In a paper recently published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Jorien Duivenvoorden points out the relevance of aqueous chemistry when studying oil paint ageing and degradation. Duivenvoorden, a PhD student ...

What chemicals are we exposed to on a daily basis? That is the central question of ‘non-targeted analysis’ or NTA, an emerging field of analytical science that aims to identify all chemicals around us. A daunting ...

Molecules that change shape under the influence of light can be used as switches in biomedical applications, for instance to inhibit an enzyme. An international team of researchers, including chemists at the ...

In a paper in Forensic Chemistry, PhD candidate Mirjam de Bruin - Hoegée and co-workers present research on the use of dried blood spots for portable detection and laboratory verification of organophosphate ...

In a cooperation between the Universities of Groningen and Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and the European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (Italy), researchers have been able to substantially improve photoclick ...

In a VIP paper in ChemSusChem, PhD graduate Dr Jasper Biemolt and co-authors present a method for anchoring a organometallic cobalt catalyst to a carbon electrode using diazonium grafting. They report how the ...

In a paper in Forensic Chemistry, PhD candidate Mirjam de Bruin - Hoegée and co-workers present research on the forensic profiling of plastics that are often found on a crime scene. They designed a standard to ...

In a comment in Nature Reviews Chemistry, PhD student Hannah Flerlage and associate professor Chris Slootweg of the University of Amsterdam's Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences argue that modern day ...

Researchers of the University of Amsterdam’s Van ’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences have developed a powerful machine learning approach to elucidate the absolute configuration and conformational landscape of ...

In a recent paper in Chem Catalysis, PhD student Eva Meeus of the Homogeneous, Supramolecular, and Bio-inspired Catalysis group at the Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences presents a detailed analysis of the ...

Spin-off companies LumetalliX and Nano Hybrids of the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences have been selected among the pre-finalists of the Amsterdam Science Innovation Awards 2023. A public vote helps to ...

Dr Andrea Gargano of the research group Analytical Chemistry together with Dr Elena Dominguez Vega of the Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics at Leiden University Medical Center have been awarded an NWO Open ...

On 10 August 2023, Prof. Jan Fortuin passed away at the age of 95. From 1976 until 1992 he was Professor of Physical Technology at the University of Amsterdam. He helped establish Dutch academic research the field of ...

The Dutch company NoWa Kitchen presented its newest kitchen featuring only bio-based materials and a sustainable cradle-to-cradle design. A key enabler for the kitchen are plant-based polymers and materials brought ...

Former UvA chemistry student Milo Cornelissen is one of three finalists competing for the Golden Master Award of the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society KNCV. The prize winner will be announced at the national festive ...

Dr Esther Alarcón Lladó (1982) has been named professor by special appointment in Nano-electrochemistry and Renewable Energy Materials at the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). The chair was ...

Dr Alessandra Candian (Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy) and Prof. Wybren Jan Buma (Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences) have obtained funding through the Dutch Astrochemistry Network (DAN) as part of ...

It was with sadness that we received the news of the death of Prof. Upendra K. Pandit on 16 June. As the founder of bioorganic chemistry at the University of Amsterdam, his pioneering contributions have been of ...

PhD student Ida Fazlić at the Van ’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences has won the national 3MT competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She beat her fellow PhD contestants and also won the public vote.

PhD student Hannah Flerlage enjoyed a successful week in Switzerland, where she visited the European Meeting on Fire Retardant Polymeric Materials in Zürich. She received a poster prize (2nd place) and won a Travel ...