Professor of Catalysis Engineering @ETH Director @NCCR_Catalysis Editorial Board Chair @green_rsc
Zurich, Switzerland
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@catalysis_eth brings you the multidimensionality of the catalytic process in a 1-min movie, from plant to molecules and atoms - enjoy it!
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Platinum group metals (PGM) are widely used in catalytic applications. Are you aware of their environmental footprint? The figures are shocking: 20000-30000 kg CO2 are emitted for the production of 1 kg of PGM such as Pt, Pd, or Rh 🙈 - to be digested 🤢
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After 12 wonderful years on the editorial board of
@CatalysisSciTec @RoySocChem, I am stepping down as editor-in-chief at the end of this month. I am looking forward to new horizons. Please keep sending your best articles on catalysis to CS&T!
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Our review on catalyst deactivation is published in October's issue @NatureCatalysis 👍👇
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Why are in-depth kinetic analyses rarely tackled in catalysis articles these days? More and more, conversion is confused with activity. Let's not forget that a rate expression is the most important piece of characterisation of a functional catalytic material
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Do you struggle keeping up with the literature in your research field? I do… Reading papers, e.g., catalyst synthesis protocols, is a never-ending task, worsened by a lack of writing standards. Wouldn’t it be nice to have some help? More coming soon.
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May like to reflect on this figure of the paper displaying the carbon footprint of metals regularly used in catalysis
See also our Advanced Materials piece @AdvSciNews
designing catalysts based on single atoms of copper for low-footprint vinyl chloride production 👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Proud of a highly interdisciplinary @NCCR_Catalysis team to tackle true sustainability challenges 💚
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In this thread, @catalysis_eth shares tailored illustrations to explain the key topic of catalyst deactivation to a broad audience. It is about a multiheaded dragon, each head suffers a different fate. Can you identify the mechanisms? 🧵(1/12)
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It is an immense honor to be the first recipient of the EFCATS Robert K. Grasselli Award for Catalysis 🙏🥂
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The virtual event for the 2021 EFCATS Catalysis awards will take place on Sep 2nd 👉 efcats.org/
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It is an great honor and an immense responsibility to lead the Board of @green_rsc, a journal with an outstanding tradition and recognition in the field of #sustainablechemistry. I am grateful for the trust of @RoySocChem and for the great work of former Chair Dr Philip Jessop
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Prof Javier Pérez-Ramirez @catalysis_eth from @ETH_DCHAB as our new Editorial Board Chair 📢
Javier served as the Editor-in-Chief of @CatalysisSciTec from 2019-2022 and brings exciting new ideas to our journal 🎉
@NCCR_Catalysis
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Our encyclopaedia on single atom catalysis is out @ACSChemRev. We review element by element the periodic table, 987 references, 93 figures 😅 The lockdown was key to complete this major endeavour (For every disadvantage there is an advantage, J. Cruyff)
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Our review on nanoscale engineering of catalytic materials for sustainable technologies is out in @NatureNano @catalysis_eth 🎉
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Great honor and responsibility to have been admitted to the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences @RACiencias. An unforgettable event on March 15 that culminated with the presentation of the diploma by my admired Prof. Avelino Corma 🙏🦚👇
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Thrilled to see our study on recycling of consumer grade polyethylene just published @angew_chem 🎉😊 We report ultrafine ruthenium particles supported on titania for the conversion of HDPE into valuable alkanes👇
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Very proud to receive the John Jeyes Award for our activities on sustainable methanol, especially because it recognises the whole team from principal investigators to students and from academics to industrialists. Thank You @RoySocChem #RSCPrizes
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🎉Fantastic news to see our just-published review on single-cluster catalysis @NatRevChem. Collaboration with Prof. Jiong @QMADClab, Prof. Li, @catalysis_eth et al. 🇸🇬🇨🇳🇨🇭 @NCCR_Catalysis
A challenging topic with amazing potential 👇
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A wonderful trophy and certificates arrived yesterday from @RoySocChem to recognise our 'Sustainable Methanol' Team. Very proud to be recognised with the 2022 Horizon Prize: John Jeyes Award! 🎉 @ETH_en @TotalEnergies @TheorHetCatICIQ 👇
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📢Just accepted @angew_chem 🥳 Gold nanoparticles supported on ceria as a superior catalyst for N2O production via direct NH3 oxidation👇
