Analytical Science and Instrumentation @ Warwick Chemistry
Analytical science is about instrumentation development and application to advance our understanding of chemistry and related areas, such as materials science and the life sciences/medicine. For example, how do chemists really know that they've made a new molecule? If you can't measure it, you can't make it. In this context, analytical science (in chemistry) can reveal a little, or a lot, about the structure of molecules. From this information, the synthetic and biochemistry research groups have signposts which direct them in their work to make new molecules. On the other hand, analytical scientists might be building new instruments that tell us how cells and tissues function, or revealing new information on the operation of catalysts in fuel cells. They might also be developing micro-sensor systems that can be deployed remotely to monitor water or air quality, or biosensors that improve patient monitoring and clinical care. A key issue in all of these areas of analytical science is the quality of the measurements in terms of resolution, accuracy, sensitivity, and information content. Thus, the best analytical scientists are working at the frontier of technique development, designing and building new instruments to make new measurements, that have sometimes only been dreamt of!
For details of our Research Topics in this area, our facilities and how to join us, please see links on the left.
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