Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences

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Amsterdam researchers have developed a novel technique for spatially controlled patterning of semiconductors with tuneable optoelectronic properties. As a proof of principle, Lukas Helmbrecht and Wim Noorduin ...

Dr Jocelyne Vreede of the research group Computational Chemistry at the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS) worked together with researchers at the UvA's Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS) ...

A recent paper in Forensic Chemistry reports the result of a study by HIMS researchers in cooperation with TNO on the chemical profiling of fentanyl in biological samples. The work demonstrates for the first time the ...

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Associate professor Dr Chris Slootweg at the University of Amsterdam's Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences has been awarded an NWO Vici grant of 1.5 million euros to develop novel chemical routes for ...

Dr Vasilis Tseliou of Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS) has received a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship under the Horizon 2020 program of the EU. He will visit the group of Prof. Paolo ...

Researchers at the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences have taken an important step towards full circularity of phosphate recycling in the SusPhos process. In a project financed by a 'Gouden KIEM' grant from ...

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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.

Valorisation

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

Researchers paint portrait of Marie Curie in semiconductor

Predicting the structure and dynamics of membrane protein GerAB from Bacillus subtilis

Chemical attribution of fentanyl: The effect of human metabolism

Chris Slootweg receives Vici grant

Vasilis Tseliou receives Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship

Important step towards full circularity of SusPhos process

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