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FRINATEK-Fri prosj.st. mat.,naturv.,tek

Corroles as a Platform for Fundamental Transition Metal Chemistry, with Emphasis on Heavy Elements

Hemoglobin - den røde fargen i blod - og klorofyll - den grønne fargen i planter - består begge av ringformede organiske molekyler med et metallatom i midten. I vårt laboratorium har vi fremstilt kunstige versjoner av disse molekylene med vesentlig større atomer i midten, som for eksempel gull, o...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2018

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

CLIMIT-Forskning, utvikling og demo av CO2-håndtering

Evolutionary de novo design of absorbents with optimal CO2 capturing properties

Teknisk innhold Vi bruker dataassistert tilnærming for å gjøre utviklingen av nye CO2 absorbenter med forbedrede egenskaper mer effektiv. Vår metode er basert på en evolusjonær algoritme (EA) som er en global optimeringsmetode som sørger for at absorbenter med mange optimale egenskaper kan...

Awarded: NOK 9.7 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2019

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NANO2021-Nanoteknologi og nye materiale

A successful continuation of the KIFEE platform

Kyoto International Forum for Environment and Energy (KIFEE) was initiated in 2003 and quickly recognised as a valuable contribution to the Research Agreement between Norway and Japan. Since then, an extensive activity has taken place in the KIFEE communi ty of universities, research institutes, ...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRINATEK-Fri prosj.st. mat.,naturv.,tek

THERMAL ORIENTATION OF MOLECULAR FLUIDS UNDER STRONG TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS : A COMBINED EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL INVESTIGATION

En stor mengde varme frigjøres som følge av menneskelige aktiviteter, men generelt er det vanskelig å gjenvinne spillvarmen som andre nyttige energiformer. Varmeutslipp fra maskiner, motorer, varmeovner eller kroppene våre genererer termiske gradienter. Å kunne konvertere denne spillvarmen til an...

Awarded: NOK 7.1 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2017

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØFORSK-Miljøforskning for en grønn samfunnsomstilling

Forurens: Mercury in the Arctic: The roles that atmosphere, aerosols, snow and ground play on the mercury cycle at Ny-Ålesund.

På nittitallet ble det oppdaget at det om våren ble funnet helt unormale, lave nivåer av elementært kvikksølv (Hg) i lufta på arktiske målestasjoner. Dette var veldig overaskende for en forbindelse som var kjent for å ha lang oppholdstid i atmosfæren. Noen helt spesielle forhold i Arktis måtte væ...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2019

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRINATEK-Fri prosj.st. mat.,naturv.,tek

6th International Workshop on Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics

This series of meetings were started in Montreal in 1996, and have been held tri-annually since then. On this occasion, a group of physicists and chemists at NTNU chaired by Signe Kjelstrup has been asked by earlier participants to host the workshop. Meet ing proceedings shall published in the op...

Awarded: NOK 59,999

Project Period: 2012-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRINATEK-Fri prosj.st. mat.,naturv.,tek

Relativistic two- and four-component density functional theory with periodic boundary conditions

Prosjektet har som siktemål å utvikle et relativistisk program for beregning av molekylære egenskaper for molekyler i fast fase. Programmet vil være unikt i den forstand at det vil være det første program som vil kunne gjøre elektronstrukturberegninger uten bruk av pseudopotensialer for to- og fi...

Awarded: NOK 5.4 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2015

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

KOSK-II-Katalyse og org.synt.kjemi II

Organisk Kjemisk Vintermøte, Skeikampen 12.-15. januar 2012

The 27th Organic Winter Meeting will take place January 12th-15th 2012 at Thon Hotel Skeikampen. This conference is the national meeting in organic chemistry in Norway, and it is held under the umbrella of the Division of Organic Chemistry of the Norwegia n Chemical Society. Since the initiation ...