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Very happy to see our artwork highlighted in the cover of the July issue @NatureCatalysis🎉Thanks to @efssh Research funded by @NCCR_Catalysis 👇
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Welcome to the first education thread of @catalysis_eth devoted to the early days of the chemical industry. We will take you on a trip to the north of the UK during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, where the mass production of chemicals started. #ChemTwitter
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Very happy that our piece on consumer grade polyethylene recycling via hydrogenolysis made it to one of the covers of @angew_chem 🎉🔥👇
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It is happening now. The ETH Zurich Chemical Engineering Medal goes to Prof. Avelino Corma. What an amazing teacher, scientist and technologist! @ETH_DCHAB
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The Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research for sustainable chemical processes #NCCRCatalysis nccr-catalysis.ch, funded by @snsf_ch and hosted @ETH_en @EPFL, officially kicks off today - what a great day to start! Happy Birthday Switzerland🇨🇭
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Privileged and humbled to receive the Award for Excellence in Natural Gas Conversion at the NGCS13 in Xiamen
Many thanks to all the collaborators and students on the topic of CO2-to-methanol 🙏
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Our @ChemSocRev on decentralized valorization of natural gas is published with front cover 🥳🎉. The simplest hydrocarbon deserved the simplest cover, no more and no less 😇 @GuidoZichi @catalysis_eth
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The groups of Profs. Yeo, Lopez @TheorHetCatICIQ and Perez-Ramirez @catalysis_eth report @NatureCatalysis the synthesis of long-chain hydrocarbons via #CO2 reduction using polarized nickel electrocatalysts @ChemNUS @NCCR_Catalysis @ETH_DCHAB @ICIQchem 🔥👇
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Tired of writing long DOIs that do not fit in the reference section of your slides? shortdoi.org turns any paper DOI into a shorter link. Great tip from
@ThornSesholdLab #BC55
Example: nature.com/articles/s41565-0… turns into doi.org/hsf2
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You might also enjoy this other art project @catalysis_eth, in which we designed emojis for each possible catalyst deactivation mechanism and make stickers for display
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Hot off the press @NatureComms. We applied flame-made In2O3-based catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol and developed a pioneering protocol to quantify oxygen vacancies as the active sites using EPR spectroscopy. Multi-team effort @NCCR_Catalysis 👇
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Just published @Nature A novel family of heterogeneous Geminal Atom Catalysts opens doors for more sustainable organic synthesis🌱🧪 👇
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Superb collaboration 🇸🇬🇨🇳🇨🇭🤝 @NUSingapore @QMADClab @Tsinghua_Uni @ETH_en @NCCR_Catalysis
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I could not avoid the metaphor. I trust, young researchers, that you are in the right supporting structure - it is our duty to provide that.
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Excited to see our review on catalytic processing of plastic waste published @Chem_CP We hope the reader enjoys the structure, the academic vs industrial gaps and perspectives and the illustrations. There is 'catalytic' light at the end of the tunnel!
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Feeling over the moon: Performance descriptors of nanostructured metal catalysts for acetylene hydrochlorination just published @NatureNano. Great team work @catalysis @TheorHetCatICIQ @psich_en @likat_rostock. Funded by @nccr_catalysis @snsf_ch 👇
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Congrats @NatChemEng on the inaugural issue 🎉 and thank you for the invitation to contribute a comment on catalysis 👇
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📢This review @NatureCatalysis materialises our vision to unify views on catalyst deactivation across types of catalysts (hetero, homo, bio) and driving forces (thermo, photo, electro). Hope you enjoy it! @NCCR_Catalysis 👇
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Humbled to receive the 2024 Award for Excellence in Natural Gas Conversion
Grateful for the inspiration from past awardees and mostly for the dedication of my group @ETH_en @NCCR_Catalysis
Press release ngcs13.com/news-94.html
See u in Xiamen #NGCS13
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Excited to share our paper in @J_A_C_S using AI to detect and analyze atoms in single-atom catalysts by transmission electron microscopy. Our SAC-CNN now does the counting for you! Great collaboration @NCCR_Catalysis 👇
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Swim & dive: blend for optimal research results. Focusing on industrial targets enables to solve 'real' problems, although curiosity-driven research provides the freedom to discover unique tools. Lean on one of them and find the right partner on the other end. But practise both!
