molecule level. The observations should add new insight...
Audacity to go after the most intriguing scientific problems and the willingness to engage in original thought without losing sight of the stakeholders needs will be...
Shedding light on macroscopic systems one molecule at a time is the mission for DTU Chemistry’s Assistant Professor René Wugt Larsen. With the prestigious Sapere Aude Grant...
'The basic research in the understanding of structure-function relationship of metalloproteins might be highly relevant for the discovering of new drugs that might change...
The VILLUM FOUNDATION has just granted DKK 16 million for next-generation NMR research at DTU - a project including investments in NMR equipment for studies of organic...
In today's world, we are dependent on oil, but scarce natural resources require us to find new resources to produce fuel, materials and medicine. However, Associate Professor...