Month: November 2025

New MSCA postdoctoral project for Francesco Zaccaria

On October 1st, Dr. Francesco Zaccaria started his MSCA post-doctoral project entitled Recyclable polymers based on hybrid bicyclic lactones prepared by selective sp3 C-H activation (REPOLHYCA) under the supervision of Prof. Miquel Costas at the Institute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis (IQCC) of the University of Girona (UdG). This 2-year fellowship will allow Dr. Francesco Zaccaria

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Cover Chemical Science on Mimicking sMMOH chemistry: trapping the Sc3+-bound nonheme FeIII–O–O–FeIII adduct prior to its conversion into an FeIV2(m-O)2 core

The Chem. Sci. journal features on its front cover of the November 2025 issue the research article “Mimicking sMMOH chemistry: trapping the Sc3+-bound nonheme FeIII–O–O–FeIII adduct prior to its conversion into an FeIV2(m-O)2 core” by Prof Marcel Swart in collaboration with  Prof. Lawrence Que (University of Minnesota).   Di-iron systems that activate O2 to form high-valent, oxo-bridged FeIV2 or FeIIIFeIV products

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Science Week – Diada de Sant Albert at IQCC and Science Faculty UdG 2025

Every year in November, the IQCC is organizing together with the Scientific Culture and Digital Communication (C4D) unit of the UdG some activities for Science Week with the aim to bring our science closer to the Girona general public. Last Friday, November 14, 2025, the Diada de Sant Albert took place at Science Faculty of UdG. The

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Cover Chemical Science on Enhancing the Statistical Probability Factor in Triplet-Triplet Annihiltaion Photon Upconversion via TIPS Functionalization

The Chem. Sci. journal features on its front cover of the November 2025 issue the research article “Enhancing the Statistical Probability Factor in Triplet-Triplet Annihiltaion Photon Upconversion via TIPS Functionalization” by Prof Miquel Solà in collaboration with  Kasper Moth-Poulsen group.   This work shows the infl uence of triisopropylsilyl functionalization on annihilators in triplet–triplet annihilation photon upconversion, specifi

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