Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences

Focusing on relevance

Chemistry research at the UvA has a long standing tradition of focusing on relevance. Within HIMS we combine forces to provide molecular solutions to the challenges facing society today.

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Molecular perspective

HIMS research targets the design, synthesis and analysis as well as the theoretical and fundamental understanding of promising molecular systems.

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Four research themes

Research at HIMS is organized in four multidisciplinary research themes, covering fields in chemical sciences where in the next decade important breakthroughs are anticipated.

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Joint effort

Nine research groups have joined forces within HIMS

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VIP

Angewandte Chemie labeled two HIMS publications as 'Very Important Paper':