March 16, 2016
Ligand ordering determines the catalytic response of hybrid palladium nanoparticles in hydrogenation D. Albani, G. Vilé, S. Mitchell, P. T. Witte, N. Almora-Barrios, R. Verel, N. López, J. Pérez-Ramírez Catal. Sci. Technol., 2016, 6, 1621-1631 Supported palladium nanoparticles, prepared by reducing the active metal in the presence of the hexadecyl(2-hydroxyethyl)dimethylammonium dihydrogen-phosphate (HHDMA) ligand and depositing […]
March 16, 2016
Indole Synthesis through Sequential Electrophilic N-H and C-H Bond Activation Using Iodine(III) Reactivity L. Fra, K. Muñiz Chem. Eur. J., 2016, 22, 4351-4354 An intramolecular approach towards the regioselective construction of 2,3-diarylated indoles is reported. The reaction follows an intramolecular electrophilic N−H and C−H bond functionalization between the aniline and acetylene. This methodology employs the […]
March 8, 2016
ICIQ participates in this summer science campus organized by the Fundació Catalunya-La Pedrera. The BIYSC -Barcelona International Youth Science Challenge- aims to gather students from all over the world who share a passion for science. Participants are invited to meet in Barcelona from July 11th to 22nd to work in different research projects led by […]
February 18, 2016
The research group of Prof. Emilio Palomares has identified one of the reactions that minimise the efficiency of perovskite solar cells. Therefore, this spontaneous reaction can be avoided when making solar cells. A perovskite solar cell is a new type of solar cell that includes a perovskite like hybrid material that combines ammonium, lead and […]
February 15, 2016
Professors Rubén Martín and Emilio Palomares have been appointed as Advisory Board members of Chem, the new journal of Cell Press that will be launched in July 2016. Chem will provide a home for seminal and insightful research with a goal of showcasing how fundamental studies in chemistry and its sub-disciplines may help in finding potential […]
February 12, 2016
Prof. Paolo Melchiorre has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant to develop his project ‘Light-Driven Asymmetric Organocatalysis’ (CATA-LUX). Visible light photocatalysis and metal-free organocatalytic processes are powerful strategies of modern chemical research with extraordinary potential for the sustainable preparation of organic molecules. However, these environmentally respectful approaches have to date remained largely unrelated. The proposed research […]
February 12, 2016
The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) and the ESADE Business School will organise a course “From Science to Business” with the goal of accelerating the transfer of technologies developed in the BIST research institutes to the marketplace. This intensive three-day course is aimed at scientists who work in the six BIST centres, the […]