Anchoring PdOx Clusters on Defective Alumina for Improved Catalytic Methane Oxidation Research: Work by PhD student Xiang Yu - in a collaboration between Utrecht University, Paul Scherrer Institute & CNRS-Orléans - shows the use of a defective alumina to control the dispersion…

Integrated Carbon Dioxide Capture & Methanation Process CO2 in the air is captured by an aqueous NaOH solution to form carbonate, which is selectively hydrogenated to CH4 by a Ru/TiO2 catalyst. @CCSChemistry article: chinesechemsoc.org/doi/full/10.31… @PKU1898 & @UniUtrecht Cooperation

Honorary Doctorate from Ghent University My sincere gratitude goes to my honorary promotors Veronique Van Speybroeck & Kevin Van Geem, who gave a very nice laudatio (youtube.com/watch?v=OpLT41…) & made March 22 an unforgettable day for me & my family @ugent ugent.be/en/ghentuniv/h…

Unravelling Potential Reaction Intermediates during Catalytic Pyrolysis of Polypropylene with Microscopy & Spectroscopy Highly fluorescent methylated aromatic reaction intermediates observed. @CatalysisSciTec paper: doi.org/10.1039/D3CY01… @ARCCBBC @mcecresearch @InaVollmer_DE

Green Additives in Chitosan-based Bioplastic Films: Long-term Stability Assessment and Aging Effects Chitosan-based films with e.g. citric acid as green additive show a high stability for more than 400 days. @ChemSusChem article : doi.org/10.1002/cssc.2… @UniUtrecht @ARCCBBC

2024 Netherlands' Catalysis and Chemistry Conference (2) Some impressions of the @NCCC_official event: (a) Great Plenary by Anastasia Alexandrova @UCLA (b) Poster by PhD student Mariangela Biggiero. (c) Oral by PhD student Jelle Bos. (d) Oral by PhD student Joyce Kromwijk.

2024 Netherlands' Catalysis and Chemistry Conference (1) This edition was special as @NCCC_official is 25 years young. There was a session to celebrate the past & embrace the future. Many retired professors were present. Thanks, Moniek, Peter, Leon & Eelco for the organization!

NCCC Best Oral Presentation Award for Angela Melcherts Very proud that Angela Melcherts received the best oral presentation award at 2024 @NCCC_official with her work "Tuning Metal-Support Interactions in the CO2 Hydrogenation over Ni Supported on TiO2 Polymorphs". @UniUtrecht

SUNER-C Consortium Meeting at @UniUtrecht (3) Some impressions of the event: (a) Elena Guarneri in action (b) Some former & current @sunergy_eu coordination team members (c) Evening boat tour on the Utrecht canals (d) Panel discussion on our coordination activities @sunergy_eu

SUNER-C Consortium Meeting at @UniUtrecht (2) One of the highlights of the first day was a lecture by Prof. Katrin Arning of @RWTH on risk perception, acceptance & communication of sustainable chemistry technologies & explained for 2 showcases, i.e., SAFs & CCUS. @sunergy_eu

SUNER-C Consortium Meeting at @UniUtrecht (1) Last week we've organized the SUNER-C 4th Consortium Meeting. On Thursday the event took place in the Speelklok Museum in the city centre; on Friday we were in the David de Wiedbuilding, where there was a.o. a lab tour. @sunergy_eu

Could your catalysis science research impact the field? Poster abstract deadline is now 11 February. Drive the conversation at the forefront of catalysis science: rsc.li/CST24

There are 2 weeks left to submit your poster abstract for the 2024 Catalysis Science & Technology Symposium being held on April 3rd in London, UK! Find out more about #CST24 and submit your abstract before the February 4th deadline here: rsc.li/CST24

Do not miss out to join this symposium, organized by UU (Bert Weckhuysen, Ward van der Stam) & TU/e (@MartaCFigueired). Full program, all about the speakers & register ⬇️ tue.nl/en/our-univers… 🌲Happy holidays in the meantime🌲 looking forward seeing you 26th January 2024.

Congrats to Dr. Shuang Yang for an Excellent PhD Defense Shuang has studied a.o. the effect of post-transition metals (Bi, Pb & Sn) on the properties of Cu for electrochemical CO2 reduction. Well done & wishing you all the best for the future, Shuang! @UniUtrecht @mcecresearch

Investeren in de Basis met Starters- & Stimuleringsbeurzen Net voor het einde van dit jaar gaf minister @RHDijkgraaf een reactie op ons advies. Meer info: tweedekamer.nl/kamerstukken/b… Laten we nu werk maken van meer ‘rust & ruimte’ in de gehele breedte van het academisch veld!

End-of-Year Dinner & Party Impressions of our "Winter Party" in De Vagant @ @UniUtrecht ... also illustrating our musical talents. 2nd pic: New PhD students (Hoaxing, Floor, Bas, Hanya, Roos & Jan) made own song 3rd pic: Bram & Mirjam 4rd pic: Joyce (guitar) & Jim (keyboards)

Mapping Temperatures during CO2 Conversion in Space & Time PhD student @thimojacobs received the 1st prize for his poster at #MaterialenNLConference (materialennl-platform.nl/12-12-23-mater…). Congratulations, Thimo! More info: doi.org/10.1021/acsnan… @TataSteelNL @UniLeidenNews @UniUtrecht

We did not see any emission within the zeolite at the expected excitation wavelength; this surprised us... Cover profile doi.org/10.1002/chem.2… on @ChemEurJ paper (doi.org/10.1002/chem.2…) ...Resorufin changes its fluorescence color when protonated & confined in zeolite pore.

Fluorescent-Probe Characterization for Pore-Space Mapping with Single-Particle Tracking A lithography-made 2-D model pore allows to monitor the motion behaviour of individual, confined, fluorescent probes. @angew_chem article: doi.org/10.1002/anie.2… @Utwente and @UniUtrecht