Science Double Feature: Two PhD defences in one day

On December 6th, 2024 we celebrated the successful PhD defences of Lennart Sobota and Maximilian Gerwin.
(more…)How catalysts secretly lose their stability

Covalent organic framework compounds are more active than one would expect as catalysts. Researchers from the Ruhr University Bochum and the Max Planck Institutes for Solid State Research (MPI-FKF) and Sustainable Materials (MPI-NM) recently decoded what can be the reason.
(more…)Business College 2024

Dr. Jan Clausmeyer, Science Manager of the NanoEC group gave his insights into potential non-university career paths at a panel discussion for students of Natural and Life Sciences during the business college 2024 on Nov 11, held at the RUB
Posterprice

Congratulations to Andriana for winning the poster prize at the SAS 2024 conference in Taipei for her work on ns laser treated reverse micelles!
Toward an informative comparison of heterogeneous, synthetic, and biological electrocatalysis in energy conversion
Lars J.C. Jeuken, Dennis G.H. Hetterscheid, Marc T.M. Koper, Carla Casadevall, Christophe Léger, Antoni Llobet, Ross D. Milton, Ryuhei Nakamura, Kristina Tschulik
Multimodal nanoparticle analysis enabled by a polymer electrolyte nanopore combined with nanoimpact electrochemistry
Barbecue

We took the chance to barbecue on a sunny day. Nice food prepared by ourselves, drinks and games gave a perfect after-lab event…
(more…)Surfactant assisted exfoliation of near infrared fluorescent silicate nanosheets
Bjoern Hill, Smitha Abraham, Anas Akhtar, Gabriele Selvaggio, Kristina Tschulik and Sebastian Kruss
RSC Adv., 2023,13, 20916-20925
NRW 2024 Innovation Congress

On the panel “Erfolgreiche Zusammenarbeit – Wissens- und Technologietransfer in der Praxis” Kristina Tschulik, spokesperson for the SFB/Transregio 247 and director of the Start4Chem incubator, reported on successes and hurdles in the transfer from research to industry.
(more…)ChemInnovation Summit

The first ChemInnovation Summit organised by Start4Chem took place in the Worldfactory Start-up Centre (WSC).
An engaging Gallery Walk featuring experts and partners from the chemistry ecosystem, 10 innovative start-up teams pitching for micro-subsidies, and plenty of networking formed a fantastic atmosphere.
DESY 2024

Once again this year, our group members Andriana Loukovitou, Paolo Cignoni, Gabriel Boitel-Aullen, Johanna Angona and Luca Sicking traveled to the DESY in Hamburg to carry out SAXS measurements.
Accompanying service of Ruhr-University Bochum
Anyone who feels unsafe or uncomfortable on the way to the parking garage, bicycle rack or bus stop on the campus of Ruhr University Bochum can request accompaniment from the accompanying service.
(more…)Paolos defense

Paolo Cignoni has completed his doctorate with distinction and defended his thesis with flying colors. Congratulations to him!
Start4Chem Chem Slam @RUB WORLDFACTORY

Two members of our group, Anas Akhtar and Christoph Kaiser, participated in the “Chem Slam – Science Slam for Chemists”, organized by Start4Chem in the RUB Makerspace @WORLDFACTORY.
(more…)TeamEvent: Christmas Party @RUB WorldFactory

Our Christmas party this year took place at the RUB WorldFactory. We started creative in the MakerSpace, heard some lectures and finished together with a nice dinner…
(more…)Validating Electrochemical Active Surface Area Determination of Nanostructured Electrodes: Surface Oxide Reduction on AuPd Nanoparticles

Impact of the Electrochemically Inert Furan Ring on the Oxidation of the Alcohol and Aldehyde Functional Group of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF)

244th ECS Meeting

Measurements at DESY

Team Event: Picnic at river Ruhr

Investigating the Influence of Treatments on Carbon Felts for Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries
Electrochemical Aldehyde Oxidation at Gold Electrodes: gem-Diol, Non-Hydrated Aldehyde and Diolate as Electroactive Species

Validation of in-situ diagnostics for the detection of OH and H2O2 in liquids treated by a humid atmospheric pressure plasma jet

Poster award for Annika Just at ElecNano 2023

Team Event: Beachvolleyball

ACS Catalysis’ editors team just welcomed Prof. Dr. Kristina Tschulik!

