March 13, 2018
Last week, the Royal Society of Chemistry organised their fourth #RSCPoster conference, which invites participants to submit posters of their research on Twitter. These conferences, the first of their kind, allow people all over the world and at all stages of their careers to present their work and network with other chemists without having to travel. This year, people from all […]
March 9, 2018
New experiments explore the relationship between perovskite composition, ion migration processes and solar cell efficiency. Perovskite solar cells are becoming increasingly popular. A myriad of research groups all over the world work on the design of new materials and the engineering of more efficient solar devices. All these efforts led to outstanding performances – the […]
March 5, 2018
The XBphos ligand constitutes the first example of halogen bonding as driving force for the assembly of supramolecular catalysts. Supramolecular chemistry is nowadays considered an efficient tool for the construction of ligand backbones in catalytic systems. Chemists have been successfully using this approach for preparing catalysts by assembling supramolecularly complementary building blocks through many types […]
March 2, 2018
Eduardo C. Escudero, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Pau Ballester and Dr. Jordi Benet (ICIQ), has defended his PhD Thesis entitled “High resolution X-Ray Single Crystal Diffraction “ (assigned to the Chemical Engineering Department of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly in March the 1st at the ICIQ Auditorium. The members of the […]
February 16, 2018
BASF Española has renewed sponsorship of the ICIQ Seminar Programme for training Master and PhD students and postdoctoral researchers. The agreement reflects BASF’s commitment to make an annual donation to ICIQ for a period of three consecutive years, from 2018 to 2020. BASF has been funding our seminar programme since 2012. The ICIQ Seminar Programme is […]
February 13, 2018
Last January, the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (RSEQ) celebrated an election to renew part of its Board. Prof. Antonio M. Echavarren, ICIQ Group Leader and URV Professor, led the winning candidacy. As new RSEQ President, Prof. Echavarren expects an even more dynamic society that encourages the organisation of more symposia and conferences. The new […]
February 12, 2018
Every year, the newspaper ‘La Vanguardia’ and ‘La Pedrera’ Foundation organise the ‘Vanguardia de la Ciencia’ award. They select eight significant contributions to science made in Catalan and Spanish centres during 2017. Among plastic-eating worms and quantum communication networks, you can find outstanding chemistry research carried out at ICIQ – the chain-walking nickel catalyst developed […]