Researchers' Proposals

At the Eötvös University we started a novel research project in the field of organic chemistry in the 1980s. This field, called combinatorial chemistry, comprises all methods, methodologies and approaches for the preparation and screening of collections of compounds ("libraries") directed towards finding molecules with desired properties. Combinatorial chemistry has turned traditional chemistry upside down. In pharmaceutical companies combinatorial chemistry has become indispensable for the fast discovery of "hits" and subsequent "lead" compounds. In materials science the demand for new materials with defined functions, e.g. polymers, catalysts, pigments, liquid crystals, superconductors, thermo- and photochromic materials, etc, has been continuously increasing. Combinatorial chemistry has a great potential to accelerate the process that leads to the discovery of both drugs and novel materials. Our group is actively engaged in several research and educational projects on combinatorial chemistry. For example in 2001 we organized the First Symposium of the European Society for Combinatorial Science (EUROCOMBI-1) at the Conference Center of the Faculty of Science, subsequently the ICS-UNIDO Workshop, “Trends and Applications of Combinatorial Chemistry and Combinatorial Technology”.