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“CataLysis – Joint Colloquium” Winter 2021

Shima Hemati — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 09:16:48 +0000

For the winter term 2021 we have two great talks aligned by internationally renowned speakers:

Prof. Lilac Amirav, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Schulich Faculty of Chemistry at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.

Her research focuses on photocatalysis on the nano scale and related photophysical and photochemical phenomena. The group’s research is concerned with the design, synthesis and characterization of innovative multi-component nanoparticle heterostructures, tailored for photocatalysis and energy conversion.

Prof. Charles Sykes, John Wade Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, School of Arts and Sciences, MA, USA

His research focuses on state of the art scanning probes and surface science instrumentation to study technologically important systems. For example, scanning tunneling microscopy enables visualization of the geometric and electronic properties of catalytically relevant metal alloy surfaces at the nanoscale.

Registration required for external attendees.

Internally, young researchers will have the chance to join in for “Women in CataLysis Career Talks”.

We are looking forward to meeeting you there!

CRC/ TRR 325 joins the Network: Welcome to CataLysis!

Shima Hemati — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 15:22:38 +0000

Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Thorsten Bach and his team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) for the approval of their Collaborative Research Center CRC 3 2 5 „Assembly Controlled Chemical Photocatalysis”.

The goal of the CRC 325 to create new structures and to explore novel reactions by capturing light, ideally visible light. The dramatic development in the field over the past ten years has changed the way we do organic synthesis. Light-driven reactions allow the facile generation of reactive intermediates, which are key components in bond-forming events. The selectivity and productivity of photocatalytic transformations depend significantly on the interaction between the substrate and the catalytically active species before, during, and after light excitation. However, for most reported photocatalytic and photochemical reactions these interactions are ill-defined or unknown.

We wish them the best of luck for their research and hope to hear more soon at one of our events!

“CataLysis – Joint Colloquium Week” June/July 2021

catalysis_admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 06:39:04 +0000

From June 29 until July 02, 2021 we have three great talks aligned by internationally renowned speakers:

Prof. Yang Shao-Horn, MIT – Electrifying towards net zero carbon habitat
Prof. Eva Hevia, University of Bern – Exploiting Chemical Cooperativity in Main Group Metal Catalysis
Prof. Anastassia N. Alexandrova – Ensembles of metastable states govern the catalysis on size-selected cluster catalysts

Registration required for external attendees.

Internally, young researchers will have the chance to join in for “Women in CataLysis Career Talks”.

We are looking forward to meeeting you there! 🙂

CRC 1441 – TrackAct joined the network: Welcome to CataLysis!

catalysis_admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 09:38:57 +0000

Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt and his team from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) for the approval of their Collaborative Research Center CRC 1441 „Tracking the active site in heterogeneous catalysis for emission control” – TrackAct.

The goal of TrackAct is to identify and track the nature of the active sites in catalysts, to design and manipulate them from bottom-up across the various length and complexity scales, and – on a long-term vision – predict and actively control them during operation.

We wish them the best of luck for their research and hope to hear more soon at one of our events!

Welcome to our newest member: CRC 1452 – CLINT

catalysis_admin — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:25:00 +0000

Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Peter Wasserscheid and his team from Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg for the approval of their Collaborative Research Centre on “Catalysis at Liquid Interfaces” (CLINT).

The CRC 1452 is pursuing a completely new approach in chemical reaction engineering as it is using the highly-dynamic anisotropic environment of gaseous-liquid and liquid-solid interfaces to create technical catalysts with new properties and as yet unattained productivity, stability and manageability. The aim is to combine the understanding of catalytic processes with targeted material development, which is why the research will include everything from model systems to real catalysts and incorporate in-situ methods.

We wish them the best of luck for their research and hope to here more soon at one of our events!