Dit is ons mooiste microscopieplaatje van het jaar 2022! Het is een mini-botje, gemaakt uit menselijke cellen door promovendus Judith Schaart. Met fluorescerende stoffen zijn de verschillende onderdelen ingekleurd. Met als gevolg een klein wetenschappelijk kunstwerk! #botvorming

I am thrilled to share that the 1st paper out of my PhD project is out in ACS Catalysis! Together with @Phebe_v_l and Lars Killian we found that the dinuclear CuBPMAN complex behaves quite differently than its mononuclear analogue in the electrocatalytic ORR.

Yesterday I had the oppertunity to present our latest work on copper hydride chemistry at the EICC6 conference. It is really inspiring to exchange knowledge in such a stimulating environment and to also hear about the latest developments in inorganic chemistry!

We have multiple openings for PhD and PD positions in Multimetallic Organometallic Chemistry for N2 activation! Sharing is appreciated! Click on the link for more details: tinyurl.com/N2-CONVERT

Although our focus is on bimetallics, sometimes we stumble upon monometallics that are simply too awesome to not explore further. Errikos Kounalis found the first example: Pendulum‐like Hemilability in a Ti‐based Frustrated Lewis Trio: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxi…😍 1/n

Our work on these beautiful and surprisingly stable dicopper(I) complexes is out on ChemRxiv!

Our paper on the mechanism of formic acid dehydrogenation is on ChemRxiv! Check out how copper atoms can work toghether to make the magic of this reaction happen 🫧

Curious about copper catalyzed formic acid dehydrogenation? Check out my poster #RSCPoster on linkedin! #RSCCat #RSCInorg linkedin.com/posts/roelbien…

⁦Stanislav Melnikov⁩ gave an excellent presentation at the NCCC on his amazing discoveries involving Hydride as a leaving group in SNAr. #proudsupervisor This fantastic work is expected to hit ⁦ChemRxiv⁩ in the near future 😬

Our latest paper on frustrating not two, but three atoms in a 'Frustrated Lewis Trio' is out now in Chemical Science. Fantastic work by Errikos Kounalis who spearheaded this challenging project! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Really thrilled to have this paper out in Chemical Science! Many thanks to everyone involved and special thanks to Maartje Otten for all the help with the TOC figure.

I am thrilled to share that our story on remakably stable dicopper carbenes is now out as accepted article in ChemEurJ: Chemistry - A European Journal!

This year I'm competing in Jong KNCV's #Spotlightprijs competition. Want to know more about my research in the Daniel Broere group? Check my 1-minute video here or on my LinkedIn page! linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

We are looking for a postdoc to continue on a cool project involving molecular photoswitches! See dub.sh/M1bJSrY for more info and how to apply. Due to the short timeline, EER applicants only.

Arguably the coolest chemistry we’ve uncovered yet ChemRxiv, especially given that it’s with just one metal!! 🤯Fantastic work by Stas Melnikovᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ and first of many collabs with Baik Group | Hydride as a Leaving Group in Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution | - go.shr.lc/3ycdkeL

Check out our journey into s-block bimetallics ChemRxiv! This study spearheaded by Errikos Kounalis shows how restraining two Mg centers in close proximity alters the reactivity of alkylmagnesium complexes - go.shr.lc/3Xg6AGI

I'm really happy that the first of my dicobalt coordination chemistry now out on ChemRxiv! Also check out the connected work about the X-ray spectroscopy of these complexes to study the electronic structure of these molecules.

Really exited that my first (co-)corresponding author paper is now out in ACS Catalysis! Based on the reviews we added a DFT-study that provided even more insight into the mechanism of Cu-catalyzed formic acid dehydrogenation. A valuable addition to the original draft.

I'm really happy that my dicobalt work with Daniel Broere has made it into Organometallics! Thanks also to our collaborators Arun Asundi and Ritimukta Sarangi at SLAC! Want to see what the PNNP expanded pincer ligand can do with cobalt? Check it out: doi.org/10.1021/acs.or…

A huge congratulations to Annemijn van Koten for winning the 2024 Unilever Research prize for her MSc research: "Escaping the flatland: Design and synthesis of 3-dimensional multinuclear complexes for catalysis", which she performed in our group!