2022

"Extremely sensitive nano-sensors can detect trace amounts of molecules"

Our paper 'Silica-Coated Gold Nanorod Supraparticles: A Tunable Platform for Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy' got pulished in Advanced Functional Materials.

UU Press Release: https://www.uu.nl/en/news/extremely-sensitive-nano-sensors-can-detect-trace-amounts-of-molecules

2021

"Multidisciplinary cooperation leads to catalysts that are up to 50 times more effective"

Our paper "Unlocking Synergy in Bimetallic Catalysts by Core–Shell Design" got published in Nature Materials: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-021-00996-3

UU Press Release: https://www.uu.nl/en/news/multidisciplinary-cooperation-leads-to-catalysts-that-are-up-to-50-times-more-effective 

c&en news item: https://cen.acs.org/synthesis/catalysis/Core-shell-catalysts-made-2/99/i17 

2017

"Carbon monoxide sets platinum atoms in motion"

Utrecht scholar Jessi van der Hoeven plays major role in publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

UU Press Release: https://www.uu.nl/en/news/carbon-monoxide-sets-platinum-atoms-in-motion