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Our analysis @ChemSusChem on the synthesis of high-volume chemicals from #CO2 without direct hydrogen input is published! Thanks to @wenliu2425 @tejchoksi @NTUsg @NUS_GreenEnergy @catalysis_eth
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This piece represents an important outcome for the single-atom catalysis community. It was only possible due to the collaboration with amazing people @NUSingapore @ETH_en and Chinese universities @sharonjmitchell @Lugroup_nus @NUS_GreenEnergy. Thanks! 👇
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Thrilled to share our latest @NatureComms, reporting a transformer model to accelerate heterogeneous catalysis synthesis planning 👇
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Collaboration with @teodorolaino @IBMResearch within @NCCR_Catalysis 💚
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Our article on metal-promoted In2O3 catalysts prepared by flame spray pyrolysis for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol is highlighted in the front cover of @AdvSciNews. @NCCR_Catalysis collaboration @TheorHetCatICIQ @RobertGrass17 @catalysis_eth @psich_en👇
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Happy to share our comment on single atom catalysis @NatureComms. This piece is part of a collection celebrating the 10th anniversary of the journal 🥳🎉
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Proud to have been selected as the recipient of the 2019 Paul H. Emmett Award in Fundamental Catalysis of the North American Catalysis Society 🙏🙆♂️🕺@NAMCATSOC @catalysis_eth @ETH_DCHAB nacatsoc.org/award/javier-pe…
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This beautiful figure corresponds to the number of references in our just accepted review on single atom catalysis across the periodic table.😅More very soon!
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View from my office @ETH_en - what a source of inspiration (!) to develop our NCCR on sustainable chemical processes through catalysis
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Our @NatureCatalysis reviews data-driven strategies to solve challenges across heterogeneous, homogeneous and enzymatic catalysis, underscoring the importance of data standardization to spur research in digital catalysis, with @MSuvarna369 👇
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Pleased to see our viewpoint on single-atom catalysts @ACSCatalysis, highlighted with this beautiful cover designed and crafted by the great @efssh🎉👇
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🔥News @Nature. With @CoperetGroup we use 195Pt NMR to map coordination environments in single-atom heterogeneous catalysts, offering a powerful tool🔧 for advancing their design. Collaborative strength @NCCR_Catalysis 💪🙏💚
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Unlike sports, where the use of performance enhancement substances is unethical and strictly regulated, the field of catalysis enjoys a fully legal frame for the use of dopants or promoters to enhance any of their attributes, among others activity, selectivity, or lifetime...
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Review on EPR spectroscopy for the analysis of single-atom catalysts just published @ChemCatalysis 🎉 A truly versatile tool 🔧 Great collaboration between @NCCR_Catalysis Teams 👇
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Breakthrough catalyst for methanol synthesis discovered by @catalysis_eth and @Total. In the photo, Matthias Frei and Dr. Cecilia Mondelli, holding a bottle of recycled #CO2 in the form of methanol
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Difficult to express the excitement of holding in my hands an original of the 'An Epitome of Chemistry' by William Henry (yes, the one of the Henry's law). I got hold of a specimen of the 4th edition printed in 1808
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Just published in Small @AdvSciNews: controlled formation of dimers or isolated atoms in bimetallic Au-Ru catalysts via functionalization of the carbon host @NCCR_Catalysis 👇
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What a nice way to start a Friday with a positive decision from a Nature journal after a long and fair battle! The reward for the amazing students who made it possible is our greatest satisfaction as mentors. Don't forget to celebrate your achievements; now, not later!
