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Research Overview

The ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology is home to over 140 researchers, drawing together a unique grouping of fundamental chemists, medicinal chemists, biochemists, biologists and materials scientists dedicated to the understanding and application of free radical chemistry.

The Centre's research program is broad, encompassing aspects of free radical chemistry and biotechnology from the fundamental to the applied.

Its interdisciplinary approach has and will continue to provide significant advancements in areas such as:

• pharmaceuticals,
• custom-designed plastics,
• new technology for the preservation of paints, plastics and culturally significant artwork,
• the characterisation of free radicals in the atmosphere and their affect on health,
• and "virtual laboratory" free radical chemistry using supercomputers.

The Centre's research activities can be divided into eight research areas:

• Fundamental Radical Chemistry
• Good Health & Preventing Disease
• Radicals in the Environment
• Radicals in Materials Technology
• Kinetics & Mechanisms Facility
• Pain & Inflammation
• Surface Coatings
• Climate Change & Energy
• Biotechnology