Details of Grant 

EPSRC Reference:	EP/K039687/1
Title:	Core Capability for Chemistry Research at the University of Liverpool
Principal Investigator:	Hodgson, Professor A
Other Investigators:	Raval, Professor R Adams, Professor DJ Iggo, Dr J Steiner, Dr A
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Department:	Chemistry
Organisation:	University of Liverpool
Scheme:	Standard Research - NR1
Starts:	01 January 2013	Ends:	30 June 2013	Value (£):	918,309
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Analytical Science Chemical Structure
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
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This grant will underpin the Chemistry Department's core research capability by upgrading capital equipment in four key areas of Chemistry instrumentation, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, X-ray structural analysis and atomic level microscopy. These techniques provide the ability to characterise the new chemicals and materials produced in the Department of Chemistry at Liverpool, to determine their atomic structure and to examine their properties, supporting research activity across the entire Chemistry research portfolio. The new facilities will provide access to state of the art instrumentation for Chemistry academics, early career research staff, post-doctoral research workers and research students, enhancing the quality of the research carried out. Replacement of obsolete instrumentation and extending the capability of the instrumentation base will enhance sample throughput and productivity, permit unstable samples to be analysed, reduce the need for external analysis of samples and allow more complex analysis to be performed. Research programmes relying on these techniques include Materials Research, research into Green Catalysis and new Battery Materials, Drug Discovery and Drug Delivery, and the design of Functional Interfaces. Upgrading the instrument base will also ensure the training provided to research students remains compatible with the instrumentation they will meet in industry, supporting the skills needed by employers and the UK Chemical Industry.
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