Department of Chemistry
Recent Submissions
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Optimizing Formic Acid-Assisted Co-HTL of Digested Sewage Sludge and Lignocellulosic Waste for Enhanced Bio-Crude Yield and Energy Recovery
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)In recent years, hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) has gained attention as a means of enhancing and increasing the production of biofuels from biomass. Co-HTL involves the simultaneous processing of two or more feedstocks, ... -
Exploring the Potential of Biomass Resources Available in Western Norway
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-10-21)Fornybare energikilder som vind, sol, vannkraft og geotermisk energi kan bidra til å erstatte fossile ressurser for å dekke et energibehov, men de kan ikke erstatte vanlig brukte fossilbaserte kjemiske produkter og ... -
Extracellular vesicles for breast cancer diagnosis and therapy
(Journal article, 2024)Breast cancer is still suffering from its poor diagnosis and the lack of effective treatment. Despite of recent development of some novel chemicals, which are found to have inspiring therapeutic effects in vitro, their ... -
Thermal stability of polyphenols and carotenoids from Laminaria hyperborea
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)The green shift, and the focus on an increased blue bioeconomy, has stimulated the growth of sustainable production lines for marine bioactive products for food-, feed-, cosmetics-, and -pharmaceutical industries. Norway ... -
Exploring gas adsorption properties and phase transitions of two M(tppo) metal-organic frameworks
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)Separation and storage of gases is of interest to the global society in order to minimize emission of greenhouse gases and utilize these gases as resources in their pure form in the chemical industry. This work considers ... -
Videregående elevers opplevelse av mappevurdering i naturfag
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)Vurdering er en sentral del i utdanningen i den norske skolen. Gjennom den nye læreplanen er det et mål å legge til rette for blant annet dybdelæring og aktiv læring. Dermed blir det viktig at elevene får utføre utforskende ... -
Qualitative and quantitative analyses of unbound phenolic compounds from pollen grains of pine (Pinus uncinata)
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)The research in this master project is performed within an interdisciplinary RCN (The Research Council of Norway) research project (QUEST-UV: Quantitative estimates of past UV-B irradiance from fossil pollen) and includes ... -
Investigating the Impact of Fermentation on Polyphenolic Content in Cultivated Sugar Kelp (Saccharina latissima): A Comprehensive Study
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)Seaweeds, classified as macroalgae, are a marine bioresource garnering global attention, primarily due to the increasing demand for new sustainable bioresources. Seaweeds are rich in a variety of bioactive compounds that ... -
Source and fate of ultra-short-chain PFAS in AFFF-impacted water and biota
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Adapting CoRe and Storyline as tools to promote learning and coherence in a chemistry education course
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Biological Evaluations, NMR Analyses, Molecular Modeling Studies, and Overview of the Synthesis of the Marine Natural Product (−)-Mucosin
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Natural products obtained from marine organisms continue to be a rich source of novel structural architecture and of importance in drug discovery, medicine, and health. However, the success of such endeavors depends on the ... -
Charge Transfer Quenching and Maximum of a Liquid-Air Contact Line Moving over a Hydrophobic Surface
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Charge transfer when a hydrophobic fluoropolymer surface comes in contact with salt solutions of water, methanol, and glycerol is investigated. It is found that the charge transfer decreases faster with an increasing ... -
Biodistribution of Therapeutic Nanoparticles in Zebrafish Larvae
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Investigating Polypharmacology through Targeting Known Human Neutrophil Elastase Inhibitors to Proteinase 3
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Using a combination of multisite λ−dynamics (MSλD) together with in vitro IC50 assays, we evaluated the polypharmacological potential of a scaffold currently in clinical trials for inhibition of human neutrophil elastase ... -
Tissue accumulation of polystyrene microplastics causes oxidative stress, hepatopancreatic injury and metabolome alterations in Litopenaeus vannamei
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Microplastics (MPs) pose one of the major environmental threats to marine organisms and ecosystems on a global scale. Although many marine crustaceans are highly susceptible to MPs pollution, the toxicological effects and ... -
Discovery of polycyclic aromatic acid metabolites in fish exposed to the petroleum compounds 1-methylphenanthrene and 1,4-dimethylphenanthrene
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Most of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in petroleum are alkylated (alkyl PAHs), still the metabolism of these alkyl PAHs to the expected acid products (polycyclic aromatic acids; PAAs) has yet to be demonstrated ... -
Photocontrol of the β-Hairpin Polypeptide Structure through an Optimized Azobenzene-Based Amino Acid Analogue
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)A family of neurodegenerative diseases, including Huntington’s disease (HD) and spinocerebellar ataxias, are associated with an abnormal polyglutamine (polyQ) expansion in mutant proteins that become prone to form amyloid-like ... -
Eukaryote-specific assembly factor DEAP2 mediates an early step of photosystem II assembly in Arabidopsis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The initial step of oxygenic photosynthesis is the thermodynamically challenging extraction of electrons from water and the release of molecular oxygen. This light-driven process, which is the basis for most life on Earth, ... -
Mechanistic Insights and Theory-Assisted Catalyst Development toward Kinetically E-Selective Olefin Metathesis
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-05-24)Olefinmetatese, en omordning av C=C-bindinger, har blitt en allsidig metodologi for å konstruere molekylære karbonrammer de siste 30 årene De fleste katalysatorene fokuserer på å konvertere lett tilgjengelige 1-alkener til ... -
Unlocking the potential of a lignocellulosic biorefinery : Optimizing yields of value-added furanic compounds in aqueous side streams from steam explosion and pellet production
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-04-23)Med en økende befolkning og en økende etterspørsel etter energi globalt, er vår avhengighet av fossile energikilder for å dekke våre energibehov blitt en betydelig utfordring på grunn av den begrensede tilgangen på disse ...