New publication!
“Repo4Cat: A Data Repository for Catalysis-Related Sciences” is out in IEEE IDAACS 2025
Repo4Cat advances #FAIRdata & #OpenScience in #Catalysis linked with pid4cat, voc4cat & NFDI4Cat training initiatives.
Congrats to the whole team!
#RobSelects paper of the week #J_A_C_S: Excited-state triplet thiazole-2-thione biradicals as radical covalent catalysts for skeletal reorganization of N-sulfonyl vinylaziridines. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c20284
Congratulations to Dr. Jairo Sebastián Martínez Vivas, who successfully defended his PhD thesis “Stimuli-responsive NHC-based pincer complexes for catalysis” last Friday.
His research at the Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM) focuses on stimuli-responsive pincer complexes for the reversible control of catalytic activity, opening new perspectives in catalyst design.
#INAM #SomUJI #PhDDefense #Catalysis #MaterialsScience #Chemistry
NFDI4Cat: Orchestrating Catalysis Data for FAIR Principles
Jahrestreffen Deutscher Katalytiker 2026 | Weimar
Join our hands-on workshop and discover how NFDI4Cat supports the digital transformation of catalysis research through FAIR data practices.
Explore how digital tools like MetaPortal, Repo4Cat, and Voc4Cat empower researchers to create actionable Data Management Plans, enhance collaboration, and make data sharing easier and more effective.
#RobSelects paper of the week #J_A_C_S: Iridium-catalyzed reduction of beta-boryl amides triggers stereospecific cyclization to form aminocyclopropanes. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c21144
#RobSelects paper of the week #ACSCatalysis: Nickel-catalyzed dehydroxylative cross-coupling of 1-substituted cyclopropanols and boronic acids via gamma-carbon-carbon activation. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5c07422
🎁HBT Ralf Ludwig, who turns 65 today. He holds the Chair of General Physical and Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Rostock and heads the #VibrationalSpectroscopy in #Catalysis group at the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT), also in Rostock.
#RobSelects paper of the week #J_A_C_S: Comprehensive investigation of regio- and stereoselectivity of iridium-catalyzed carbon-hydrogen borylation of small substituted aliphatic carbocycles. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c18839
#RobSelects preprint of the week #ChemRxiv: Designing a hemilabile bisphosphine ligand for sterically hindered nickel-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross couplings. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-q7td5
🍀 A happy new year to everyone! 🎊
📣 New paper out: Our year 2025 has ended with a new insight into the near-surface dynamics of solid #oxidation catalysts.
🤝 In a consortium led by Thomas Lunkenbein (formerly at @fhi_mpg_de, now at @unibayreuth) within the #CRC-TRR247, we could show how solid-state processes under reaction conditions dynamically alter the surface of transition metal oxides towards highly selective and active states.
💡 These observations will help to understand oxidation #catalysis and design better catalysts and have been published as a cover article in Nature Catalysis. Special congrats to our first author Thomas Götsch and many thanks to all for the great collaboration experience!
👉 Find out more here:
🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41929-025-01449-9
Postdoctoral Researcher – Heterogeneous Catalysis / DFT & Atomistic
University of Pittsburgh
See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-pittsburgh-27778-postdoctoral-researcher-heterogeneous-catalysis-dft-atomistic/
#catalysis #condensedmatterphysics #HeterogeneousCatalysis #postdoc #ScienceJobs #hiring #research
https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-pittsburgh-27778-postdoctoral-researcher-heterogeneous-catalysis-dft-atomistic/?fsp_sid=7543
#RobSelects preprint of the week #ChemRxiv: Utilizing simulated descriptors from catalytically relevant structures for enantioselectivity prediction and optimization. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-f5ddv-v2
Postdoctoral Researcher – Heterogeneous Catalysis / DFT & Atomistic
University of Pittsburgh
See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-pittsburgh-27778-postdoctoral-researcher-heterogeneous-catalysis-dft-atomistic/
#catalysis #condensedmatterphysics #HeterogeneousCatalysis #postdoc #ScienceJobs #hiring #research
https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-pittsburgh-27778-postdoctoral-researcher-heterogeneous-catalysis-dft-atomistic/?fsp_sid=7018
19-Dec-2025
Groundbreaking discovery turns household #plastic #recycling into anti-cancer medication
#RobSelects paper of the week #J_A_C_S: Enantioselective cycloaddition of cyclopropanes across alkynes via diamine phosphine oxide-ligated nickel-aluminum bimetallic catalysts. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c18087
#RobSelects preprint of the week #ChemRxiv: Three-step one-pot protocol for cycloaddition-cycloreversion metathesis of ketenes and nitroso benzene to form ketones and phenyl isocyanate. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-b0fgk
Postdoctoral Researcher – Heterogeneous Catalysis / DFT & Atomistic
University of Pittsburgh
See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-pittsburgh-27778-postdoctoral-researcher-heterogeneous-catalysis-dft-atomistic/
#catalysis #condensedmatterphysics #HeterogeneousCatalysis #postdoc #ScienceJobs #hiring #research
https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-pittsburgh-27778-postdoctoral-researcher-heterogeneous-catalysis-dft-atomistic/?fsp_sid=6570
🧪 Synthesizing solid catalysts is one thing, but for their application, they also need to undergo shaping or - in case of 🔌 #electrocatalysis - deposition on electrodes. Such steps are sometimes underrated in academic #catalysis research.
👉 Find out more on the strong effects of different binder additives on the wetting behavior of electrodes for #watersplitting in our recent collaborative work with the Particle Science and Technology Group of Doris Segets at @unidue.bsky.social.
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5c15573
🤝 We are very happy to provide our powder catalysts for such important studies that open the door towards 🍃 green applications. Thanks for the fruitful collaboration and special congrats to the first author Adarsh! 👏
#RobSelects paper of the week #J_A_C_S: Pd-Catalyzed Buchwald-Hartwig amination with a mild and solube potassium alkyl carboxylate salt and a phosphorinane ligand. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c07790
