#OnTheCover Towards Autonomous Materials-Challenges in Chemical Communication by Michael M. Lerch and co-workers Stratingh Institute for Chemistry Lerch Research Group onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sy… onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sy…

What is the environmental impact of lab research itself? And what can we do to reduce this impact, and simultaneously save money? Thomas Freese and colleagues did a case study, and show what you can change today to make an impact: arc-cbbc.nl/news/the-green… Lerch Research Group

Preparing for the move to the new Feringa building: alphabetically sorting all PhD thesis before packing them.
Among many others, we found this old gem from 1928, an almost 100 years old PhD thesis from University of Groningen

Who said that sustainable chem cannot be tough? Here, Yuanxin Deng and Qi Zhang 张琦 demonstrate how you can use abundant inorganic sulfur to produce self-repairing and degradable thermoplastics with high adhesion toughness. Can we ditch fossil-fuel-based plastics? Have a look!

Stiff-Stilbenes just got a visible💡upgrade! Check our latest work on para-formylated functionalization, offering full control using visible light with high PSS distribution. Exciting potential for future smart materials and dynamic systems! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

After a great forum in Fudan Univ. with 3 million audiences (including live online), the Feringa family completed the first assembly and group photo in Ben's office in ECUST. Looking forward to the next assembly more comprehensively.Feringa Lab

It's not too late yet, 10 days left to apply!

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Curious about sustainable lab habits? Check out our latest collaboration with Lerch Research Group and led by Thomas Freese! From energy-saving tips to waste reduction strategies, we've got you covered. Plus, don't miss the amazing artwork by Ainoa Guinart!
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Photoresponsive Biomimetic Functions by Light-Driven Molecular Motors in 3D Printed Liquid Crystal Elastomers Journal of the American Chemical Society Stratingh Institute for Chemistry University of Groningen #Photoresponsive #Biomimetic #Molecular #Motors #LiquidCrystal #Elastomers pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Cyclic disulfides offer a solution to convert inorganic sulfur into degradable thermoplastics and adhesives. Beautiful results by Yuanxin Deng with Feringa Lab Please find our recent work: nature.com/articles/s4146…

This topic is very close to my heart and I am thankful that it was chosen as the front cover of RSC Sustainability! 💚

Since June 2021 we have been on a mission to improve the sustainability aspects of all laboratories at the University of Groningen:
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Excited to be at Fudan University in Shanghai with Qi Zhang 张琦 for the Shanghai Master Forum on Science! Looking forward to fruitful discussions and sharing perspectives

Thanks to the hard work of the moving team and all Otten group members (pictured here on the last day in NB4), we're ready to do chemistry in the Feringa Building! Stratingh Institute for Chemistry University of Groningen

We are excited to present a new element as the star of biocatalysis - BORON!
In this story, a boronic acid-based amino acid unlocks an abiological activation mode in our artificial enzymes, whose improved variants gave phenomenal selectivity in a new-to-nature kinetic resolution.

Biocatalysis with boron, the lastest paper of the Roelfes Group has just been published in nature

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How do you make light-driven molecular motors do work? 🤔

A new paper in Nature Chemistry with Jinyu Sheng (@sheng_ley, Feringa Lab) describes improvements to their efficiency to bring real-life applications closer! 🚀

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Ben Feringa’s wonderful tribute to Roeland Nolte during ISMSC2024

A couple of weeks left to apply, please spread the word that we have this opening (applications before May 24th)

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📢 📢 We are looking for 2 PhDs to contribute research on the chemical origins of life! The work is fundamental, with applications to cleaning oil pollution 🌍 ♻️ and the replication of RNA 🧬🫧. Apply by clicking the links! rug.nl/about-ug/work-…
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#OnTheCover Push-Pull Bis-Norbornadienes for Solar Thermal Energy Storage (Ben L. Feringa and co-workers) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ch… onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ch…