Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences

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23 September 2020

Methane hydrates are the single biggest source of fossil fuel on planet earth and play a role in climate change. The molecular process of their formation is not known and heavily debated. In a paper in the Journal of ...

22 September 2020

In a paper in Chemistry, A European Journal, HIMS researchers present a dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical cell that combines light-driven hydrogen production with chemical oxidation of an organic compound (benzyl ...

21 September 2020

In a recent publication in Chemistry, A European Journal, researchers at the HIMS research group Homogeneous, Supramolecular and Bio-Inspired Catalysis report on catalytic sulfimidation using a highly active and ...

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28 September 2020

On Thursday 8 October, Mimi den Uijl, PhD student at the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS), will present her research at the Dutch national 'Evening of Chemistry' (Avond van de Chemie). During this ...

28 September 2020

The new Functional Materials group at the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS) will focus on the synthetic design of inorganic and hybrid inorganic-organic materials with tailored structural and ...

23 September 2020

Ad Oskam, Emeritus Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, was an energetic and passionate chemist with a great community commitment both at institute and faculty level. From 1959 to 2000 he was employed at the UvA, where ...

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Research

The core objective of HIMS is to understand and predict the behaviour of molecules in increasingly complex processes and systems. Our portfolio reflects a healthy balance between curiosity-driven and application-oriented research.

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Education

HIMS staff provides chemistry education at the Bachelor, Master, and PhD levels. In addition, we contribute to several interdisciplinary programmes offered at the University of Amsterdam.

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Knowledge transfer to industry and society is in our DNA. We are always looking for partnerships with industry to identify research questions that matter and turn innovative ideas into reality.

J.H. van 't Hoff

The Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences is named after Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, recipient of the first Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1901.

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Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences

Rate prediction for homogeneous nucleation of methane hydrate

Redox-mediated alcohol oxidation coupled to hydrogen formation in a dye-sensitized photosynthesis cell

Catalytic chemoselective sulfimidation with an electrophilic nitrene radical complex

PhD student Mimi den Uijl competes for 'Spotlight' prize at national 'Evening of Chemistry'

New HIMS group: Functional Materials

In memoriam Ad Oskam (1935-2020)

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