A study just published in ‘Chemical Engineering Journal’ explores the use of hydrothermal liquefaction for the chemical recycling of plastics originating from municipal waste. It was carried out by PhD candidate ...

PhD candidates Ziran Zhai and Annika van der Zon of the Chemometrics & Advanced Separations group at the Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences have developed advanced low-flow methods for the analysis of ...

Analytical Chemistry researchers at the University of Amsterdam’s Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS) have developed a novel algorithm that significantly improves the analysis of copolymers. It allows ...

Researchers at the Flow Chemistry group led by Prof. Timothy Noël have developed a robust and scalable method for the selective methylation of (hetero)aryl bromides. It features an air-stable aluminium-based reagent ...

Researchers at the universities of Amsterdam and Utrecht have observed the formation of nanocavities in montmorillonite clay under exposure to gamma-aminobutyric acid, a molecule commonly found on meteorites. This ...

In a collaborative effort between the Catalysis Engineering group and the Synthetic Organic Chemistry group, researchers at the Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences have conducted a comprehensive review of ...

In a collaborative effort, researchers at the University of Amsterdam and the HFML-FELIX institute in Nijmegen have been able to provide detailed insights in the molecular structure of a thiourea-based ...

In a paper in the RSC journal Green Chemistry, Prof. Gadi Rothenberg of Heterogenous Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry and chemistry student Tycho Ehrhardt provide a perspective on the future of the hydrogen ...

In a paper in ACS Central Science, researchers of the Flow Chemistry group at the Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences present a general and practical strategy for alkylation of complex molecules using ...

In a paper just accepted by Angewandte Chemie, Rens Ham MSc, Dr Bettina Baumgartner and Prof Joost Reek at the Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences demonstrate how substrate preorganization using photoactive ...

Timothy Noël, Professor of Flow Chemistry at the Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, has been awarded a Proof of Concept Grant by the European Research Council. Worth €150,000, the grant will aid the ...

The Catalysis Engineering group at the Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS) led by associate professor Shiju Raveendran is part of the newly established ABEL consortium that aims to convert low-grade ...

A public-private consortium led by associate professor Bob Pirok at the University of Amsterdam’s van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS) has been awarded €1.3 million funding to develop much needed ...

The European ‘BoostCrop’ research collective that includes researchers at the Faculty of Science at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) has been awarded the Horizon Prize by the Royal Society of Chemistry. They receive ...

On Tuesday, 17 June, Florenz Buß of the Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences received an Amsterdam Science and Innovation Award in the in the Environment & Climate category. He convinced the jury of the plans ...

PhD candidate Nienke Leenders and postdoctoral researcher Florenz Buß of the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences have been selected as finalists of the Amsterdam Science Innovation Awards 2025. On the ...

The May focus issue of Nature Chemical Engineering features Prof. Timothy Noël of Flow Chemistry among seven leading researchers to offer their perspectives on the future of automation, control, and robotics in ...

The Master’s thesis of Nina Chen, a PhD candidate at the Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS), was selected as the best Master’s thesis of the Faculty of Science. Chen is now among seven contestants ...

In a cooperation between their groups at the Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (University of Amsterdam) and in collaboration with industrial partners Covestro Resins & Functional Materials and InnoSyn, ...

Alina Astefanei, assistant professor in analytical science at the Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, is well-known for her research in the field of Field-Flow Fractionation (FFF). This is a powerful ...