Green Chemistry – Postgraduate Research

We are looking for high quality students to carry out research towards Honours, MSc and PhD degrees. Scholarships are available, on a competitive basis, to support the research degree.

The Centre for Green Chemistry is based in the School of Chemistry at Monash University and has excellent facilities for postgraduate researchers.

Postgraduate research projects carried out by the centre have included:

• Bioconversion of Coal/Biomass to Humic Material, Clean fuel & Other Chemical Products
• Ionic Liquids as Green Solvents for Chemical Synthesis
• Microwave Synthesis in Water
• Green NARC Processes
• Reactions in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
• Supramolecular Polymers - A Thermodynamic Approach to polymer Formation
• Benign Gold Processing Methods
• FIA/FTIR Raman- Spectroscopy for Evaluation of Biopolymers
• Novel Boron Containing Compounds as Wood Preservatives
• Green Corrosion Inhibitors for Water Treatment Systems
• Products from Victorian Brown Coals for Improving Environmentally Compromised Soils
• Processing of Nickel Laterite Ores
• Benign Synthetic Protocol for Downstream Applications
• Separation of Rare Earth Elements
• Supramolecular Reaction Control
• Phosgene-Free Alternative Routes to Isocyanates
• Peptide Boronic Acids: Potential Sugar Transport Agents and Anti-coagulants
• Controlled Polymerization to Form Engineering Plastics in Water
• Depolymerization and Repolymerization of Lignin using Redistribution Mechanism
• Solid-Crystalline Photoreversible Polymerization
• Stability Controlled Nano Polymer Micelles and Its Capsulated Chemical Control Release
  

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