Cluster of Excellence RESOLV
@solvationsci.bsky.social
RESOLV is a #ClusterOfExcellence #Exzellenzcluster in the German #ruhrarea. 200 #solvation scientists explore #solvent effects in #chemistry #biology #physics
Research opportunities for researchers at risk
RESOLV supports at-risk researchers who can no longer pursue their work in their home countries due to persecution or violence.
You can apply at any time. Details how to apply can be found here: www.solvation.de/education/re...
#SolvationScience
RESOLV supports at-risk researchers who can no longer pursue their work in their home countries due to persecution or violence.
You can apply at any time. Details how to apply can be found here: www.solvation.de/education/re...
#SolvationScience
January 7, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Research opportunities for researchers at risk
RESOLV supports at-risk researchers who can no longer pursue their work in their home countries due to persecution or violence.
You can apply at any time. Details how to apply can be found here: www.solvation.de/education/re...
#SolvationScience
RESOLV supports at-risk researchers who can no longer pursue their work in their home countries due to persecution or violence.
You can apply at any time. Details how to apply can be found here: www.solvation.de/education/re...
#SolvationScience
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Congrats to Juliana! She measures in ACS Nano the rate constants of nanosensors on the single molecule level. She found two kinetic pathways and one can use this knowledge for Kinetically Improved Sensor Selectivity (KISS). @solvationsci.bsky.social @ruhr-uni-bochum.de
tinyurl.com/738ypxf9
tinyurl.com/738ypxf9
Kinetic Insights Into Carbon Nanotube-Based Neurotransmitter Sensors by Single Molecule Experiments
Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are powerful building blocks for near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent biosensors. They can be chemically tailored to detect specific biomolecules. Their performance ...
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December 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Congrats to Juliana! She measures in ACS Nano the rate constants of nanosensors on the single molecule level. She found two kinetic pathways and one can use this knowledge for Kinetically Improved Sensor Selectivity (KISS). @solvationsci.bsky.social @ruhr-uni-bochum.de
tinyurl.com/738ypxf9
tinyurl.com/738ypxf9
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Check out Valeriia's elegant photochemistry approach in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social to incorporate quantum defects in nanomaterials without compromising quantum yield or making later biofunctionalization more challenging. Congrats! lnkd.in/eaxaECt6 @solvationsci.bsky.social @ruhr-uni-bochum.de
December 24, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Check out Valeriia's elegant photochemistry approach in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social to incorporate quantum defects in nanomaterials without compromising quantum yield or making later biofunctionalization more challenging. Congrats! lnkd.in/eaxaECt6 @solvationsci.bsky.social @ruhr-uni-bochum.de
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Right in time for X-mas 🎄: find #JustAccepted in @jacs.acspublications.org how @shingkwam.bsky.social stuffs crown ether-decorated Pd2L4 cages with cations and anions at the same time!
Happy Holidays! @tu-dortmund.de
@solvationsci.bsky.social @grk2376.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1021/jacs...
Happy Holidays! @tu-dortmund.de
@solvationsci.bsky.social @grk2376.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1021/jacs...
December 23, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Right in time for X-mas 🎄: find #JustAccepted in @jacs.acspublications.org how @shingkwam.bsky.social stuffs crown ether-decorated Pd2L4 cages with cations and anions at the same time!
Happy Holidays! @tu-dortmund.de
@solvationsci.bsky.social @grk2376.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1021/jacs...
Happy Holidays! @tu-dortmund.de
@solvationsci.bsky.social @grk2376.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1021/jacs...
🎄 Season's Greetings 🎄
We did it again!
This has been a very successful year for the RESOLV team. Thank you all for your continued support and numerous contributions.
Looking forward to the start of a new era in 2026. 🚀
We wish you all the best and a successful new year! 🍀
We did it again!
This has been a very successful year for the RESOLV team. Thank you all for your continued support and numerous contributions.
Looking forward to the start of a new era in 2026. 🚀
We wish you all the best and a successful new year! 🍀
December 15, 2025 at 7:22 AM
🎄 Season's Greetings 🎄
We did it again!
This has been a very successful year for the RESOLV team. Thank you all for your continued support and numerous contributions.
Looking forward to the start of a new era in 2026. 🚀
We wish you all the best and a successful new year! 🍀
We did it again!
This has been a very successful year for the RESOLV team. Thank you all for your continued support and numerous contributions.
