February 10, 2022
Researchers from the Palomares group and the NanoElectronic and Photonic Systems research group (NEPHOS) of the Electric, Electronic and Automatic Engineering Department at the URV have strong expertise in the study of solar cells. In their latest work, published in Sustainable Energy Fuels, they go even greener by using organic semiconductor materials such as plastic polymer […]
February 4, 2022
The Catalan section of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (RSEQ) has awarded one of the ‘Josep Castells’ awards for best PhD thesis to former ICIQ PhD student Dr. Mauro Mato. His thesis, entitled “Streamlining the Access to Metal Carbenes through Aromative Decarbenations,” was developed in the Echavarren group. The Josep Castells award recognizes the […]
February 2, 2022
ICIQ and Tarragona Ràdio have signed an alliance to co-produce the first chemistry-focused podcast of the Camp de Tarragona. The main goal is to make a pioneering podcast that will be radio-broadcasted for all audiences, thus bringing the people living in Tarragona closer to science and research. All episodes will be broadcast on Tuesdays at 10 […]
January 31, 2022
The Chemistry Faculty of our partner Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) has launched the programme “Ambassadors of the Faculty of Chemistry of the URV,” which aims to form a network of URV Alumni interested in channelling the promotion of the teaching and activities of the Faculty of Chemistry in their current workplace and residence, whether […]
January 27, 2022
ICIQ PhD student Sergio Fernández, working in the Lloret-Fillol group, has won the award for the best oral presentation in the Catalysis area at the 12th Gathering of Young Researchers from the Catalan Countries organized by the Catalan Chemical Society. The oral presentation entitled “Mechanistic study of the electrochemical reduction of CO2 with an organometallic […]
January 24, 2022
Prof. Javier de Mendoza, ICIQ emeritus professor and group leader, is the 4th recipient of the C. David Gutsche Award, as has announced the Advisory Committee of the International Conference on Calixarenes. The committee has recognized his pioneering and fundamental work on calixarenes, their functionalization, and the use of NMR to elucidate more properly their […]
January 18, 2022
Three ICIQ researchers have been recognized with a grant from ”La Caixa” Foundation: Dr. Katherine Villa is a ”La Caixa” Junior Leader, he project addresses the development of efficient photocatalytic systems for the conversion in gas phase, of CO2 in the presence of water under solar-type irradiation and darkness cycles. The main objective is to […]