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Electrons lag behind the nucleus ethz.ch/en/news-and-ev… via @eth

Great to see an interesting #MXene physics paper by Sergej Neb, Alexey Fedorov, and co-authors in @ScienceMagazine on January 1. A great start to the year for the @2dMxenes community! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

KH/C under H₂ selectively removes methyl groups from methylaromatics in preference to higher alkyls, opposite to classical methods. See the work by @puyangtian in @angew_chem for a fresh take on alkylaromatic chemistry: doi.org/10.1002/anie.2…

📣 Call for Abstracts. The 19th European Powder Diffraction Conference will take place in Crans-Montana, 🇨🇭, 23–26 June 2026. We look forward to receiving your contributions. epdic19.com/page/informati…

The last (published) PhD work in @GroupLese. Combining decent in situ XAS (@DiamondLightSou ) and online ECMS (@SpectroInlets ), we broke the "quandary in activity" of Ir-based electrocatalysts and understand the evolved active phase under OER. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

@YiHsuanWu5 completed the chemistry grand slam (i.e. one paper each in JACS, Angewandte and Chem Sci.). His final paper rationalizes the role of metal substitution in tuning the activity of IrOx based catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

We welcome Luca in our team. He will be working on methanol synthesis via CO2 hydrogenation.

Javier and Jerome are kicking off the annual NCCR review meeting!

Studying the silica–alumina interface one #ALD cycle at a time: atomic mixing isolates Al³⁺ sites and tunes Lewis/Brønsted acidity. Solid-state NMR (via @PANACEA_NMR) + collab w/ @CoperetGroup reveal how Al–O–Si coordination shapes catalysis. 👉 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Our traditional annual LESE group hike. This year in the Chur area. Very nice autumn atmosphere and lucky with the weather.

Well done Marcel, congrats on your poster prize👏

Congratulations to Annelies. She successfully defended her PhD today showing some wonderful work on MgO-based CO2 sorbents

Matthias and Puyang had the pleasure of representing LESE today at #fm25 of the SCS. We're looking forward to sharing their work more broadly once it's published. Stay tuned!

Our group is well represented at #Europacat 2025 in Trondheim, Norway, with Evgenia and Qin presenting their work!

In his final paper, Max takes a close look at the filling and regeneration of pores during CO2 capture and assesses the validity of the concept of critical product layer thickness sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Wonderful and insightful collaboration with the Comas Vives group on NiGa-based methanol synthesis catalysts

Structural Dynamics Behind the Formation of α′-Ni3Ga Alloy Nanoparticles from a Ni–Ga Phyllosilicate Dispersed on Silica Using X-ray Probes | Chemistry of Materials pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

🚀 We’re excited to announce the launch of the EPDIC19 webpage! Visit us here: epdic19.com The EPDIC19 page is now live: updates, event details, and everything you need to know about the upcoming 19th European Powder Diffraction Conference Stay connected! #EPDIC19

Thank you to @NatureComms for highlighting Alex's recent work nature.com/collections/ih…

Alex's first research paper aiming to understand how Na-based coatings on the surface of oxygen carriers can control selectivity in the chemical looping based oxidative dehydrogenation of propane is out: nature.com/articles/s4146…