Looking forward to the start of a new era in 2026. 🚀
We wish you all the best and a successful new year! 🍀
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Check out Björn's cool insights into near infrared signals from photosensitizers. It is correlated but does not origin from singlet oxygen. The signal is present in all samples we looked at (labeled vesicles, plants,...). @solvationsci.bsky.social @ruhr-uni-bochum.de tinyurl.com/5dvsrnde
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Check out Björn's cool insights into near infrared signals from photosensitizers. It is correlated but does not origin from singlet oxygen. The signal is present in all samples we looked at (labeled vesicles, plants,...). @solvationsci.bsky.social @ruhr-uni-bochum.de tinyurl.com/5dvsrnde
NRW Science Minister Ina Brandes visits RESOLV
Last week, the North Rhine-Westphalian Minister of Culture and Science visited us. A laboratory tour and discussions with our scientists provided insights into solvation research and plans for speeding up the transfer of research results into practice.
Last week, the North Rhine-Westphalian Minister of Culture and Science visited us. A laboratory tour and discussions with our scientists provided insights into solvation research and plans for speeding up the transfer of research results into practice.
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
NRW Science Minister Ina Brandes visits RESOLV
Last week, the North Rhine-Westphalian Minister of Culture and Science visited us. A laboratory tour and discussions with our scientists provided insights into solvation research and plans for speeding up the transfer of research results into practice.
Last week, the North Rhine-Westphalian Minister of Culture and Science visited us. A laboratory tour and discussions with our scientists provided insights into solvation research and plans for speeding up the transfer of research results into practice.
Academia meets industry
Yesterday, we welcomed around 100 scientists and company representatives to celebrate the World Science Day for Peace and Development at our annual networking event. This year’s focus: young researchers and career opportunities in industry.
#SolvationScience #WorldScienceDay
Yesterday, we welcomed around 100 scientists and company representatives to celebrate the World Science Day for Peace and Development at our annual networking event. This year’s focus: young researchers and career opportunities in industry.
#SolvationScience #WorldScienceDay
November 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Academia meets industry
Yesterday, we welcomed around 100 scientists and company representatives to celebrate the World Science Day for Peace and Development at our annual networking event. This year’s focus: young researchers and career opportunities in industry.
#SolvationScience #WorldScienceDay
Yesterday, we welcomed around 100 scientists and company representatives to celebrate the World Science Day for Peace and Development at our annual networking event. This year’s focus: young researchers and career opportunities in industry.
#SolvationScience #WorldScienceDay
New opportunity for Early Career Researchers!
🚀 Our Integrated Graduate School Solvation Science (iGSS) and DAAD offer again two PhD scholarships for international doctoral students.
❗Complete your application by December 7, 2025!
➡️ More information: www.solvation.de/career/gradu...
🚀 Our Integrated Graduate School Solvation Science (iGSS) and DAAD offer again two PhD scholarships for international doctoral students.
❗Complete your application by December 7, 2025!
➡️ More information: www.solvation.de/career/gradu...
GSSP Application Information: RESOLV
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November 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
New opportunity for Early Career Researchers!
🚀 Our Integrated Graduate School Solvation Science (iGSS) and DAAD offer again two PhD scholarships for international doctoral students.
❗Complete your application by December 7, 2025!
➡️ More information: www.solvation.de/career/gradu...
🚀 Our Integrated Graduate School Solvation Science (iGSS) and DAAD offer again two PhD scholarships for international doctoral students.
❗Complete your application by December 7, 2025!
➡️ More information: www.solvation.de/career/gradu...
Dual degree graduation at RESOLV
Recently, our first dual degree student completed successfully his master’s degree. Congratulations!
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Recently, our first dual degree student completed successfully his master’s degree. Congratulations!
www.solvation.de/news/current...
#SolvationScience
November 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Dual degree graduation at RESOLV
Recently, our first dual degree student completed successfully his master’s degree. Congratulations!
www.solvation.de/news/current...
#SolvationScience
Recently, our first dual degree student completed successfully his master’s degree. Congratulations!
www.solvation.de/news/current...
#SolvationScience
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Out now in @pccp.rsc.org 🥳: Deborah tackles the challenge of computing the VCD spectra of tartaric acid and the dianionic tartrate in water. She shows that few water molecules and a micro-solvation approach are not sufficient!
doi.org/10.1039/D5CP...
@solvationsci.bsky.social #VCDspectroscopy
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@solvationsci.bsky.social #VCDspectroscopy
Vibrational circular dichroism of tartaric acid in water
Although tartaric acid (TA) and its esters have been among the first molecules to be characterized by means of VCD spectroscopy, the experimental spectra of TA recorded in water have not yet been repr...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Out now in @pccp.rsc.org 🥳: Deborah tackles the challenge of computing the VCD spectra of tartaric acid and the dianionic tartrate in water. She shows that few water molecules and a micro-solvation approach are not sufficient!
doi.org/10.1039/D5CP...