Awarded: NOK 26,264

Project Period: 2012-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

KOSK-II-Katalyse og org.synt.kjemi II

Gold catalysis and new chiral NHC compounds.

Gold catalysis of organic reactions has become a rapidly expanding field in recent years after being neglected by organic chemists for a long time. Gold catalysts react in very selective ways and may give access to highly complex molecules. The present p roject describes the continued investigat...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2011-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NANO2021-Nanoteknologi og nye materiale

Nanodesign to Improve the Catalytic layer of the polymer Electrolyte fuel cell (NICE)

For å realisere bruk av brenselceller i transport-sektoren, er det blant annet nødvendig å redusere bruken av platina metall i katalyselaget, der hydrogen og oksygen omsettes. Dette prosjektet utforsker en spesiell hypotese, nemlig at det vil gi mindre friksjonstap (entropiproduksjon) hvis kataly...

Awarded: NOK 5.5 mill.

Project Period: 2011-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

PAIN: PSYCHOBIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS AND THEIR RELEVANCE FOR TREATMENT

We apply for a grant from the DAAD and the Norwegian Research council (NRC) for travel and accommodation to discuss and develop common projects in the field of pain and treatment of pain between the Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany, a nd the University of Tromsø, Norway. Pai...

Awarded: NOK 60,000

Project Period: 2011-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

Accurate calculations of higher-order molecular properties using modern hyper-GGA functionals

The proposed project focus on the development and implementation of reliable and efficient density functional theory approaches for the calculation of higher-order molecular properties based on modern hyper-GGA functionals and automatic differentiation te chniques. These modern approaches will be...

Awarded: NOK 52,082

Project Period: 2011-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

EVITA-eVitenskap

A method for automated de novo optimisation of functional transition-metal complexes

Transition metal complexes are vital components in functional compounds and materials ranging from lasers to industrial and biological catalysts. The search for and development of such complexes is still largely manual and with an almost complete lack of modern methods for in silico virtual scre...

Awarded: NOK 8.3 mill.

Project Period: 2011-2016

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

N-INNER efficient production of fuels from biomass

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Awarded: NOK 0.93 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2016

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

KOSK-II-Katalyse og org.synt.kjemi II

Gold catalysis and new chiral NHC ligands.

Gold catalysis of organic reactions has become a rapidly expanding field in recent 5 years after being neglected by organic chemists for a long time. Gold complexes are less oxophilic than other common Lewis acids, but they are highly reactive as Lewis a cids towards carbon-carbon multiple bonds...

Awarded: NOK 0.91 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRINATEK-Fri prosj.st. mat.,naturv.,tek

Reverse ElectroDialysis; a Sustainable DC Power Source

Hvis saltvann og rent vann blandes på en kontrollert måte, kan vi oppnå å ta blandingsenergien ut som mekanisk eller elektrisk energi. Den prosessen som utnytter den mekaniske energien i et kraftverk kalles revers osmose. Dette prosjektet søker å optimalisere det elektriske arbeidet man kan få u...

Awarded: NOK 5.4 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2016

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IS-AUR-Samarb.progr. Norge Frankrike

Implementation of higher-order molecular properties at the multiconfigurational range-separated density-functional theory level

The project aims at implementing a powerful and versatile computational tool for modeling molecular properties, by merging two promising approaches: the first one, developed by the French team, is multiconfigurational range-separated density-functional th eory, which combines the best - with resp...

Awarded: NOK 5,504

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

KOSK-II-Katalyse og org.synt.kjemi II

Det 25. Organisk Kjemiske Vintermöte

Dessa vintermöten anordnas varje år av Norsk Kjemisk Selskap. Ansvaret för arrangangen roterar mella lärosätena i Norge och vid vilka en huvudansvarig utses.För år 2010 är det undertecknad vid Univeritetet i Ttomsø som har fått detta ansvar. Med denna ans ökan begärs ett finansiellt stöd från NFR...

