Facilities:
The Department has procured major equipment like Shimadzu FTIR-8700 Infrared spectrophotometer, Shimadzu 2550, UV-visible Spectrophotometer and CHNS Analyser besides a number of indigenous instruments for its research needs. The Department will be shortly procuring a GC-MS also. The department has great potential for expansion, particularly because of large scale investment in Greater Mangalore on Chemical Industries.
Thrust Areas of Research:
- Structural Chemistry
- Coordination Chemistry
- Reaction Dynamics and mechanisms
- Heterocyclic Chemistry
- Electrochemistry
- Analytical Chemistry
- Medicinal Chemistry
- Solid oxide synthesis
- Liquid Crystals
- Polymer Chemistry
- Pesticide Chemistry
- Environmental Analysis