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Riia Annala

10.5.2019 A research brings more knowledge for the development of anion receptor foldamers that have potential use in waste processing or in medical treatment

Foldamers are synthetic oligomers which are designed to mimic the structures and functions of biopolymers.

University of Jyväskylä to award 9 honorary doctorates

The University of Jyväskylä will award 9 new honorary doctorates in May.

Evgeny Bulatov

18.4.2019 M.sc. Evgeny Bulatov: The wealth of coordination chemistry of platinum(II) is systematized and enriched

Studies of coordination compounds of platinum(II) have provided many important discoveries in coordination chemistry in the past, and allow the development of new drugs and functional materials in the present.

18.4.2019 (Evgeny Bulatov) The wealth of coordination chemistry of platinum(II) is systematized and enriched

Studies of coordination compounds of platinum(II) have provided many important discoveries in coordination chemistry in the past, and allow the development of new drugs and functional materials in the present.

Kemian professori Karoliina Honkala ja akatemiaprofessori Hannu Häkkinen tutkivat katalyysireaktioiden atomitason mekanismeja supertietokoneella tehtävien simulaatioiden avulla.

A significant European supercomputing grant to nanoscience researchers for investigations of atomically precise nanocatalysts

PRACE organization has awarded 35 million CPU core hours for a joint project of Academy professor Hannu Häkkinen and professor Karoliina Honkala at the University of Jyväskylä’s Nanoscience Center.

Jyväskylän yliopiston kiihdytinlaboratorion materiaalitutkimuksen ryhmä on mukana RADIATE-kumppanuushankkeessa, jonka tavoitteena on lisätä tutkimustiedon saatavuutta Euroopassa.

The physics and chemistry research infrastructures of the University of Jyväskylä receive one million euros of EU Horizon 2020 funding

The European Union Horizon 2020 Programme (Horizon2020) funds major European research and innovation projects.

Palkitut vasemmalta: Lotta-Riina Sundberg, Jouni Taskinen, Peppi Taalas, Alexei Lobski, Hanna Pirinen, Mirka Saarela ja Akseli Mansikkamäki.

Heroes of research and teaching awarded in the Annual Celebration

The traditional annual celebration of the University of Jyväskylä was held on 6 March.

New receptor molecules flag the presence of chiral molecules

A new ‘chemical nose’ sniffs out pollutants in the environment

Many pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, freon substitutes, dyes and drugs e.

Uusi kulta–alumiini-yhdiste (vasen) reagoi hiilidioksidin kanssa tuottaen insertioyhdisteen (oikea) samalla kuvastaen kulta-atomin nukleofiilista luonnetta.

The first nucleophilic gold complex

A collaborative research effort between the Departments of Chemistry at the University of Oxford (United Kingdom) and University of Jyväskylä (Finland) has resulted in the discovery of a gold compound exhibiting nucleophilic behaviour hitherto unknown...

11.1.2019 Pyrolysis integrated with pulping offers an interesting possibility to make novel bio-products (Ghalibaf)

M.Sc. Maryam Ghalibaf defends her doctoral dissertation in Applied Chemistry "Analytical Pyrolysis of Wood and Non-Wood Materials from Integrated Biorefinery Concepts".

12.12.2018: Non-wood materials as starting materials of the biorefinery (Ullah)

The primary aim of modern biorefinery studies is to develop more selective and environmentally friendly processes for the efficient conversion of lignocellosic materials into value-added products for industrial chemicals.

Academy Professor Hannu Häkkinen achieves the “highly cited researcher” status in 2018

Academy Professor Hannu Häkkinen has been named as one of the most-cited researchers in the world in 2018 by Clarivate Analytics in its annual “highly cited researchers” list. The 2018 list includes 35 researchers from Finland.

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