Department News

UNC chemists have developed a faster, more flexible way to build an important class of molecules used in many prescription drugs.

Ph.D. student Eliza Neidhart's research offers a new, chemical solution that could change how we reuse plastic.

A CHASE-supported UNC study represents a significant step forward in designing more efficient carbon dioxide reduction systems.

In a Nature study, a UNC chemist has introduced a novel chemical method for breaking down rubber waste.
Research

Herein, an approach for discriminating between tardigrade morphological states is developed and utilized to compare sucrose- and CaCl2-induced tuns, using the model species Hypsibius exemplaris.

Herein, we disclose a backbone rearrangement approach to tune the short-chain branching of polymers.

A new homoleptic Ru polypyridyl complex bearing two aldehyde groups on each bipyridine ligand, [Ru(dab)3](PF6)2, where dab is 4,4′-dicarbaldehyde-2,2′-bipyridine, was synthesized, characterized, and utilized for iodide photo-oxidation studies.