Research project

paraQchip - Parahydrogen-Induced Hyperpolarisation On A Chip For Microfluidic Perfusion Culture

Research groups:

Organic Chemistry, Synthesis, Catalysis
Lead researcher:

Professor Marcel Utz
Other researchers:

Professor Richard Whitby,

Professor Malcolm Levitt,

Professor Ilya Kuprov
Research funder:

EPSRC
Status:

Active

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Marcel Utz

Professorial Fellow-Research

Research interests

Integration of microfluidic lab-on-a-chip technology with NMR spectroscopy and imaging;
Behaviour of complex materials.

Connect with Marcel

Email: Marcel.Utz@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Richard Whitby

Professor of Chemistry

Research interests

Synthesis, properties and application of atomic and molecular endofullerenes.
The use of flow chemistry for the rapid acquisition of mechanistic and process information.
The synthesis of polyaromatic molecules for optoelectronic applications.

Connect with Richard

Email: R.J.Whitby@soton.ac.uk

Professor Malcolm Levitt

Professor of Chemistry

Research interests

Magnetic Resonance
Endofullerenes

Connect with Malcolm

Email: mhl@soton.ac.uk

Professor Ilya Kuprov FRSC

Professor of Physics

Connect with Ilya

Email: i.kuprov@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Magnetic Resonance

Our main focus is finding ways to extend the timescale over which magnetic resonance can be made.

Organic Chemistry, Synthesis, Catalysis

We develop environmentally sustainable approaches to chemical manufacture that minimise chemical waste, improve product velocity and reduce the need to isolate intermediates.

Research outputs

Direct production of a hyperpolarized metabolite on a microfluidic chip

Sylwia, Joanna Barker, Laurynas Dagys, William G Hale, Barbara H Ripka, James Eills, Manvendra Sharma, Malcolm H. Levitt & Marcel Utz, 2022, Analytical Chemistry, 94(7), 3260-3267

DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c05030

Type: article