@solvationsci.bsky.social #VCDspectroscopy
doi.org/10.1039/D5CP...
@solvationsci.bsky.social #VCDspectroscopy
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The tour continues in Switzerland!🇨🇭Thanks to Dr. Schörgenhumer at the University of Zurich for the afternoon tour and his helpful conversations as @solvationsci.bsky.social builds up their HTE and Automation capabilities!
April 9, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The tour continues in Switzerland!🇨🇭Thanks to Dr. Schörgenhumer at the University of Zurich for the afternoon tour and his helpful conversations as @solvationsci.bsky.social builds up their HTE and Automation capabilities!
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The last stop of the tour was an excellent visit to EPFL and the SwissCat+ West team. Thanks to Dr. Miéville and Dr. Di Leone for the constructive chat and a tour of their remarkable lab! @solvationsci.bsky.social #Chemsky 🧪
April 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
The last stop of the tour was an excellent visit to EPFL and the SwissCat+ West team. Thanks to Dr. Miéville and Dr. Di Leone for the constructive chat and a tour of their remarkable lab! @solvationsci.bsky.social #Chemsky 🧪
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A paper with a Queen song title? Check! (Even though that was an easy one).
We've investigated the high pressure behavior of halogen bonding and found some unexpected solvent @solvationsci.bsky.social dependence:
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
We've investigated the high pressure behavior of halogen bonding and found some unexpected solvent @solvationsci.bsky.social dependence:
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Halogen Bonding in Solution: Under Pressure
The first study of the high-pressure behavior of organic halogen bond donors in solution is presented: HP-NMR titrations were performed in various solvents, primarily with a neutral tridentate halogen...
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August 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
A paper with a Queen song title? Check! (Even though that was an easy one).
We've investigated the high pressure behavior of halogen bonding and found some unexpected solvent @solvationsci.bsky.social dependence:
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
We've investigated the high pressure behavior of halogen bonding and found some unexpected solvent @solvationsci.bsky.social dependence:
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Finally out in @pccp.rsc.org: Our VCD study on Ace-Trp-nPr describes an approach to guide the micro-solvation based spectra analyis with data on conformational and solvation preferences obtained from MD simulations.
▶️ doi.org/10.1039/D5CP...
@grk2376.bsky.social @solvationsci.bsky.social
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@grk2376.bsky.social @solvationsci.bsky.social
A VCD study on micro-solvation and self-aggregation of N-acetyl tryptophan propylamide
The analysis of VCD spectra recorded in hydrogen bonding solvents often requires the explicit consideration of solute–solvent interactions in the DFT-based spectral calculations. While such a micro-so...
doi.org
September 18, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Finally out in @pccp.rsc.org: Our VCD study on Ace-Trp-nPr describes an approach to guide the micro-solvation based spectra analyis with data on conformational and solvation preferences obtained from MD simulations.
▶️ doi.org/10.1039/D5CP...
@grk2376.bsky.social @solvationsci.bsky.social
▶️ doi.org/10.1039/D5CP...
@grk2376.bsky.social @solvationsci.bsky.social
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Proudly presenting our new🔥paper in @chemcomm.rsc.org : We characterize halogen-bonded complexes of ITFE and various phosphines by means of matrix isolation IR spectroscopy in para-hydrogen.
doi.org/10.1039/D5CC...
@grk2376.bsky.social @solvationsci.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1039/D5CC...
@grk2376.bsky.social @solvationsci.bsky.social
Matrix-isolation IR spectra of halogen–P and halogen–π complexes of phosphines and iodotrifluoroethylene (C2F3I)
The C [[double bond, length as m-dash]] C stretching mode of iodotrifluoroethylene (ITFE) serves as a marker for halogen-bonding (XB) interactions in complexes with phosphines. The formation of C–I⋯P ...
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October 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Proudly presenting our new🔥paper in @chemcomm.rsc.org : We characterize halogen-bonded complexes of ITFE and various phosphines by means of matrix isolation IR spectroscopy in para-hydrogen.
doi.org/10.1039/D5CC...
@grk2376.bsky.social @solvationsci.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1039/D5CC...
@grk2376.bsky.social @solvationsci.bsky.social
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Our manuscript from the Gessner group showing a new strategy to isolate anionic NHOs via ligand exchange is now published in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social. (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....). Thanks to all coauthors. @solvationsci.bsky.social @ruhr-uni-bochum.de.
#chemsky #maingroup #research
#chemsky #maingroup #research
Isolation of Anionic N‐Heterocyclic Olefins and Their Versatile Reactivity
A new synthetic approach to anionic N-heterocyclic olefins (NHOs) via ligand exchange of metalated ylides/diazomethanes with free carbenes is reported. The anionic NHOs adopt bent structures with del....
