Research output per year
Research output per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
As one of the largest departments of chemistry in the UK, our work reflects the interdisciplinary nature of modern chemistry research.
We apply our expertise to finding solutions to some of today’s greatest societal challenges, exploring new ways it can be used to provide a healthy, sustainable future.
Our world-class research capabilities and the innovative methods we develop are reflected in our six research themes:
Analytical methods and physical chemistry
Chemical biology and biological chemistry
Computational and theoretical chemistry
Inorganic chemistry
Materials chemistry
Organic chemistry
Our experts work alongside public and commercial organisations on a variety of projects, and we offer our industry-standard facilities and analytical services to businesses across the globe.
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Profiles
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31P NMR chemical shift anisotropy in paramagnetic lanthanide phosphide complexes
Baldwin, J., Bonham, K., Thompson, T. R. C., Gransbury, G. K., Whitehead, G. F. S., Vitorica-Yrezabal, I. J., Lee, D., Chilton, N. F. & Mills, D. P., 21 Feb 2025, In: JACS Au.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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3D printed poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyexanoate) scaffolds support chondrogenic potential of human primary chondrocytes during in vitro culture
Pecorini, G., Puppi, D., Richardson, S., Chen, G.-Q. & Domingos, M., 21 Feb 2025, In: Polymer. 320, 128105.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Abstraction hierarchy to define biofoundry workflows and operations for interoperable synthetic biology research and applications
kim, H., Hillson, N., Cho, B. K., Sung, B. H., Lee, D.-H., Kim, D.-M., Oh, M.-K., Chang, M., Jin, Y.-S., Rosser, S. J., Vegh, P., Fragkoudis, R., Feuvre, R. L., Scrutton, N., Storch, M., Seong, W., Freemont, P. & Lee, S.-G., 1 Jul 2025, In: Nature Communications. 16, 6056.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Catalysis-Driven Dual Molecular Motor
Wang, P.-L., Olivieri, E., Borsley, S., Whitehead, G. F. S., Hasija, A. & Leigh, D. A., 17 Mar 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of the American Chemical Society.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Accurate prediction of electron correlation energies of topological atoms by delta learning from the Müller approximation
Bandyopadhyay, P., Isamura, B. & Popelier, P., 21 Feb 2025, In: The Journal of chemical physics. 162, 074102 .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile7 Downloads (Pure)
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BHF Centre for Research Excellence 2024-2029
Keavney, B. (PI), Tomaszewski, M. (CoI), Hentges, K. (CoI), Buch, M. (CoI), Ananiadou, S. (CoI), Miller, C. (CoI), Oceandy, D. (CoI), Smith, C. (CoI), Allan, S. (CoI), Cartwright, E. (CoI), Revell, A. (CoI), Frangi, A. F. (CoI), Peek, N. (CoI), Greenstein, A. (CoI), Wang, X. (CoI), Trafford, A. (CoI), Morris, A. (CoI), Newman, W. (CoI), Kontopantelis, E. (CoI), Brough, D. (CoI), Myers, J. (CoI), Mamas, M. (CoI) & Greenstein, A. (CoI)
1/10/24 → 30/09/29
Project: Research
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Increasing sustainability at the EPR NRF
Mcinnes, E. (PI), Bowen, A. (CoI), Collison, D. (CoI), Gallego Schmid, A. (CoI), Shanmugam, M. (CoI) & Tuna, F. (CoI)
1/01/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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MESNA: Methods for enzymatic synthesis of modified nucleic acids (AWARD)
Micklefield, J. (PI) & Barran, P. (CoI)
1/07/23 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
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Direct Writing of Nanodevices: A Sustainable Route to Nanofabrication
Lewis, D. (PI), Boland, J. (CoI), Winpenny, R. (CoI) & Spink, G. (Support team)
1/05/23 → 30/04/26
Project: Research
Impacts
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C4X Discovery: generating market-leading drug candidates from cutting-edge technology
Almond, A. (Participant) & Blundell, C. (Participant)
Impact: Economic, Technological
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Dalton Nuclear Policy Group: Influence on Nuclear Strategy
