/en en Fri, 24 Oct 2025 19:16:55 +0200 Thu, 25 Sep 25 16:00:00 +0200 /en/news/turning-waste-into-energy-and-building-at-the-nanoscale “I was always fascinated by Fantastic Voyage. Maybe it influenced me without me realising. In a way, I’ve actually become a kind of builder at the nanoscale”, says Krijn de Jong, Emeritus Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis. 152447 Thu, 25 Sep 2025 16:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Krijn de Jong /en/news/bert-weckhuysen-receives-2024-karl-wamsler-innovation-award He received the award in appreciation for his distinguished and groundbreaking work in the field of heterogeneous catalysis. 144967 Mon, 18 Nov 2024 14:20:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/two-utrecht-projects-received-funding-within-national-growth-fund-programme-circular-plastics-nl Six million euros were divided over ten projects in total, and all studies will last five years. 141839 Mon, 08 Jul 2024 09:52:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/the-energy-transition-under-the-nanoscope-gravitation-funding-for-anion-project Bringing together chemists and physicists to thoroughly investigate how electrochemical processes work on the smallest scale. That is the goal of ANION. 139581 Fri, 12 Apr 2024 14:58:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/erc-advanced-grants-for-four-utrecht-researchers Professors Albert Heck, Petra de Jongh (both Science), Jos Malda (Veterinary Medicine / UMC Utrecht) and Walter Immerzeel (Geosciences) will each receive a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant. 139558 Thu, 11 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/erc-advanced-grant-for-conversion-of-co2-to-fuels Professor Petra de Jongh will conduct fundamental research into the operation of catalysts. This could lead to accelerating the energy transition, for example by developing catalysts for the efficient conversion of CO2 and hydrogen into sustainable fuels. 139576 Thu, 11 Apr 2024 11:21:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/petra-de-jongh-wins-gilles-holst-medal The jury praises her interdisciplinary approach, her tireless quest for knowledge, and the industrial applications that emerge from her research on nanomaterials. 135732 Thu, 23 Nov 2023 11:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/invitation-electrochemistry-symposium The Electrochemical Hub for Energy Materials and Sustainability (e-CHEMS) is organizing its second symposium on November 2nd 2023. 133919 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 09:56:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/on-the-hunt-for-hydrogen-recipes There’s a quiet revolution taking place in materials research. When Nong Artrith started her career in physics and chemistry, new chemical reactions were only discovered in the lab. 129822 Tue, 18 Apr 2023 16:18:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/festive-opening-of-the-renewed-electron-microscopy-centre Last Friday, minister Robbert Dijkgraaf opened the renewed Electron Microscopy Centre, which houses advanced equipment and brings together scientific disciplines. 129774 Mon, 17 Apr 2023 13:43:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/bert-weckhuysen-wins-inaugural-chemistry-europe-award Chemistry Europe honours Prof. Weckhuysen for his “outstanding achievements and leadership in the field of sustainable chemistry and catalysis research.” 126686 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 10:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/new-catalysts-make-use-of-precious-metals-highly-efficiently With a new and promising way to make catalysts, the amount of precious metals needed is reduced by a factor of 10 120953 Fri, 08 Jul 2022 13:48:00 +0200 Nieuws Krijn de Jong /en/news/4-million-euro-grant-to-accelerate-innovation-on-solar-fuels-and-chemicals A broad partnership around solar fuels and chemistry receives a 4 million euro grant from the European Union’s Horizon funding programme. This enables the team to greatly strengthen the solar fuels and chemical community within Europe. 117290 Wed, 01 Jun 2022 13:25:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/light-catalyst-interactions-to-sense-and-steer-chemical-reactions AMOLF and Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� have been awarded a 1.9 M€ research project by NWO to develop radically new catalytic reactors using plasmonic systems. 116753 Mon, 16 May 2022 08:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/prof-bert-weckhuysen-wins-max-planck-frontier-award-2022 The Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (MPI CEC) has awarded this year’s Max Planck Frontier Award to Prof. Bert Weckhuysen. 116721 Wed, 11 May 2022 11:28:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/enlightening-ammonia-production-new-catalyst-opens-up-routes-to-greener-chemistry Researchers from Utrecht and Eindhoven have now managed to make a catalyst that operates under moderate conditions and only contains carbon and potassium. 114738 Wed, 16 Mar 2022 14:31:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/it-is-not-black-and-white Bert Weckhuysen and assistant professors Eline Hutter and Freddy Rabouw reflect on rewards and incentives. What consequences do the changes have for them? 113905 Thu, 17 Feb 2022 11:35:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/researchers-design-unique-two-in-one-catalyst-to-make-carbon-neutral-transportation-fuels A team of researchers from Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� and Xiamen ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� in China have now shown how to make core-shell hollow-sphered materials that combine the required functions in a single catalyst particle, enabling tandem catalysis with unsurpassed performance. 113280 Thu, 27 Jan 2022 13:05:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/what-if-we-could-turn-co2-into-something-useful Chemistry researchers have uncovered the mechanism behind cobalt oxide as an active component for CO₂ conversion. 112932 Fri, 14 Jan 2022 15:26:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/a-needle-in-a-haystack-weeding-out-dead-catalyst Researchers from Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� and ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� of Twente have developed a powerful analytical tool that marks dead catalyst particles for deletion. 112146 Thu, 09 Dec 2021 17:00:00 +0100 Nieuws