January 17, 2011
The article “Quantum Dot-Dye Bilayer-Sensitized Solar Cells: Breaking the Limits Imposed by the Low Absorbance of Dye Monolayers” (J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2010, 1, 1134-1138), authored by Menny Shalom, Josep Albero, Zion Tachan, Eugenia Martínez-Ferrero, Arie Zaban and Emilio Palomares, is among the 20 top most cited papers published in 2010 on the Journal of […]
January 17, 2011
The article Effective Chirogenesis in a Bis(metallosalphen) Complex through Host-Guest Binding with Carboxylic Acids (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 713-716), authored Sander J. Wezenberg, Giovanni Salassa, Eduardo C. Escudero-Adán, Jordi Benet-Buchholz, and Arjan W. Kleij has been highlighted on the back cover of Angewandte Chemie International Edition. The authors report that the addition of […]
January 14, 2011
Jaime Gómez, PhD student under the supervision of Dr. Núria López, defended his PhD Thesis entitled First-principles Mechanistic Studies of Ammonia-related Industrial Processes (assigned to the Physical and Inorganic Chemistry Department of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly at the ICIQ auditorium.The members of his evaluation committee were: Dr. Karoliina Honkala (University of Jyväskylä, Finland), […]
January 12, 2011
The article Cooperative Organocatalysis for the Asymmetric γ-Alkylation of α-Branched Enals, coauthored by Prof. Melchiorre and published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 9685-9688, has been selected by the Editorial Board of SYNFACT for its important insights.In this work, the authors have described the direct and enantioselective γ-alkylation of α-substituted, α,β-unsaturated aldehydes proceeding under […]
January 10, 2011
From January 2011 Prof. Antonio M. Echavarren is member of the Advanced Synthesis & Academic Advisory Board. This journal will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year 2011, and its goal is to further advance the science of (green) synthesis and catalysis and maintain its role of leadership in the field.Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis