Chemists and physicists at the University of Amsterdam shed light on a crucial aspect of friction: how things begin to slide. Using fluorescence microscopy and dedicated fluorescent molecules, they are able to ...

Researchers led by associate professor Tati Fernández-Ibáñez at the research group Synthetic Organic Chemistry have developed a highly efficient method for meta-selective C−H arylation of aryl ethers, based on a new ...

In an article just published by the Journal of the American Chemical Society, researchers at the Homogeneous, Supramolecular and Bio-inspired Catalysis group present metal-ligand nanospheres that can bind fullerenes. ...

In 2018, heterogeneous catalysis researchers at the Van ‘t Hoff Institute of Molecular Sciences discovered that a Ti-MAX phase, despite its low surface area and oxygen-free lattice, catalyses oxidative ...

A team of researchers of the Rijksmuseum, the University of Amsterdam and the University of Antwerp has investigated the yellow rose in Abraham Mignon’s famous painting Still Life with Flowers and a Watch. The flower ...

Particles that can move on their own (“active matter”) are currently a hot topic in physics. The theory to describe such particles is still being developed. As a consequence, experiments on well-characterized active ...

In a recent paper in Talanta, a scientific journal in Analytical Chemistry, researchers at the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences together with colleagues at the Dutch National Police and Eindhoven ...

A recent paper in Analytical Chemistry describes a novel separation approach to characterize the structure of the receptor-binding domain of SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein by means of hydrophilic interaction chromatography ...

With many human-made chemicals, problems regarding public health and the environment become apparent only years after their widespread use. A team of researchers from the University of Amsterdam and Utrecht ...

In a paper just accepted by the ACS journal Organic Process Research & Development, researchers at the Biocatalysis group of the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences present the concept of using multienzyme ...

Astrochemist Dr Alessandra Candian has joined the Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API) as an assistant professor. She was appointed as part of the faculty-wide InterSpecial education initiative and the ...

The Amsterdam Chemistry Network (ACN) has recently been expanded with Argent Energy, manufacturer of biofuels in the Port of Amsterdam. Its CEO Erik Rietkerk has taken a seat on the ACN Board of Directors where the ...

Last Thursday, PhD student Tom Keijer participated in the UvA finals of the 3MT pitch competition that revolves around explaining your PhD research to a lay audience in a video of no more than three minutes. As one ...

The renowned chemistry journal Angewandte Chemie has published a portrait of associate professor Tati Fernández-Ibáñez of the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, on the occasion of her first article as a ...

Prof. Sander Woutersen of the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences has been awarded a Demonstrator Grant of 160,000 euros by the Dutch Research Council NWO (Domain Applied and Engineering Sciences). Together ...

The Sisters in Science (Noor Abdulhussain, Lotte Schreuders and Mimi den Uijl) have been awarded the Van Marumpenning 2022 of the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society KNCV. The Sisters receive this award because of the ...

The Dutch Research Council NWO has awarded a grant to Prof. Timothy Noël at the Van ‘t Hoff Institute of Molecular Sciences and Prof. Tom Grossmann at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam for joint research into ...

‘There’s no alternative for optimism,’ says Professor Bob van der Zwaan. In his view, optimism is the only way the climate targets of the Paris Agreement can be achieved. ‘It’s getting harder, but its still possible."

Chemist Dr Eduard Bobylev of the Van ’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences has been awarded a Rubicon grant by the Dutch Research Council NWO. He will use this grant to work in the lab of Prof. Jeremiah Johnson at ...

Three UvA researchers who all recently obtained their doctorates have received Rubicons grant from NWO/ZonMw to conduct research at foreign research institutions. They are: chemist Eduard Bobylev, astronomer Ines ...