Laboratory Institute for the Frontiers in Chemistry

Since medieval times, chemical properties of substances have fascinated many, and significant discoveries have been, to some extent, merely incidental. After the discoveries of the electron and the alpha particle, progress was swift through the 20th Century, and, today, an abundant amount of materials that we use (as food, as tools, household appliances, etc.) are triumphs of our knowledge of their physico-chemical properties.

Curiosity over chemical properties of the elements forms the major focus of the Laboratory Institute for the Frontiers of Chemistry. What can we achieve with today's technologies, talent and will? We are poised for a time of wonder as we barrage the world with ever new insight, understanding and innovations, novel and tackling the prevalent global challenges. We seek to effectively synthesise elements, molecules, their compounds and alloys that impact societies of mankind and position them for advancements of civilisation.