Algemene Chemie (ALGC)

Welcome to the website of the General Chemistry (ALGC: “Algemene Chemie”) in the Department of Chemistry of the Faculty of Sciences and Bio-engineering Sciences at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).

The research activities of the group are situated in the field of theoretical and quantum chemistry and more specifically focus on the combination of conceptual and computational state-of-the-art approaches in the understanding, prediction and design of molecular and material properties and reactivity.  

The group is composed of two subgroups: the Chemical Theory Group, directed by Frank De Proft and the Materials Modelling Group, directed by Frederik Tielens. Activities in the De Proft group focus mainly on Conceptual Density Functional Theory, molecular conductivity, single-molecule switches, aromaticity, main-group catalysis, inverse molecular design and chemical reactivity in solution. The Tielens group focuses on materials modeling, characterizing inorganic, organic and biological solid materials at the atomic level, especially at the interphases, requiring high level multiscale approaches.

For more details on our research, please visit the research section or have a look at our recent scientific publications.

Frank De Proft

Head of the ALGC research group