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October 7, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Our manuscript from the Gessner group showing a new strategy to isolate anionic NHOs via ligand exchange is now published in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social. (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....). Thanks to all coauthors. @solvationsci.bsky.social @ruhr-uni-bochum.de.
#chemsky #maingroup #research
#chemsky #maingroup #research
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Now online as 🌶️ Hot Paper 📄 in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social: see how we combine Pd(II) and Pt(II) nodes with dynamic covalent chemistry to assemble highly robust interpenetrated double cages capable of abstracting halides from organic substrates:
doi.org/10.1002/anie...
@solvationsci.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/anie...
@solvationsci.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Now online as 🌶️ Hot Paper 📄 in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social: see how we combine Pd(II) and Pt(II) nodes with dynamic covalent chemistry to assemble highly robust interpenetrated double cages capable of abstracting halides from organic substrates:
doi.org/10.1002/anie...
@solvationsci.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/anie...
@solvationsci.bsky.social
Welcome to RESOLV
Last week we welcomed new members to the RESOLV community to introduce the program and offer the opportunity to meet new colleagues. We wish you all a good start!
www.solvation.de/news/current...
#SolvationScience #iGSS #iMOS
Last week we welcomed new members to the RESOLV community to introduce the program and offer the opportunity to meet new colleagues. We wish you all a good start!
www.solvation.de/news/current...
#SolvationScience #iGSS #iMOS
Onboarding event for international students Autumn 2025
RESOLV’s biannual “On Board” event was held on October 18, 2025, welcoming the new members of the RESOLV community at the Gasometer Oberhausen, an impressive industrial monument built in the late 1920...
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October 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Welcome to RESOLV
Last week we welcomed new members to the RESOLV community to introduce the program and offer the opportunity to meet new colleagues. We wish you all a good start!
www.solvation.de/news/current...
#SolvationScience #iGSS #iMOS
Last week we welcomed new members to the RESOLV community to introduce the program and offer the opportunity to meet new colleagues. We wish you all a good start!
www.solvation.de/news/current...
#SolvationScience #iGSS #iMOS
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Klimaneutrale Chemie kommt bald aus Herne: Gemeinsam mit der Stadt Herne und Herne.Business wollen wir Spitzenforschung aus dem @solvationsci.bsky.social schneller in die Anwendung bringen.
👉 news.rub.de/transfer/202...
👉 news.rub.de/transfer/202...
July 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Klimaneutrale Chemie kommt bald aus Herne: Gemeinsam mit der Stadt Herne und Herne.Business wollen wir Spitzenforschung aus dem @solvationsci.bsky.social schneller in die Anwendung bringen.
👉 news.rub.de/transfer/202...
👉 news.rub.de/transfer/202...
On 08th July RESOLV hosted the Summer Optica Summit. Thanks to all the participants and speakers!
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July 9, 2025 at 8:28 AM
On 08th July RESOLV hosted the Summer Optica Summit. Thanks to all the participants and speakers!
www.solvation.de/news/current...
www.solvation.de/news/current...
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Check out Jan's paper @acs.org Anal. Chem. We developed a simulation to quantify advantages of the near infrared and use the insights to create a diagnostic test/device for levodopa in blood serum for better Parkinson's treatment. @ruhr-uni-bochum.de @solvationsci.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2zvhtxcr
June 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Check out Jan's paper @acs.org Anal. Chem. We developed a simulation to quantify advantages of the near infrared and use the insights to create a diagnostic test/device for levodopa in blood serum for better Parkinson's treatment. @ruhr-uni-bochum.de @solvationsci.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2zvhtxcr
"Hydrogen-Producing Catalysts Based on Ferredoxin Scaffolds" was published yesterday in Advanced Science.
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Miniaturized Hydrogen Production
Researchers have created a miniature biocatalyst for hydrogen production. It works efficiently with electrons from photosynthesis.
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June 18, 2025 at 7:36 AM
"Hydrogen-Producing Catalysts Based on Ferredoxin Scaffolds" was published yesterday in Advanced Science.
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"Terahertz-calorimetry spotlights the role of water in biological processes"
Published May 2025 in Nature Reviews Chemistry.
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Published May 2025 in Nature Reviews Chemistry.
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Thermodynamics in a Millionth of a Millionth of a Second
For the first time, the newly developed method of terahertz calorimetry makes it possible to experimentally examine the role of water in complex biological processes.
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June 18, 2025 at 7:16 AM
"Terahertz-calorimetry spotlights the role of water in biological processes"
Published May 2025 in Nature Reviews Chemistry.
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Published May 2025 in Nature Reviews Chemistry.
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