# Sustainability

**Source**: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/chemistry/research/research-themes/sustainability/
**Parent**: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/experts/sandie-dann/

Sustainability is an area of significant interest across all disciplines. In chemistry we are working towards the development of novel chemistries and technologies to enable a reduction in reliance on fossil fuel based materials as well as developing processes that emit less carbon dioxide.

We regularly collaborate with industry, for example in sustainable oxidation chemistries with Lubrizol, sustainable plastics research with Plastic Energy and 3D printing technologies with AstraZeneca. Some of the team are part of the newly founded £4.4M Loughborough led UKRI National Centre for Circular Chemical Economy.

Professor Benjamin Buckley

Reader in Synthetic Chemistry

[b.r.buckley@lboro.ac.uk](mailto:b.r.buckley@lboro.ac.uk)

**Areas of interest**

Synthetic CO2 utilisation, electrosynthesis, plasma chemistry; homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis in synthetic methodology

**Recent Publication from the Buckley Group:**

**Harnessing Applied Potential: Selective β-Hydrocarboxylation of Substituted Olefins**

A. Alkayal, V. Tabas, S. Montanaro, I. A. Wright, A. V. Malkov\* and B. R. Buckley\*

[*J. Am. Chem. Soc.* 2020, ***142*,** 1780-1785.](https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.9b13305)

**[*Free institutional repository version download link*](https://hdl.handle.net/2134/11744463)\**

Professor Steve Christie

Professor of Chemical Technologies

[s.d.christie@lboro.ac.uk](mailto:s.d.christie@lboro.ac.uk)

**Areas of interest**

Additive manufacturing (3D printing) to make bespoke chemical reactors; in-line analysis; bioreactors; new technologies for sustainable plastics

**Recent Publication from the Christie Group:**

**An open-source toolkit for 3D printed fluidics**

A. J. N. Price, A. J. Capel, R. J. Lee, P. Patel and S. D. R. Christie\*

[*J. Flow. Chem.* **2021,** *11*, 37-51.](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41981-020-00117-2)

**[*Free institutional repository version download link*](https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/An_open_source_toolkit_for_3D_printed_fluidics/13148024)\**

Professor Sandie Dann

**Professor in Materials Chemistry**

[s.e.dann@lboro.ac.uk](mailto:%20s.e.dann@lboro.ac.uk)

**Areas of interest**

Synthesis of environmentally-friendly pigments; analysis of pharmaceutically important polymorphs of actives and excipients; synthesis and characterisation of complex oxides and sulfides; Magnetically isolated metal nanoclusters; Conductivity of complex sulfides; interaction of zeolite hosts with group 15/16 complexes.

Dr Antonio Fernandez-Mato

Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry

[a.fernandez-mato@lboro.ac.uk](mailto:%20a.fernandez-mato@lboro.ac.uk)

**Areas of interest**

Porous materials including hydrogen bonded organic frameworks (HOFs) ; Nanopatterning of functionalised materials ; Sustainable chemistry including plastic recycling and materials recycling

**Recent Publication from the Fernandez-Mato Group:**

**Self-Assembly of Catalytically Active Supramolecular Coordination Compounds within Metal–Organic Frameworks**

R. Adam, M. Mon, R. Greco, L. H. G. Kalinke, A. Vidal-Moya, A. Fernandez\*, R. E. P. Winpenny, A. Doménech-Carbó, A. Leyva-Pérez\*, D Armentano\*, E. Pardo\*, and J. Ferrando-Soria\*

[*J. Am. Chem. Soc.* **2019**, *141*, 10350–10360](https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.9b03914?journalCode=jacsat&quickLinkVolume=141&quickLinkPage=10350&selectedTab=citation&volume=141)

[*Free institutional repository version download link*](https://figshare.com/collections/Self-Assembly_of_Catalytically_Active_Supramolecular_Coordination_Compounds_within_Metal_Organic_Frameworks/4554299)

Dr Simon Kondrat

Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry

[s.kondrat@lboro.ac.uk](mailto:%20s.kondrat@lboro.ac.uk)

**Areas of interest**

Design of functional inorganic materials for use in the energy sector; heterogeneous catalyst preparation and to catalyst testing; X-ray and Neutron characterisation techniques.

Dr Martin Smith

Senior Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry

[m.b.smith@lboro.ac.uk](mailto:%20M.B.Smith@lboro.ac.uk)

**Areas of interest**

Phosphorus chemistry; ligand design and synthesis; Homogenous catalysis; Development of new chemosensors; Functional polymers for medical and energy based applications.