Bull, A. (Participant), Bodel, W. (Participant), Khan, A. (Participant), Butler, G. (Participant), Matthews, J. (Participant), Morris, K. (Participant) & Livens, F. (Participant)
Impact: Economic, Environmental, Policy
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Development and exploitation of a buckminsterfullerene, C60+ based primary ion beam system for secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS)
Vickerman, J. (Participant), Lockyer, N. (Participant), Weibel, D. (Participant) & Wong, S. (Participant)
Impact: Economic, Technological
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Diffusion-Ordered Spectroscopy
Morris, G. (Participant) & Nilsson, M. (Participant)
Impact: Economic, Technological
Activities
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Rules-Based Reasoning in Organic Chemistry – Validity, Necessity and Sufficiency
Poree, C. (Speaker)
28 Aug 2025 → 29 Aug 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Teaching and Research
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Pride and Inspiration: Reigniting the Spark in Early Career Researchers
O'Donoghue, J. (Presenter), Scully, N. (Presenter), Poree, C. (Presenter), McGoldrick, N. (Presenter), Garcia Doménech, N. (Contributor), Colavita, P. (Contributor), Draper, S. (Contributor) & Kelly, J. (Contributor)
28 Aug 2025 → 29 Aug 2025Activity: Internal positions, career professional development, other peer review and other › Other › Teaching and Research
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Arrows first? An exploration of the curriculum in mechanistic organic chemistry at A-level
Turner, K. (Presenter), Owston, N. (Presenter), Poree, C. (Presenter), Evans, C. (Contributor), Mohammed, A. (Contributor) & Khan, M. (Contributor)
28 Aug 2025 → 29 Aug 2025Activity: Internal positions, career professional development, other peer review and other › Other › Teaching and Research
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The 21st European Magnetic Resonance Congress EUROMAR 2025
Moharana, P. (Poster presenter)
6 Jul 2025 → 11 Jul 2025Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Participating in a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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Chemistry PGR Conference 2025
Moharana, P. (Poster presenter)
12 Jun 2025 → 13 Jun 2025Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Participating in a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
Datasets
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QCM data and microscopy files
Webb, S. (Creator), University of Manchester, 6 Sept 2015
DOI: 10.15127/1.272343, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5OB01591J and 4 more links, https://www.escholar.manchester.ac.uk/api/datastream?publicationPid=uk-ac-man-scw:272343&datastreamId=QCM-D_data.ZIP, https://www.escholar.manchester.ac.uk/api/datastream?publicationPid=uk-ac-man-scw:272343&datastreamId=Confocal_images_of_cells_with_MNPs.ZIP, https://www.escholar.manchester.ac.uk/api/datastream?publicationPid=uk-ac-man-scw:272343&datastreamId=TEM_images_of_MNPs.ZIP, https://www.escholar.manchester.ac.uk/api/datastream?publicationPid=uk-ac-man-scw:272343&datastreamId=Bright_field_images_of_cells_MNPs.ZIP (show fewer)
Dataset
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CHORUS Oneshot: Experimental data and materials
Power, J. (Creator), Foroozandeh, M. (Creator), Moutzouri, P. (Creator) & Morris, G. (Creator), University of Manchester, 15 Feb 2016
DOI: 10.15127/1.296385, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6CC02917E and 2 more links, https://www.escholar.manchester.ac.uk/api/datastream?publicationPid=uk-ac-man-scw:296385&datastreamId=CHORUS_Oneshot2.ZIP, https://www.escholar.manchester.ac.uk/api/datastream?publicationPid=uk-ac-man-scw:296385&datastreamId=CHORUS_Oneshot1.ZIP (show fewer)
Dataset
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Dataset for 'BiVO4 photoanodes enhanced with metal phosphide co-catalysts: relevant properties to boost photoanode performance'
Cui, J. (Creator), Skelton, J. (Creator) & Eslava, S. (Creator), Zenodo, 30 Sept 2023
Dataset
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Proteome analsyis of Translocation phenomenon
Dixon, N. (Creator), PRoteomics IDEntifications Database, 2018
DOI: 10.6019/PXD006474, https://proteomecentral.proteomexchange.org/cgi/GetDataset?ID=PXD006474
Dataset