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Our CO2-to-methanol catalyst based on indium oxide selected by ICEF as one of the "Top 10 Innovations", recognizing the most notable among recent innovative developments in energy and climate change mitigation icef-forum.org/top10/
@catalysis_eth @ETH_DCHAB @Total
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Our perspective on challenges and opportunities in engineering the electronic structure of Single-Atom Catalysts just published @ACSCatalysis, with Vera Giulimondi and @sharonjmitchell @NCCR_Catalysis 👇
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Introducing Catalysis Science & Technology’s new Editor-in-Chief Javier Pérez-Ramírez! @catalysis_eth #catalysis
Find out more here: blogs.rsc.org/cy/2019/01/02/…
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Just landed in Zurich after the IUPAC conference and find the printed version of this amazing thesis at my office. Congrats, Manu! @NCCR_Catalysis
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Final version of our tutorial review on #biomass valorization @Ning_Yan_Lab @catalysis_eth @NUS_GreenEnergy published @ChemSocRev Enjoy the read!👍
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Hope you enjoy our recent mini-review on Single-Atom Heterogeneous Catalysis in @angew_chem @catalysis_eth.
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@catalysis_eth is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our program on thermocatalytic CO2 valorization to transportation fuels in the frame of @NCCR_Catalysis
Please send us your CV and motivation letter jpr@chem.ethz.ch
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Greetings from Brunnen in canton Schwyz, Switzerland. Attending the Bürgenstock conference @SwissChemistry 😍
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Many thanks to the Editors @NatureComms for highlighting our piece on nickel-promoted In2O3 for CO2 hydrogenation as the one of the best papers recently published in the area of #Catalysis 👇🏼
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In this period of sophisticated illustrations, I am very grateful that @angew_chem liked our proposal of art in one of the simplest forms, i.e. pencil drawing. The beauty Of simplicity, one may say 😍
#OnTheCover Ceria-Supported Gold Nanoparticles as a Superior Catalyst for Nitrous Oxide Production via Ammonia Oxidation (Perez-Ramirez) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… @catalysis_eth
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Our study on single-atom platinum catalysts for acetylene hydrochlorination just published @NatureCatalysis Fantastic collaboration @catalysis_eth @TheorHetCatICIQ @Empa_CH @psich_en
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Special congratulations to Selina & Edvin!
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I am honored. This is thanks to the talented students and researchers in our ecosystem and the strong and constant support from the institution @ETH @snsf_ch @NCCR_Catalysis and many industrial partners 🙏
This year, the list of the world’s most #HighlyCitedResearchers includes 21 from @ETH_en. Among them are Javier Pérez-Ramírez #ICB, Maksym V. Kovalenko #LAC and Gisbert Schneider #IPW from @ETH_DCHAB. Congratulations! #HighlyCited2022
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Very thankful to @BenidormAyto for awarding me the 'Distinción Europa' on the occasion of Europe Day on May 9th. A very happy day surrounded by my family in my birthplace
"Science is the best investment a country can make to lead the transition to sustainability" @NCCR_Catalysis
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What a privilege to deliver a plenary lecture @NAMcat26 related to the Paul H. Emmett Award in Fundamental Catalysis. I am indebted to @NAMCATSOC #NAM26
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Thrilled to see our review and cover published @NatRevMater Many of the catalyst design aspects presented were fiction 10 years ago @catalysis_eth @sharonjmitchell @NCCR_Catalysis 👇
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Thrilled to introduce myself as the New Editorial Board Chair of @green_rsc @RoySocChem Exciting times ahead for the journal and our community 🔥👇
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Here is a video of the preparation of our latest #artwork for the #FrontCover of issue 10 @ChemCatChem Hope you like it 🎨☺️ Thanks to P. Vidal for the artwork and A. Gallardo for the idea and coordination!