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International Press Article
Our research on oxidation catalysis in collaboration with the Pentcheva group from UDE caught the attention of international press.Can you find the three mistakes they’ve added to the text??
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International Press Article

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Cubes outperform spheres as catalyst particles

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PhD defense Niclas Blanc

Career Day at NanoEC: Opportunities Outside of Academia



RESOLV Klausurtagung 2022

Measurements at DESY

PhD defence Kevin Wonner

PhD defence Max Jaugstetter

Presentation at the PowertoX Workshop

Collaborative Research Center/Transregio SFB/TRR 247 extended by German Research Foundation for four years

You can find the full press release here.
Operando electrochemical SERS monitors nanoparticle reactions by capping agent fingerprints

PhD defence Markus Kratz

Dissertation Kannasoot

From Top-Level Science to Top-Level Business
Are you interested in the topic of starting a business and/or can see yourself taking an alternative career path?Then the seminar “From Top-Level Science to Top-Level Business” from Start4Chem is the right choice for you.
You get the opportunity to work on your own ideas in interdisciplinary teams. We will provide you with the necessary tools and insights to bring your idea to life. We will give you access to the basics of entrepreneurial thinking and you will explore your own entrepreneurial potential.
The registration is open until the 25th october via e-campus.
See flyer for more details
Mahnaz Dissertation

Congratulations Christian

Welcome to our group

Outreach MINT TANK

Congratulations Zhibin

Available PhD positions
The graduate school “Confinement-controlled Chemistry“ is looking for top-class graduate students (m/f/d) with an interest in exploring the influence of geometrical confinement on reactions. Twelve PhD positions with 19,91 hours/week E13 TV-L for 3 years are available in the fields of supra-molecular chemistry, synchroton X-ray spectroscopy, advanced vibrational spectroscopy, single molecule imaging, and free energy simulations.For further details please refer to the website of confinement-controlled-chemistry.de or Stellenwerk Bochum
Master courses in WS 20/21
Because of the current situation, this semster the lecture “Advanced Methods in Electroanalytical Chemistry I” takes place as digital lecture only.You can find information about this in the moodle course.
Furthermore, we would like to draw your attention to the two Start4Chem master courses:
From top-level research to top-level business
Out of the chemistry lab and up to the escape room!
Kristina Tschulik is selected for ERC Grant
We are very happy that our project “Microfluidic Tuning of Individual Nanoparticles to Understand and Improve Electrocatalysis” was selected for the Starting Grant of the European Research Council (ERC).There is a (german only) article on the news.RUB site which gives a nice summary of the project and its contents and an english article on the RESOLV website.
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Welcome Pouya
We are very happy that today Pouya H. Yazdeli joins our team for a postdoc position after doing his PhD at the university in Oldenburg.Kristina Tschulik has been elected into the NRW-Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts

You can find the full article in German on the NEWS.RUB page.
Julia Linnemann re-joins our Team
We warmly welcome Julia Linnemann at the NanoEC research group. She will establish a junior research group focusing on shape-dependent electrochemistry in the context of energy storage and conversion.Invitation to the 70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

Here, he will meet around 70 Nobel Laureates from interdiciplinary topics which matches very nicely his current research on merging engineering and scientific knowledge to develop fundamental tools for deeper understanding in single-entity electrochemistry.
Team event: Escape room



New EU Project

Congratulations Dr. Abdel

NanoEC christmas party


Dissertation & Defence En Ning Saw

Opening event Start4Chem

Part of this is the lecture series “From top-level reseach to top-level business”.
A more detailed report can be found on the RESOLV site or (in german) on the NEWS-Site of RUB.
Teambuilding event – beach volleyball

Gordon Research Conference, Switzerland

At the conference with the topic “New Perspectives of Nanostructured Devices and High-Resolution Characterization Techniques” in Switzerland, Kevin presented his research on a poster and Kristina gave her invited talk. In between the sessions there was time for coffee & discussion while enjoying the stunning view.
ECHEMS meeting in Oléron

PhD position – “Heterogeneous Oxidation Catalysis in the Liquid Phase”
We are looking for a PhD student / postgraduate researcher (m/f/d) for project A2 within the collaborative research Center Transregio 247 (SFB TRR 247) “Heterogeneous Oxidation Catalysis in the Liquid Phase”, which is funded by the German Research Foundation DFG.Please find all information about the position and the application process on the project homepage.
Two new RUB-News articles

