October 19, 2016
A paper published by Ruben Martin et al. in ACS Catalysis is one of the most accessed articles in October. The paper was selected as ACS Editors’ Choice and it’s an open access article. Abstract The recent years have witnessed the development of metal-catalyzed reductive carboxylation of organic (pseudo)halides with CO2 as C1 source, representing […]
October 18, 2016
Miquel A. Pericàs, group leader and ICIQ director, has taken over as general director of the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST). He succeeds Montserrat Vendrell, the first director of the organization, who is moving on to take up an entrepreneurial post in the private sector. Prof. Pericàs, who will combine his new role […]
October 11, 2016
We asked Prof. Javier de Mendoza, Professor Emeritus at ICIQ, to write something about the awardees, all three well known to him, and the research achievements for which they have been awarded. What follows is what Prof. de Mendoza has kindly sent us. Molecular Motions at “Cum Laude” Besides an academic degree, meaning excellence, Cum […]
October 10, 2016
Prof. Paolo Melchiorre group is participating in PHOTOTRAIN, an Innovative Training Network (ITN) project funded in the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions 2016. PHOTOTRAIN (Entrepreneuring Dynamic Self-Organized Interfaces in Photocatalysis: A Multidisciplinary Training Network Converting Light into Products) seeks to implement photo-catalytic technologies at the industrial level for triggering stereoselective organocatalytic transformations (i.e. pharmaceutical applications) and/or solar […]
September 29, 2016
The research group of Prof. Antoni Llobet has studied down to the last detail the light induced hydrogen evolution reaction catalyzed by a cobalt complex. The cobalt complex studied is one of the few water reduction catalysts that is, at the same time, highly active and stable in water. A technique widely used for this […]
September 27, 2016
The PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe) Council confirmed the election of Prof. López to the PRACE Scientific Steering Meeting Committee in its meeting of September 9th, 2016. PRACE is as an international not-for-profit association with seat in Brussels. The mission of PRACE is to enable high impact scientific discovery and engineering research and […]
September 21, 2016
Prof. Urakawa has been elected “Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry” (FRSC). The FRSC award denotes the significance of Urakawa’s research achievements. The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) confers the FRSC distinction to the RSC members who have made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of the chemical sciences; or to the advancement of […]