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EPSRC Reference: EP/D022347/1
Title: IDEAS Factory - Chemical Craftwork: Realising the Concept of the Artificial chemical cell with Vesicles
Principal Investigator: Alexander, Professor C
Other Investigators:
Davis, Professor B Schroeder, Professor SLM Robertson, Professor N
Cronin, Professor L Krasnogor, Professor N
Researcher Co-Investigators:
Project Partners:
Department: Sch of Pharmacy
Organisation: University of Nottingham
Scheme: Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts: 01 October 2005 Ends: 31 March 2009 Value (£): 39,620
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Biological & Medicinal Chem. Bioprocess Engineering
Chemical Synthetic Methodology Complex fluids & soft solids
Fundamentals of Computing Light-Matter Interactions
Modelling & simul. of IT sys. Non-linear Systems Mathematics
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
Chemicals Healthcare
Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
Related Grants:
EP/D022304/1 EP/D023327/1
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This project aims to set up prototypical systems that we hope will reveal striking new aspects of complexity and pattern formation within lipid-bounded systems called vesicles. We hope to better understand the processes by which unusual periodic variations are seen in chemical systems that might lead to insight into the self assembly of large inorganic molecules and minerals, the origins of chirality, create new patterned redox environments and new antibacterials. Ultimately such systems might represent the first chemical cells or CHELLS that are constructed from a totally new range of building blocks not found in biology.
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Project URL: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/people/cameron.alexander
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