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Research profile
The unit has two distinct research profiles, one group focusing on theoretical and 
computational chemistry, working in close collaboration with a number of different 
experimental spectroscopy groups in Finland, and the other focusing on surface 
colloidal chemistry. In the latter group, the activity ranges from classical molecular 
modelling to macromolecular and nanosystem modelling. There is little overlap 
between the activities of the two groups. The physical chemistry group has strong 
connections to experimental activities related to synthesis, characterisation and 
applications of nanomaterials. Since 1995, the group holds the chair of the Graduate 
School of Materials Research and is a member in another graduate school. Since 2006, 
it also holds the chair in the Centre of Excellence for Functional Materials (FunMat). 
The chair in physical chemistry was announced in 2010 with an open call within the 
field of physical chemistry.