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What is the optimal nanostructure to propel catalytic reactions and what is the corresponding descriptor? See our recent study on metal-catalyzed acetylene hydrochlorination @NatureNano
@TheorHetCatICIQ @efssh @SelinaKKaiser1 @catalysis_eth 👇
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Dear @CatalysisSciTec, Happy 10th anniversary! For many years to come 🎂🎂 Thank you to all contributors: @RoySocChem, editors, reviewers, authors! @MariaSouthall2
See editorial 👇
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Our review on plastic waste processing just published in the latest use @Chem_CP. Covid-induced lockdown and a super-motivated team @catalysis_eth 🙏🏼 made it possible... More to come! 👇🏼🌍
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A normal morning in the labs of @catalysis_eth, featuring Matthias, Guido, and Evgeniya. The graffiti at the back is NOT photoshopped...😉🎨🖌️
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Just published @ChemSusChem
'CO2 electroreduction to syngas with tunable composition in an artificial leaf'
Wonderful collaboration @catalysis_eth @TMerdzhanova @fzj_iek within
@aleaf_h2020 👇
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Just published @ACSCatalysis 🔥 Zirconia promotes the direct synthesis of higher alcohols from syngas over Cu-Co, Cu-Fe and Co-Fe catalysts👇@NCCR_Catalysis
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These boxes contain our a pilot plant for demonstrating catalytic technology in multigram scale. This step is normally done by/with industrial partners but this application is very close to our hearts. In the photo, the project’s captain Ivan Surin 👍
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Happy to see our review on SACs for organic synthesis, to be published in the third anniversary issue of @TrendsChemistry. A field with great potential. With @GiannakakisGio and @sharonjmitchell, funded by @NCCR_Catalysis 👇
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This @angew_chem piece demonstrates the delicate balance between chemical and electrochemical steps for the reduction of #CO2 to 1-butanol. Don't look down, move straight! In collaboration with @catalysis_eth @TheorHetCatICIQ @NUS_GreenEnergy
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Great to meet in person again! @NCCR_Catalysis. With @CoperetGroup and Bern in the background 😄
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Using advanced spectroscopic tools, our latest @NatureCatalysis provides new mechanistic insights into the zeolite-catalysed conversion of methanol and methyl chloride to hydrocarbons. Collaboration @ETH_DCHAB + @psich_en within @NCCR_Catalysis
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Perhaps the most significant slide message-wise of my plenary talk @Europa_Cat. We need to strengthen the philosophy of swimmers and divers to tackle current challenges
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Extremely thankful to receive the award for outstanding contributions in oxidation catalysis #WCOC9. I love this dragon
Truly enjoyed delivering a plenary lecture #WCOC9 in Cardiff overviewing our past and present activities in halogen chemistry. Thanks to the colleagues for the great feedback 🙏Image credit @QianHe_Lab @NCCR_Catalysis
ALT A good catalyst deserves a good reactor - hence the name 'catalytic process'
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Group photo of @NCCR_Catalysis family during our first Annual Event on 9-10 June @ETH_DCHAB. Due to #COVID19, we awaited nearly 2 years for the first face-to-face meeting of the center. The day finally arrived and we enjoyed scientific and social interactions thoroughly! 🎉
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After a decade representing science & engineering with metaphorical illustrations @catalysis_eth, this may be my top #1. It shows the tight interplay between catalyst and reactor in the design of optimal catalytic processes. Or 'every good catalyst deserves a good reactor'.
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We compare thermal and electrocatalytic routes for CO2 conversion to ethylene and demonstrate the concept of hybridization to smooth the transition toward a decarbonized chemical industry @ChemSusChem @guillengosalbez @catalysis_eth
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@catalysis_eth is proud to be part of this issue of @NatureNano with a Focus on nanocatalysts for industrial applications. Our review was highlighted in the cover! credit: @Ella_Maru @sharonjmitchell A. Gallardo 🎉🙋More details:👇
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Grateful to @NatureCatalysis for highlighting our review on the use of data-driven strategies in catalysis in the cover of June's issue, with @MSuvarna369 @NCCR_Catalysis 👇
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