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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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.
Dênio Emanuel Pires Souto
Eduardo Lemos de Sá
Herbert Winnischofer
Marcio Eduardo Vidotti Miyata
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.
Dênio Emanuel Pires Souto
Elisa Souza Orth
Izabel Cristina Riegel Vidotti Miyata
Marcio Eduardo Vidotti Miyata
Maria Rita Sierakowski
Rilton Alves de Freitas
QUANTUM CHEMISTRY
Development and application of quantum methods for estimating molecular properties, especially optical spectra, which allow the development of electronic structure models and the evaluation of the potential for their use.
Faculty members involved:
Diego Guedes Sobrinho
Eduardo Lemos de Sá
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
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.
Fábio Souza Nunes
Giovana Gioppo Nunes
Herbert Winnischofer
Jaísa Fernandes Soares
Leni Campos Akcelrud
Márcio Peres de Araujo
Shirley Nakagaki
Tatiana Renata Gomes Simões
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
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.
Faculty members involved:
Antonio Salvio Mangrich
Brás Heleno de Oliveira
Caroline da Ros Montes D’Oca
Claudiney Soares Cordeiro
Leandro Piovan
Luiz Pereira Ramos
Marcelo Gonçalves D’Oca
Nadia Krieger
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.
Alfredo Ricardo Marques de Oliveira
Andersson Barison
Caroline da Ros Montes D’Oca
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.
Faculty members involved:
Alfredo Ricardo Marques de Oliveira
Caroline da Ros Montes D’Oca
Daniel da Silveira Rampon
Francisco de Assis Marques
Leandro Piovan
Leni Campos Akcelrud
Marcelo Gonçalves Montes D’Oca
Maria Aparecida Ferreira César-Oliveira
Paulo Henrique Gorgatti Zarbin
Ronilson Vasconcelos Barbosa
Sônia Faria Zawadzki