��Ƭ��Ƶ University News - Dept. of Chemistry

MC2 in Cordoba U

webfull — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 13:13:13 +0000

Representing ��Ƭ��Ƶ University’s Chemistry Department, the MC² facility, and the QCAM-FRQNT strategic cluster, Petr Fiurasek was honored to be invited to the University of Córdoba to deliver two lectures. One presentation was part of the advanced characterization course for physics master’s students. Beyond the scientific discussions, the visit aimed to foster collaboration between the University of Córdoba and Quebec universities through MITACS and various mobility programs

Published: 29 November 2024

Eric McCalla Na-ion battery research is in the news

webfull — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 15:56:33 +0000

The Eric McCalla lab's work improving Na-ion battery cathodes has been highlighted in a nice article and video by Patrick de Bellefeuille from MétéoMédia.

Published: 26 November 2024

Matt Harrington receives the 2024 Award for Excellence in Materials Research Chemical Institute of Canada

webfull — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 14:44:07 +0000

The Award for Research Excellence in Materials Chemistry is presented to a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant who has made an outstanding contribution to materials chemistry while working in Canada. Congratulations to Professor Matthew J. Harrington of ��Ƭ��Ƶ University on being the recipient of this award. https://buff.ly/48ZBMhp

Published: 26 November 2024

Thomas C. Preston awarded grant from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

webfull — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 15:20:42 +0000

Funding to support research on atmospheric aerosol particles and the emergence of life on Earth

Professor Thomas C. Preston -- jointly appointed to the departments of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Chemistry -- has been awarded a grant of USD$800,000 by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The grant will support Professor Preston’s research on atmospheric aerosol particles, with the goal of advancing understanding of the origin of life's building blocks on early Earth.

Published: 27 September 2024

New sustainable catalyst: Fast, selective, reductive conversion of CO2!

webfull — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 18:48:36 +0000

Anthropogenic climate change drastically affects our planet, with CO₂ being the most critical gaseous driver. Here, we present a fast, effective, and sustainable route for coupling diverse alcohols, amines and amides with CO₂ via heterogenization of a natural metal-based homogeneous catalyst through decorating on functionalized graphene oxide. Combined synthetic, experimental, and theoretical studies unravel mechanistic routes to convergent 4‑electron reduction of CO₂ under mild conditions.

Published: 24 September 2024

Highly functionalized all-cellulose nanocomposites via bacteria-enabled in-situ modifications

webfull — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:28:23 +0000

Dr. Seyed Mohammad Amin Ojagh, from Prof. van de Ven's research group and his colleagues, introduced a novel class of highly functionalized nanocellulose-based materials for diverse applications, recently published in the Chemical Engineering Journal. This study involved the in-situ modification of bacterial cellulose (BC) with hairy nanocellulose (HNC), resulting in nanocomposites with enhanced physicochemical properties compared to BC alone.

Published: 12 September 2024

From Windy City to wilderness champion

webfull — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 15:46:46 +0000

In the heart of Lanaudière, Quebec, a 233-hectare tract of wilderness stands as a living testament to the resilience of nature and the generous stewardship of ��Ƭ��Ƶ chemistry professor Linda Reven.

Published: 5 August 2024

The Faculty of Science Excellence award goes to... Chantal!

webfull — Mon, 27 May 2024 17:39:14 +0000

Kudos to Chantal who received the Faculty of Science Excellence award, a testament to her exceptional contributions to our graduate students and department at large over the past 38 years. Chantal's work is multifaceted, and the success of our nowadays well over 230 Graduate Student Population hinges in great part on her relentless work in our department.

Published: 27 May 2024

Nanoplastics in Water: Artificial Intelligence-Assisted 4D Physicochemical Characterization and Rapid In Situ Detection

webfull — Tue, 07 May 2024 13:28:13 +0000

For the first time, The Ariya lab present a much-needed technology for the in situ and real-time detection of nanoplastics in aquatic systems.
We show an artificial intelligence-assisted nanodigital in-line holographic microscopy (AI-assisted nano-DIHM) that automatically classifies nano- and microplastics simultaneously from nonplastic particles within milliseconds in stationary and dynamic natural waters, without sample preparation.

Published: 7 May 2024

A para- to meta-isomerization of phenols

webfull — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 13:36:45 +0000

Phenols are a common functional group of many naturally occurring and biologically active molecules, including many that are part of the human diet. In 2020 alone, ~60% of small molecule drugs approved by the FDA contained a phenol or a closely related phenolic ether, underscoring their importance to the pharmaceutical industry.

Published: 17 April 2024