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Dana Rademaker excels and wins Unilever Research PrizeDana Rademaker has won the Unilever Research Prize, which she received together with 2,500 euros at the Unilever’s Foods Innovation Centre on 12 Decem...
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Leiden chemists discover exceptionally efficient catalyst for hydrogen peroxide productionResearch of the Leiden Institute of Chemistry into the development of a sustainable fuel cell has accidentally resulted in an exceptionally efficient ...
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Dick Stufkens Prijs 2019 awarded to electrochemist Thom HersbachThe Dick Stufkens Prize 2019 for the best PhD thesis of the Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry (HRSMC) will be awarded to Thom Hersbach. I...
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We finally understand how oxygen reacts on platinumPlatinum is a widely used catalyst, but its precise mechanism largely remains a mystery to scientists. Ludo Juurlink has now demonstrated for the firs...
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Marc Koper receives the Netherlands Catalysis and Chemistry AwardDuring the 20th anniversary meeting of the Netherlands' Catalysis and Chemistry Conference, Marc Koper received the Netherlands Catalysis and Chemistr...
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Conversion of renewable raw materials on platinum shows unexpected behaviourThe electrochemical reduction of a group of organic compounds on platinum is strongly dependent on the arrangement of the atoms in the platinum surfac...
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Two cum laude distinctions for storing renewable energy
Both Leon Jacobse and Thom Hersbach from Marc Koper's research group obtained their PhDs cum laude. They both investigated changes on the surface of a...
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Chemists solve persistent problem after four decadesAfter almost four decades, Leiden and Eindhoven chemists have resolved the discussion about the correct model for the simplest chemical reaction in he...
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Promotional video for LMCat project releasedThe European FET-Horizon2020 LMCat project of Dr. Irene Groot has released a promotional video showing the role graphene could play in our daily lives...
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Collaboration between experimentalists and theoreticians is HOTA recent collaborative paper between researchers from the Theoretical Chemistry & Catalysis and Surface Chemistry groups has been chosen by the renown...
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A step closer to sustainable energy from seawaterThe research group headed by Leiden chemist Marc Koper has discovered a catalyst that minimizes the production of chlorine gas during salt water elect...
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Marc Koper new President International Society of ElectrochemistryMarc Koper, Professor of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, has been elected as President Elect of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE). ...
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Irene Groot receives Vidi grant: looking at catalysts at atomic scaleCatalysts are indispensable in everyday life. We know what they do and more or less how they do it, but we still lack a fundamental understanding abou...
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Converting CO2 to store renewable energyYuvraj Birdja converted CO2 to formic acid to store energy in a sustainable way, with different catalysts. With this new knowledge, scientists are a s...
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Observing a changing platinum electrodeThe surface of platinum electrodes changes much more during use than was previously thought. In a collaboration between the Leiden Institutes of Chemi...