July 18, 2018
In its fourth release, the web application Mapping Scientific Excellence ranks ICIQ in first position in “Best Journal Rate” (ratio of papers published in the most influential journals) and third in “Best Paper Rate” (proportion of highly cited papers published by an institution) in the field of Chemistry worldwide. These results refer to the 2011-2015 […]
July 12, 2018
“It is very humbling to be the recipient of the 2018 Banc Sabadell Foundation Award for Sciences and Engineering. This recognition, however, is nothing else but a collective effort for all the contributions that my group has made through the years. Their perseverance, diligence and ambition are, beyond any reasonable doubt, key contributory factors for […]
July 12, 2018
The use of lead-poisoned palladium catalysts, introduced by Herbert Lindlar in the 1950’s, still dominates for selective hydrogenations in fine chemical applications. Nevertheless, the search for a more environmentally friendly and efficient catalyst has been a pursued goal in this field. Now researchers from ETH Zürich, EMPA and ICIQ (Masoud Shahrokhi and Núria López) have […]
June 29, 2018
Edvin Fako, Manuel Ortuño and Núria López are co-authors of a paper published in Nature Nanotechnology. The paper reports the development of a new solid catalyst, which surpasses the state of the art homogeneous catalyst in Suzuki couplings in a cost-effective and eco-friendly way. The work was coordinated by Prof. Javier Pérez-Ramírez, Professor of Catalysis […]
June 28, 2018
“We have the obligation to give our scientists the tools they need to do the best science, but also to have an effective impact on society. This means giving them access to the latest-generation technology, and also giving them multidisciplinary training that prepares them to lead research and promote industrial innovation or train future generations […]
June 25, 2018
The Computational Catalysis for Sustainable Chemistry symposium took place at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia between the 13th and the 15th of June. Conceived as a satellite event of the 16th International Congress of Quantum Chemistry celebrated last week in Menton (France), the CompCat conference gathered 22 world-renowned speakers who currently work on […]
June 20, 2018
Francisco Juliá, postdoctoral researcher in Prof. Ruben Martin’s group, received the SusChem award Postdoc-Mestralab for the best 2017 scientific publication in chemistry. The jury, chaired by Prof. Mar Gómez, on behalf of the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry, decided to unanimously recognise Francisco for being co-author of the paper “Remote carboxylation of halogenated aliphatic hydrocarbons […]