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Baseline Proteomics Characterisation of Biomanufacturing Organism Halomonas Bluephagenesis
Scrutton, N. (Creator), PRoteomics IDEntifications Database, 2022
DOI: 10.6019/PXD030494, http://central.proteomexchange.org/cgi/GetDataset?ID=PXD030494
Dataset
Prizes
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2005 Royal Society of Chemistry Award for Nanotechnology
Leigh, D. (Recipient), 2005
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2007 Descartes Prize for Research
Leigh, D. (Recipient), 2007
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2007 Feynman Prize for Nanotechnology
Leigh, D. (Recipient), 2007
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2007 International Izatt-Christensen Award in Macrocyclic Chemistry
Leigh, D. (Recipient), 2007
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2009 Royal Society of Chemistry Merck Award
Leigh, D. (Recipient), 2009
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press/Media
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Professor perdita Barran wins prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry prizes
25/06/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
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Disease Scent Signatures Disclose What the Nose Knows
12/06/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
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THE OBSERVER: The 10 biggest science stories of 2022 – chosen by scientists
18/12/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: A Supersmeller Can Detect the Scent of Parkinson’s, Leading to an Experimental Test for the Illness
11/10/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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VARIOUS NATIONAL MEDIA: Scientists move closer to developing ‘game-changing’ test to diagnose Parkinson’s
7/09/22
6 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Student theses
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1H NMR and Emission Spectroscopy of Lanthanide and Uranium(IV) Coordination Complexes
Timmermann, V. (Author), Natrajan, L. (Supervisor) & Mills, D. (Supervisor), 24 Oct 2018Student thesis: Phd
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2D-Boron Nitride for Enhanced Epoxy Nanocomposites
Hui, J. (Author), Lindsay, R. (Supervisor) & Edmondson, S. (Supervisor), 16 Jan 2020Student thesis: Phd
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3d Transition Metal Complexes of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands and N-Heterocyclic Ligands
Weldon, K. (Author), Layfield, R. (Supervisor) & Brisdon, A. (Supervisor), 3 Jun 2015Student thesis: Master of Philosophy
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a-Arylation of Lithiated Allylic and Vinylic Ureas
Tait, M. (Author), Clayden, J. (Supervisor), 18 Dec 2013Student thesis: Phd
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A Biocatalytic Platform for the Reduction of alpha,beta-Unsaturated Imines
Thorpe, T. (Author), Flitsch, S. (Supervisor) & Turner, N. (Supervisor), 5 Jan 2022Student thesis: Phd
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Equipment
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700MHz reaction monitoring spectrometer
Cliff, M. (Core Facility Lead), Adams, R. (Academic lead) & Sakho, A. (Technical Specialist)
Facility/equipment: Equipment
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Agilent Gas Chromatograph (GC)
Edge, R. (Senior Technical Specialist) & Baidak, A. (Academic lead)
Dalton Nuclear InstituteFacility/equipment: Equipment
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Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences Technology Platform
Heyes, D. (Senior Technical Specialist), Boothman, C. (Senior Technical Specialist), Cliffe, L. (Technical Specialist), Dunstan, M. (Senior Technical Specialist), Golovanova, M. (Senior Technician), Hoeven, R. (Technical Specialist), Lopez Perez, R. (Senior Technician), Sakuma, M. (Senior Technician), Tait, S. (Senior Technician) & Tilakaratna, V. (Senior Technician)
FSE ResearchFacility/equipment: Platform
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Biochemical preparation facility
Golovanova, M. (Senior Technician), Lopez Perez, R. (Senior Technician), Sakuma, M. (Senior Technician), Tait, S. (Senior Technician) & Tilakaratna, V. (Senior Technician)
FSE ResearchFacility/equipment: Facility