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Research in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
WE ARE RANKED NUMBER 1 IN THE UK FOR RESEARCH INTENSITY IN CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

 

(Complete University Guide 2021)

Chemists and Chemical Engineers working together towards a healthy and sustainable future.

We bring together fundamental and applied research, generating real-world impact, evidenced by vibrant spin-out activity and high-profile industrial collaborations.

Our Research
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Research Themes

Healthcare, sustainability and fundamental studies

Our research falls under three themes: Health, Sustainability and Fundamental Science. Our work on Sustainability spans five focus areas: CO2 capture and utilisation, clean water, hydrogen and bioenergy, sustainable manufacturing and circular economy. Research on Health covers clean synthesis, antimicrobials and sensors. Our fundamental work, particularly focused on supramolecular chemistry and frontiers of the liquid phase, is the foundation on which we build our more applied projects.

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Research Centres

Research Centres

QUILL – Queen’s University Ionic Liquid Laboratories CO2@QUB – Carbon Capture and Utilisation Research Lab CASE – Centre for Advanced Sustainable Energy

Research Centres
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Research Environment and Culture

Working together

We are continuously working to nurture a friendly, creative and collaborative research environment. The School is proud of its Silver Athena SWAN Award, a vibrant program of seminars and a strong outreach profile, all of which are described in this section. Visit to learn more about our Early Career Forum, Postgraduate Researchers Forum and research technicians.

Research Environment
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Research Impact

Making a difference

Research impact comes in many flavours: impactful papers, growing spin-out companies, technologies developed and implemented with industrial partners, as well as policies and roadmaps. Our School was ranked #3 (joint) in the UK for Research Impact in Research Excellence Framework 2021; browse this section to learn more.

Research Impact

Latest Publications

  • New tetrabutylphosphonium organic ionic plastic crystals incorporating borate anions
    • Haris Amir
    • Mega Kar
    • Luke A. O'Dell
    • Maria Forsyth
    • Gosia Swadzba-Kwasny
    • John Holbrey
    19 May 2025
  • Untying surface chemistry and emulsion stability to construct multifunctional pickering emulsion SERS sensors for pretreatment-free quantitative analysis in bio-media
    • Yingrui Zhang
    • Chunchun Li
    • Ruairi Carland
    • Ziwei Ye
    • Steven Bell
    • Yikai Xu
    14 May 2025
  • On the divergent reactivity of allenylstannanes generated from the O-directed free radical hydrostannation reaction of (±)-trans-3-(2-phenylcyclopropyl)prop-2-yn-1-ol. EPR evidence for the reversible addition of Ph3Sn radicals to vinyl triphenyltins
    • Lawrence Hale
    • Alistair J. Fielding
    • Karl J. Hale
    7 May 2025
  • Rate constants and Arrhenius parameters for H-atom abstraction from Bu3SnH by the 2,2-dimethylvinyl radical in PhMe. Kinetic evidence for an entirely free radical mechanism for the O-directed hydrostannation of alkynols with stannanes and Et3B/O2
    • Hamish A. Watson
    • Lawrence Hale
    • John M. Marron
    • Soraya Manaviazar
    • Alistair J. Fielding
    • Karl J. Hale
    7 May 2025
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