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Organometallic fotochemistry, excitation, mechanism products and applications (a european scientific network)

Objective



OUR NETWORK LINKS SIX LABORATORIES WHICH, TOGETHER, HAVE A WORLD-CLASS RANGE OF SPECTROSCOPIC EQUIPMENT FOR PROBING REACTION MECHANISM AND PRODUCTS IN ORGANOMETALLIC PHOTOCHEMISTRY. THIS PROPOSAL FROM DR VLCEK WILL STRENGTHEN THESE FACILITIES FURTHER AND WILL ADD SIGNIFICANTLY TO OUR PHOTOCHEMICAL EXPERTISE. IN PARTICULAR, DR VLCEK'S EXPERIENCE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO OUR NETWORK'S STUDIES OF THE REDUCTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE, OF THE PHOTOCHEMISTRY 0F METAL CARBENE COMPLEXES AND OF THE PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF COMPOUNDS WITH NON-CARBONYL LIGANDS. HIS PROPOSAL IS FOCUSSED IN FOUR AREAS (I) CARBENE COMPLEXES, (II) ISONITRILE COMPLEXES, (III) SUBSTITUTED METAL CARBONYLS AND (IV) EXCITED STATE PROPERTIES. THE PROGRAMME HAS A WELL DEFINED STRATEGY AND ACHIEVABLE OBJECTIVES, COMPLEMENTARY TO THOSE OF THE NETWORK. ALTHOUGH THE NETWORK IS ONLY JUST GETTING UNDER WAY, EXCITING RESULTS ARE ALREADY EMERGING WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, A COMPLETELY NEW CHROMIUM ETHENE COMPLEX ISOLATED FROM SUPERCRITICAL FLUID SOLUTION. NEW INTERNATIONAL LINKS ARE BEING FORGED WITH THE COORDINATING LABORATORY AT NOTTINGHAM BECOMING A FOUNDING MEMBER OF AN EC COST NETWORK UNDER ACTIVITY D6 (CHEMICAL PROCESSES AND ACTIONS UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS). DR VLCEK'S PROPOSAL COMES AS THE RESULT OF AN INVITATION FROM NOTTINGHAM AND OUR NETWORK PARTNERS AND HAS OUR STRONGEST POSSIBLE SUPPORT. DR VLCEK HAS A STRONG INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION AND HAS INTERACTED FRUITFULLY IN THE PAST WITH SEVERAL SCIENTISTS IN OUR NETWORK. HIS WORK HAS BEEN BADLY AFFECTED BY RECENT ECONOMIC CHANGES IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC BUT, EVEN SO, HE HAS MAINTAINED A RESEARCH OUTPUT TO BE ENVIED BY MANY WESTERN RESEARCHERS. THIS PROPOSAL OFFERS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY NOT ONLY TO STRENGTHEN THE SCIENTIFIC BASE OF OUR EXISTING NETWORK BUT ALSO TO RESTORE THE RESEARCH POTENTIAL OF A HIGHLY TALENTED YOUNG EUROPEAN SCIENTIST.

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UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
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University Park
NOTTINGHAM
United Kingdom

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