The development of new catalyst materials for energy-efficient chemical synthesis is critical as over 80% of industrial processes rely on catalysts, with many of the most energy-intensive processes specifically using heterogeneous catalysis. Catalytic...
Katrin joined the group of Joanna Aizenberg as a graduate student in September 2018. She obtained her BSc in Chemistry at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Her Bachelor research was conducted in the laboratory of Ben Feringa on the topic of...
Innovative bimetallic nanoparticles are impactful materials for heterogenous catalysis, as the synergy between two metals can be beneficial to increase activity, selectivity, and stability [1, 2]. For instance, it has been shown that Au-Pd nanoparticles...
Dilute Pd-in-Au alloy catalysts are promising materials for selective hydrogenation catalysis. Extensive surface science studies have contributed mechanistic insight on the energetic aspect of hydrogen dissociation, migration, and recombination on dilute...
Materials that perform complex chemical signal processing are ubiquitous in living systems. Their synthetic analogs would transform developments in biomedicine, catalysis, and many other areas. By drawing inspiration from biological signaling dynamics, we...
Peiyuan Qu received his B.S. at Peking University working with Prof. Jianbo Wang on the development of transition metal catalyzed transformations using metal carbene as coupling partners. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2021 under the direction of Prof. Dr...
ConspectusInverse opals (IOs) are highly interconnected three-dimensional macroporous structures with applications in a variety of disciplines from optics to catalysis. For instance, when the pore size is on the scale of the wavelength of visible light...
