Building on their earlier research into two-dimensional and layered catalysts, researchers at the Catalysis Engineering group of the Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences led by associate professor Shiju ...

In a 'hot paper' that has just been published in Angewandte Chemie, researchers at the Flow Chemistry group of the Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences report a safe and scalable flow-based strategy for the ...

A 2023 paper on “Chemical Recycling of Used PET by Glycolysis Using Niobia-Based Catalysts" in ACS Engineering Au is one of the most read and most cited papers of the journal. The research was conducted by the ...

In a paper in Nature Chemistry, a team of researchers from the universities of Groningen, Amsterdam, and East China University of Science and Technology present a fully synthetic covalent polymer that mimics the ...

Researchers at the Biocatalysis group led by Dr Francesco Mutti at the Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (University of Amsterdam) have developed a novel use of alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) enzymes. In an ...

In a recently published article in the journal NPJ Heritage Science, researchers from the Rijksmuseum and the University of Amsterdam show how Rembrandt tuned his choice of pigments to arrive at a high-contrast, ...

In a recent Chemistry Europe paper, PhD candidate Jens Tolboom from the research group Homogeneous, Supramolecular and Bio-inspired Catalysis at the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences describes improved ...

In a paper in Environmental Science & Technology Letters, Dr Lapo Renai and colleagues at the Environmental Modelling and Mass Spectrometry (EMCMS) group led by Dr Saer Samanipour at the Van ‘t Hoff Institute for ...

In a collaboration with the group of Prof. Ben Feringa at Groningen University, Prof. Hong Zhang and his PhD graduate Dr Kefan Wu at the University of Amsterdam’s Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences have ...

A novel approach in computational chemistry allows for the efficient determination of optimal kinetics for catalytic cycles. In a recent paper in PNAS, Prof. Peter Bolhuis of the Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular ...

Dr Giulia Giubertoni and Dr Zheng Wei have been selected as fellows of the Dutch national 'Faculty of Impact' programme. It will help them to further develop their entrepreneurial and business skills to grow their ...

Prof. Katrien Keune is the newly-appointed Chair of the Netherlands Institute for Conservation+Art+Science+ (NICAS), an institute carrying out interdisciplinary research that encompasses the fields of conservation, ...

Prof. Wybren Jan Buma of Molecular Photonics at the Van ’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences has received €350,000 funding from HFML-FELIX, the Dutch national research institute featuring a High Field Magnet ...

NWO has awarded grants to 21 projects in the latest round of the Open Competition ENW-M. Two of these projects are led by researchers who work at the UvA Faculty of Science: the project of Rebecca Reiffenhäuser and ...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to dance among molecules? Probably not, but on Friday, 28 November, you can check it out anyway. That evening, Computational Chemistry researchers of the University of ...

PhD student Nienke Leenders of the Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences has been invited to the ‘Prototypes for Humanity’ meeting, which started today in Dubai. Celebrating ‘the power of academia to address ...

Professor Rajamani Krishna of the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences at the University of Amsterdam is one of the most cited chemists worldwide. For the tenth consecutive year, he has been included in ...

Dr Fabiana Di Gianvincenzo has recently joined the Van ’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS) on a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship funded under the Horizon Europe programme. In the two-year ...

The Dick Stufkens Prize 2025 for best PhD thesis of the Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry (HRSMC) has been awarded to Dr Begüm Demirkurt for her thesis “Mechanical Contact Imaging using Fluorescence ...

How does your science contribute to a sustainable future? What factors beyond technology influence this? Could your work have unintended consequences or potential harms? On 2 October, the Heterogenous Catalysis and ...