The discovery of efficient technologies enabling the use of CO2 as a starting material for chemical synthesis is one of the most significant challenges of our time. They could serve the dual purpose of reducing CO2 emissions and producing value-added chem
Chemical reactor design and optimization based on insights and data on a molecular level can become reality in the coming decade. Multiscale simulations including all elementary reaction steps in a full microkinetic model, with information on catalyst str
This proposal aims to provide a thorough understanding of the surface chemistry and physics during atomic layer deposition (ALD) of cobalt and nickel for applications in microelectronics and catalysis. In microelectronics, ALD of high quality, continuous
Although an increasing number of analytical techniques and methods are becoming available for the detection, identification and quantification of nanoparticles (NPs) during the nanomaterial production process, their application is still a major challenge
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to work on U+2018directed evolutionU+2019. The latter is not a new theory or discovery, but a technique to let natural selection shape proteins for us. Advances such as these are often claimed to indicate a bigger shift
In this project we will study the crystallization process of pharmaceutical compounds using state-ofthe-
art nonlinear optical scattering techniques, combined with more traditional linear scattering and
x-ray scattering techniques. The proposed techniques provide complementary information about
different stages of the process, from aggregation and nucleation to subsequent growth. This opens a
window into the fundamental ...
The work describes the unique use of electrochemical energy (electrons) as reagents in chemical
reactions. This will be achieved through interactions with metal centers capable of accepting and
donating electrons. This ability to shuffle electrons at the metal center is the foundation of reactivity
of these metals enabling interactions with reagents that lead to bond forming events.
I will focus on a metal that is familiar ...
The electrophilic aromatic substitution (SEAr) is a cornerstone reaction discovered by Friedel and
Crafts in the 19th century. Despite its industrial importance for ethylbenzene production, the
reaction mechanism is still debated. The proposed mechanistic pathway, relying on the formation of
arenium ion intermediates, was recently challenged on experimental and theoretical grounds. The
formation of the commonly assumed ...
Gaining competitive advantage requires today’s businesses and industries to innovate and improve at an increasing speed. Modern products, production processes and services are more complex than ever, so optimizing product formulations/compositions, production process settings and services requires solving high-dimensional decision problems. An important management science tool to cope with this task is design of experiments. A design is a ...
In modern society, charge storage devices are ubiquitous and are predicted to become ever more important in the future. This will need to be supported by fundamental advancements as portable devices become more power-hungry, more charge storage is needed to bridge electricity generation drop- offs as a result of increased reliance on renewable energy sources, and devices require improved charge-discharge cycling stability for example for ...