ChemistryViews highlight - TAP data help understand diffusion in microporous catalysis

A popular online magazine of the European chemical societies - ChemistryViews - highlights a recent article in which theory and experiments are combined to unravel the beneficial effects of Brønsted acid sites on microporous diffusion of alkenes in zeotype catalysts. In order to confirm predictions from advanced theoretical calculations, the team used TAP measurements (NICE instrument) and transient NMR spectroscopy. These findings will improve our understanding of complex reaction-diffusion phenomena in microporous solids and will help designing better performing materials for sustainable processes in industry.

UiO hosts a virtual international seminar of Transient Kinetics, 26-28th April 2021

NICE provides access to the only Temporal Analysis of Products (TAP) instrument in the Nordics - a unique platform for transient kinetic characterization of chemically reactive surfaces. Instrument curators at UiO remain at the forefront of TAP methodology development and actively engage with the global community of scientists, who employ transient kinetic experiments in their research. The state-of-the-art in this exciting field will be discussed during a virtual seminar co-organized by the NICE’s TAP team: www.mn.uio.no/transient-kinetics-2021. We cordially invite you to join this event!

MAX-IV highlights a project involving NICE infrastructure

September, 2020 the collaboration between the TAPXPS team - users of the TAP facility in NICE, SPECIES beamline at MAX-IV, and Gent University on surface restructuring of PtSn nanoparticles was highlighted during the Annual MAX-IV user meeting (starting at 4:00).

Collaboration for better understanding of catalysts

NICE infrastructure enables a collaborative TAPXPS project between UiO, SINTEF, and MAX-IV laboratory, which aims at developing novel spectro-kinetic approaches to catalyst characterization. The collaboration, highlighted on MAX-IV website, provides an example of how National infrastructures strengthen user competencies at large-scale synchrotron radiation facilities and push the frontiers of science forward.