From Liquids to Soft Matter

Clara Saraceno will use her ERC Consolidator Grant to develop new methods for adjusting air plasma composition using ultrafast lasers. This revolutionizes light generation, but also other areas.

The aim of the “Mechanochem” project is to better understand chemical reactions without solvents and without heating and to set new standards in research.

Carbanions are highly reactive reagents. However, they can be stabilised by smart molecular design to open up new areas of application.

Kristina Tschulik’s team studies individual nanoparticles in order to use them as a model for optimized catalysts.

Solvents make up a large percentage of the waste generated by the chemical industry. Lars Borchardt can do without them altogether.

New sources of terahertz radiation should deliver previously unimagined insights into areas such as the behavior of water.

New catalysts will help to convert carbon dioxide or nitrogen oxides into useful or harmless substances.

The Cluster of Excellence RESOLV specialises in analyzing fundamental biological reactions in aqueous solutions.