Awarded: NOK 74,714

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FRINATEK-Fri prosj.st. mat.,naturv.,tek

Analytic calculations of higher-order molecular properties

I prosjektet har det blitt utviklet en meget generell formalisme og et fleksibelt dataprogram for analytisk beregning av høyere-ordens molekylære egenskaper ved bruk av tetthetsfunksjonalteori. Dette arbeidet har gjort det mulig å presentere de første beregninger av sannsynligheten for samtidig a...

Awarded: NOK 8.1 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2015

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FRINATEK-Fri prosj.st. mat.,naturv.,tek

Chemical determinants of binding to ATP dependent enzymes and chemical library design

Mange krefttyper og andre sykdommer kan behandles ved inhibering av enzymer som har blitt overaktiv. Menneskelige celler er stortsett sammensatt av proteiner. Disse kjedene med hundre til tusenvis av aminosyre-"byggeklosser" bretter seg i spesifike former når de settes sammen, som åpner for deres...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2015

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

KOSK-II-Katalyse og org.synt.kjemi II

Design and optimisation in organic synthesis:Optimisation of telscope reactions and methodologies base on orthogonal experiments

Telescope reactions: Assume that a three-step reaction is to be optimised: Lay out a statistical design to map the first step. Run the experiments an determine the responses. The response matrix Y=[y1 y2 ....ur] summarises the results. A principal compone nt model will determine the number of ind...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FRINATEK-Fri prosj.st. mat.,naturv.,tek

Corroles as functional materials

This is a collaborative project between two groups at the University of Tromsø, led by Professors Abhik Ghosh and Kenneth Ruud, and will comprise both an experimental and a theoretical component. On the experimental side, our studies will involve the syn thesis of a variety of metallocorroles, t...

Awarded: NOK 7.9 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

IS-AUR-Samarb.progr. Norge Frankrike

Ruud, Kenneth Aurora 2008-09 Fransk-norsk forskerutveksling

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Awarded: NOK 5,167

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Norwegian Structural Biology Centre (NorStruct) Proposal for a continuation of the Centre for 2008-12

NorStruct will continue to offer state of the art services and collaboration in structural biology techniques to the Norwegian research community. The expertise and services will have a solid foundation in in-house research and national and international partners. The services will be organized i...

Awarded: NOK 23.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

IS-STP-Statsstipendprogram, utlendinger

Bimbela, Fernando Spania stp 06/07

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Awarded: NOK 79,000

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

KOSK-II-Katalyse og org.synt.kjemi II

Synthetic applications of nitropyridine derivatives.

A number of substituted 3-nitropyridines are now easily available by a new nitration method, and some of these derivatives are suitable substrates for the preparation of a series of bis-heterocycles. We will investigate the chemistry of nitropyridyl deriv atives further and propose to utilise 3-n...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

FORURENS: Occurence and fate of springtime atmospheric deposition of mercury in the Arctic

Deposition of mercury (Hg) from the atmosphere to the sensitive polar ecosystems is of particular interest in the Arctic. This is because studies have indicated the possibility of large depositional fluxes of Hg occurring during the polar spring (so-calle d Hg Atmospheric Depletion Events or AMDE...

Awarded: NOK 3.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

KOSK-II-Katalyse og org.synt.kjemi II

Organisk Kjemisk Vintermøte 2007

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Awarded: NOK 40,885

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IS-NAD-Samarbeid med NORAD-land

Elkasaby, Mohamed Ahmed egyptisk spes 2006

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Awarded: NOK 6,800

Project Period: 2006-2006

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ESRF-ESRF – Program for synkrotronforskning

A comparative structure/function study at an atomic level Comparing enzymes from the fish-pathogen Vibrio salmonicida and the radiation

The project will perform a structure/function study at an atomic level where protein targets will be selected from the extremophilic ("being able to survive under extreme conditions") bacterias Deinococcus radiodurans and Vibrio salmonicida. The target se lection will be mainly based on results f...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa