As of 1999, with the expansion of the master’s course and the creation of the doctorate, the PPGQ/UFPR began to cover the four major areas of concentration in Chemistry, covered in the lines of research listed below. It should be noted that several of these lines are multidisciplinary and therefore involve researchers (faculty and students) from more than one area of ​​concentration of the Program.

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Physical Chemistry

CATALYSIS AND KINETICS

Development of catalytic systems and physical-chemical elucidation of processes using kinetic models.

Faculty members involved:

Elisa Souza Orth

ELECTROCHEMISTRY

Development and characterization of new electrochemically-active materials, aiming at their application as conductors, semiconductors, catalysts or generators and electrical storage devices.

PHYSICAL-CHEMISTRY OF MACROMOLECULES

Preparation of self-assembled systems from macromolecules and study of their interfacial interactions. Synthesis and characterization of electroactive and hybrid (nano)materials to obtain high performance devices such as sensors, biosensors, electrochromic and electrocatalytic electrodes. Rheological properties of polymers.

Analytical Chemistry

DEVELOPMENT OF ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGIES, SENSORS AND CHEMOMETRIC TOOLS

Determination of chemical species using instrumental analytical techniques, flow injection analysis and preconcentration processes. Development of electroanalytical sensors and use of chemometric tools for data analysis.

Andersson Barison

Andrea Pinto de Oliveira

Bruno José Gonçalves da Silva

Clarice Dias Britto do Amaral

Dênio Emanuel Pires Souto

Frederico Luís Felipe Soares

Gilberto Abate

Luiz Humberto Marcolino Júnior

Marco Tadeu Grassi

Marcio Fernando Bergamini

Noemi Nagata

Patricio Guillermo Peralta Zamora

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY

Monitoring, transport and destination of contaminants present in the environment. Interactions of metal ions with macromolecular ligands in the environment.

Faculty members involved:

Antonio Salvio Mangrich

Gilberto Abate

Glaucia Pantano

Marco Tadeu Grassi

Patricio Guillermo Peralta Zamora

REMEDIATION OF SOLID, LIQUID AND GASEOUS RESIDUES

Development of advanced processes (photocatalytic and enzymatic) for the remediation of residues.Preparation, characterization and use of new photochemically active materials. Recycling, reuse, treatment and disposal of waste and residues generated by the chemical industry.

Faculty members involved:

Antonio Salvio Mangrich

Luiz Pereira Ramos

Marco Tadeu Grassi

Nadia Krieger

Patricio Guillermo Peralta Zamora

FORENSIC CHEMISTRY

Application of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Mass Spectrometry, Chromatographic Methods and Artificial Intelligence focused on Forensic Sciences: identification of psychoactive substances, adulteration in food, beverages, agrochemicals, cleaning products, medicines, food supplements, among others.

Faculty members involved:

Anderson Barison 

Andrea Pinto de Oliveira 

Bruno José Gonçalves da Silva 

Caroline de Ros Montes D’Oca 

Clarice Dias Britto do Amaral 

Frederico Felipe Luis Soares 

Inorganic Chemistry

BIOINORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Mechanistic and catalytic studies involving transition metal complexes as structural and functional models of bioinorganic systems.

Faculty members involved:

Fábio Souza Nunes

Giovana Gioppo Nunes

Jaísa Fernandes Soares

Shirley Nakagaki

COORDINATION CHEMISTRY

Synthesis, characterization, reactivity and applications of coordination compounds.

CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Preparation, applications and study of structure-property relationships in polymeric materials, semiconductors, hybrid materials, (nano)composites, and intercalation and inclusion compounds.

Faculty members involved:

Aldo José Gorgatti Zarbin

Diego Guedes Sobrinho

Elisa Souza Orth

Fernando Wypych

Giovana Gioppo Nunes

Herbert Winnischofer

Izabel Cristina Riegel Vidotti Miyata

Jaísa Fernandes Soares

Leni Campos Akcelrud

Marcio Eduardo Vidotti Miyata

Márcio Peres de Araujo

Maria Rita Sierakowski

Rilton Alves de Freitas

Shirley Nakagaki

Sônia Faria Zawadzki

Tatiana Renata Gomes Simões

Organic Chemistry

BIOCATALYSIS AND PLANT BIOMASS CHEMISTRY

Processing of agricultural, forestry and agroindustrial wastes.Production of substrates and bioproducts of technological interest from renewable resources including biofuels, chemicals and biomaterials. Biotransformation of organic substances.

DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE METHODS

Development of new applications for the NMR technique, including multinuclear analysis of samples in solution and in the solid state, as well as its use in the characterization and structural elucidation of organic and inorganic compounds.

POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Preparation and structural, mechanical or morphological characterization of synthetic polymers for technological applications. Study of chemical and physical-chemical aspects of natural and semi-synthetic biopolymers, involving extraction, characterization, properties and applications.

Faculty members involved:

Elisa Souza Orth

Izabel Cristina Riegel Vidotti Miyata

Leni Campos Akcelrud

Luiz Pereira Ramos

Maria Rita Sierakowski

Maria Aparecida Ferreira César-Oliveira

Rilton Alves de Freitas

Sônia Faria Zawadzki

CHEMISTRY OF NATURAL PRODUCTS AND CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Phytochemical study, isolation and identification of secondary metabolites. Investigation of the mechanisms and identification of chemical components involved in insect-insect (pheromones) and insect-plant (kairomones) interactions.

Faculty members involved:

Alfredo Ricardo Marques de Oliveira

Andersson Barison

Beatriz Helena Lameiro de Noronha Sales Maia

Brás Heleno de Oliveira

Francisco de Assis Marques

Maria Élida Alves Stefanello

Paulo Henrique Gorgatti Zarbin

SYNTHESIS OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

Development and application of new methodologies for the synthesis of organic and organometallic compounds.