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The School of
Chemical Science consists of Department of Analytical
Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry,
Physical Chemistry, Energy and Polymer Science.
School of Chemical
Science,University of Madras was established in 1973
when part-time M.Phil Course common to Organic,
Inorganic and Physical Chemistry was introduced. The
Master of Science programme was introduced in 1976
wherein the first year students undergo a common
chemistry programme and the students specialize in one
of the areas of Chemistry in the second year: Physical
Chemistry,Organic Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry.
Since 1987,the department of Analytical Chemistry also
joined the School of Chemical Sciences and the teaching
programme is conducted by admitting the students in all
the four branches based on the performance of the
students in the entrance examination.
The School of
Chemical Science consists of four departments,Viz.,
Analytical Chemistry,Inorganic Chemistry,Organic
Chemistry and Physical Chemistry and these departments
were established in 1960,1975,1952 and 1952
respectively. From the academic year 1975-76 the
departments are conducting courses (M.Sc. & M.Phil)
collectively. The Chairperson,School of Chemical
Sciences is coordinating the academic activities. The
students of School of chemical Sciences have been
performing very well in the competitive examinations and
are working in prestigious institutions in India and
abroad.
The Department of
Analytical chemistry specializes in
spectrometry,separation techniques, electroanalytical
methods,corrosion control and implants studies. The
Department has the facilities of a workshop,
air-conditioned room of equipments, telecommunication
network,library and computation laboratory. The
sophisticated instruments of the Department includes
UV-Visible spectrophotometer,Polarographs,Cyclic
Voltammeter,Potentiostat/Galvanostat,Gas
chromatograph,lon analyzer,corrosion monitoring
system,microscope(Hot stage),refractometer,data
acquisition system and computers. The Department offers
consultancy in analytical problems relating to chemical
industries,environment,material
science,biomaterials,chelating resins,electroanalytical
studies,chemically modified electrodes,etc.
The Department of Inorganic
Chemistry, concentrates on research work in
Photochemistry, Coordination Chemistry,Bioinorganic
Chemistry,Catalysis and Laser Chemistry. The facilities
in the Department include Spectrophotometers,
Fluorimeters,photochemical,electrochemical systems,flash
photolysis spectrometer,Nd-YAG pumped laser flash
photolysis spectrometer,excimer laser,time-correlated
Single Photon Counting
spectrometer,IR,UV-Visible,esr,gas chromatograph,cyclic
voltammeter and pulse polarograph.
The Department of
Organic Chemistry specializes in the fields of synthesis
of carbocyclics and their rearrangements,heterocyclic
compounds of pharmacological interest,Macrocyclic
compounds and molecules with spatial conjugation and
laser dyes,asymmetric synthesis,Bio-organic chemistry
and photochemistry. The facilities of the department
include Jeol 90 MHz NMR and mass spectrometer,Shimadzu
UV-vis spectrophotometer,Shimadzu FT IR, and
Polarimeter. The staff of this department offer
consultancy services in the synthesis of any type of
industrially important organic compounds,application of
any type of organics and solving structure through
spectra.
The department of
Physical Chemistry researches in Homo-and
hetero-multisite catalysts,triphase
catalysis,synthesis,characterization and kinetics of
polymerization,model enzyme
reactions,conducting,polymers,defluridisation
studies,electrocatalysis by metal complexes, electron
transfer reactions,electrochemical studies on
copper-halide interactions,ion-selective electrodes,SANS
study of microemulsions, polymerization and oxidation
reactions in microemulsion,sysnthesis,characterisation
and catalytic activity of anionic clays,sorption studies
of surfactants on polymeric surfaces electroanalytical
oxygen evolution at oxide electrodes as in photo
assisted splitting of water,Development of
polymer-modified catalytic electrodes for detection of
neurotransmitter enzymeless biosensors etc. The
facilities of the Department include Gas Chromatography
Varian 3700 with Data system (VISTA401),UV-visible
SPECORD spectrophotometer,PAR-Cyclic
Voltammetric,Spectrofluroimeter-AMINCO,FIBRE-SPINNING
equipment etc. The Department offers consultancy in
areas like:synthesis and characterisation of
polymers,environmental studies involving
fluorosis,polymer-Drug interactions,preparation and
application of catalysts,development and applications of
ion selective electrodes,polymer supported
reagents,enzyme models,electro catalysis,anionic
clays,micro emulsions and enzymeless
biosensors. |