CRC 858 - Synergetic Effects in Chemistry - From Additivity towards Cooperativity (SFB 858)

Basic data for this project

Type of project: Main DFG-project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/01/2010 - 31/12/2017 | 2nd Funding period

Description

Cooperative effects in chemistry describe a specific type of interaction: The mutual influences amongst components, within a multi-component chemical system, can modulate the overall chemical behavior. Therefore, the aggregate may display novel properties, which are different from the added properties of the aggregateʼs individual components. The term cooperativity originates from biochemistry. It describes modulation and regulation effects as a result of the mutual interactions between the constituents. We believe that cooperativity can be viewed as a far more general phenomenon than it is interpreted today. Currently 20 principle investigators are working within 19 collaborative and interdisciplinary projects.

Keywords: cooperative effects; chemistry; Additivity; Kooperativität; chemical behavior; biochemistry; modulation and regulation effects