In the articles “Silbernanopartikel – ein Problem für die Umwelt?” and “Den Star unter den Nanopartikeln finden” new results of our nanoparticle research are shown.
The articles are only available in german.
Job vacancy: Two postdoctoral positions
As part of the FP-RESOMUS program, our group offers two postdoctoral positions focusing on “A novel spectro-electrochemical cell for VCD measurements: Chiral radical anions and their optical properties” and “Tracking charge transfer processes at nanoparticles by in situ electrochemical fluorescence and AFM”.For conditions, description as well as applicant information, please refer to the project page.
Job vacancy: “Early stage researcher opportunity”
As part of the SENTINEL program, our group offers a position as “early stage researcher” focusing on “Nanoscale Electrocatalysis with Nano Impacts”.For conditions, description as well as applicant information, please refer to the job advertisement or the project page.
New year – new people
Just in time for the start of the new year, we are pleased about the growth of our group.We are pleased to welcome our new secretary Melanie Fabri, who will support us in the future with all administrative tasks. Furthermore, we are pleased about Jazlynn who visits us for a few months as an exchange scientist from the USA, about Andrii and Yaroslav who carry out their in-depth practicals with us and Maili who is doing a pupil internship in our group.
Kevin Wonner recieves Wilke-Award
Congratulations to Kevin Wonner for receiving the Wilke-Award for Best Master’s Degree in 2018 in Chemistry. The prize was presented as part of the graduation ceremony 2018 on December 14th.We are pleased that he now also starts his PhD in the working group.
Electrochemistry 2018

The conference topic is: “Electrochemical Surface Science: From Fundamentals to Applications”.
Mathies wins poster award

His poster about ‘Nanoreactor impact Experiments for Electrochemical Particle Deposition’ was awarded with one of the poster prizes. What a worthwhile trip to Bologna.
ISE 2018
Kevin, Julia, Mathies, Kristina, Saw, Kannasoot and Abdel are not only enjoing the scientific exchange in Bologna at the annual ISE meeting, they also follow the historic tracks of Luigi Galvani, but without harming any frogs.

Conference time

This week Kristina and several of our PhDs are at the 69th Annual ISE Meeting in Bologna – Italy to give talks and present their research on posters.
Kristina was awarded the “Early Career Analytical Electrochemistry Prize of ISE Division 1”.
New PhD student

We’re on the cover of Chemistry A European Journal
Our cover picture for “Chemistry A European Journal” has been accepted and published. The cover picture is related to our paper “Deciphering the Surface Composition and the Internal Structure of Alloyed Silver-Gold Nanoparticles” and can be found here.Inauguration of Kristina Tschulik
Prof. Dr. Kristina Tschulik has been inaugurated as a full professor today. With this she becomes chairholder of the new chair of “Analytical Chemistry II for Electrochemistry and Nanoscale Materials”.Furthermore, we are happy to welcome Julia Linnemann as post-doc scientist in our group and wish her all the best and hope for good collaboration.
Kristina Tschulik receives Hellmuth-Fischer medal

The ceremony took place in the context of the Fischer Symposium in Kloster Seeon.
For more information visit the news.rub page.
International Fischer Symposium – Kloster Seeon

Main topics of the conference are:
- interface structure and dynamics
- electrocatalysis
- electrodeposition of nanomaterials
- functionalized electrodes
- electrochemical nanostructuring
- new methods for nanoscale studies
Open positions
Currently, there are open positions in our group in the project of “Confinement-controlled Chemistry”.Projects B2 (Altered Electrochemistry in 0D Confinement) and B3 (Altered Electrochemistry in 1D Confinement) ar available in this working group.
You can find detailed information about the projects and the aplication on the homepage of the Gradiertenkolleg.
COST e-MINDS Training School in Hungary

- Organic and bio-organic functionalization of electrodes
- Deposition modes and bath formulation
- Numerical simulations in electrochemistry
Mathies research visit in Moscow

For saying goodbye we went to a shushi restaurant together.
Saws research visit in Zürich

New Website
We rebuilt and redesigned our website so that it is now a responsive design which can be displayed on mobile devices.We apologize for possible bugs or problems with the new site and are happy to receive your feedback or bug reports to the contact address.
COST e-MINDS Workshop – Barcelona, Spain

Kristina Tschulik receives an invited guest professorship of Université Paris Diderot
This allows her to join the ITODYS laboratory for 6 weeks, experience the vibrant electrochemistry community in Paris and visit the many world-leading electrochemistry research groups located in and around Paris. Université Paris DiderotKristina Tschulik receives Joachim-Walther-Schultze Prize

Moving to the ZEMOS

We moved to the new ZEMOS, the Center for Solvation Science!
In this building, researchers are dedicated to understanding and exploiting solvation in chemical processes, connecting solvation dynamics with biomolecular function, and studying the ion solvation and charge transfer at interfaces. Here you can see the first impressions.



Paper of the Month Award

New Scholars

We would like to congratulate our PhD students En Ning Saw and Abdelilah El-Arrassi on each winning a scholarship! En Ning Saw is now a scholar of the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV in which scientists investigate solvation at a fundamental level of chemistry, physics and engineering. Abdelilah El-Arrassi became a scholar of the Avicenna Studienwerk, which funds outstandingly talented and socially engaged muslim students in all fields of studies.
September 2015 – Start in Bochum
