Their presentation highlighted the software tool MetaConfigurator as well as their latest publication from the INF project.

The session also provided an opportunity for an engaging discussion with the NFDI4Chem team on the future of data management in chemistry. Topics included sustainable RDM workflows, interoperability of data models, and community-driven approaches for improving the handling and reuse of scientific data.

The exchange emphasized the importance of collaborative efforts in advancing digital infrastructures and data standards for chemistry research.

Der Beitrag Data-Model-driven RDM workflows for Chemistry: a bottom-up approach erschien zuerst auf Collaborative Research Center 1333.

The conference, organized by ADUC, took place from March 2–4, 2026 in Essen and brought together researchers from across the chemical sciences to discuss current developments in chemistry research and education.

In his presentation, Endo highlighted approaches for structuring, managing, and analyzing synthesis data for metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) using data models, supporting more efficient and reproducible materials research within CRC 1333.

Der Beitrag Kenichi Endo at Chemiedozententagung 2026 erschien zuerst auf Collaborative Research Center 1333.

The CRC 1333 was represented by a number of speakers who presented on the key topic “Properties and Processes under Confinement”:

• Prof. Joris van Slageren “EPR investigations of Molecular Heterogeneous Catalysis in Confined Geometries”
• Prof. Anke Krüger “Nanostructured diamond for applications in photocatalysis”
• Dr. Johanna Bruckner “Tailor-made mesoporous support materials for catalysis in confinement on the example of the CO hydrogenation reaction”
• Prof. Niels Hansen “Leveraging molecular simulations to corroborate confinement effects observed in mesoporous materials”
• Dr. Julian Fischer “Small-Angle Scattering Analysis of Catalyst-Supporting Ionic Liquid Films in Ordered Mesoporous Silica”

Doctoral researcher Selina Itzigehl presented a poster on “Confinement-Controlled Surface Acidity in Ordered Mesoporous Aluminosilicates”.

The diverse contributions from CRC 1333 highlighted the central role of confinement effects in modern physical chemistry and fostered lively interdisciplinary exchange throughout the conference.

Der Beitrag CRC 1333 at the Bunsen Tagung 2026 erschien zuerst auf Collaborative Research Center 1333.

The meeting covered the full range of porous materials research—from synthesis and characterization to applications in catalysis, adsorption, energy storage, and process development.

CRC 1333 supported this year’s conference and contributed with a dedicated session highlighting current research within the Collaborative Research Centre. The conference was opened by CRC 1333 project leaders Prof. Bettina Lotsch and Prof. Simon Krause alongside Prof. Mika Lindén from the University of Ulm.

In the session “SFB-1333 – Catalysis in Confinement,” chaired by Jun.-Prof. Dr. Kenichi Endo (University of Stuttgart), CRC researchers presented recent results:

• Dr. Johanna Bruckner (University of Stuttgart) discussed the rational design of ordered mesoporous materials with tunable pore size and surface acidity via direct liquid crystal templating.
• Dr. Patrick Probst (University of Stuttgart) presented work on ring-expansion metathesis polymerization under confinement and the control of molecular weight in cyclic polymers.
• Samuel Van Gele (Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research) explored structural effects of post-synthetic linkage modification in COF-366-Co catalysts.

The conference provided an excellent platform for exchange within the German zeolite and porous materials community, and we thank the organizers and participants for the stimulating discussions.

Der Beitrag CRC 1333 Supports the 37th German Zeolite Conference in Stuttgart erschien zuerst auf Collaborative Research Center 1333.

The CRC 1333 was represented in several ways at this year’s Forum Wissenschaftskommunikation:

• At the Universität Stuttgart booth, connecting with conference participants.
• Through a poster and talk by Yasemin Polikar, MBA, on engaging new target groups in SciComm, featuring our exhibition “Was kann Katalyse?” as a hands-on example.
• With an interactive workshop by Samuel Van Gele, in collaboration with Juliane Braig from the theatre group Kanonenfutter and Isabella Kessel from the Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart, exploring ImprovTheatre as an innovative approach to science communication.

We left the conference inspired, energized, and full of new ideas for future projects. Many thanks to everyone who made these two days a fantastic space for learning, networking, and collaboration!

Der Beitrag CRC 1333 at Forum Wissenschaftskommunikation erschien zuerst auf Collaborative Research Center 1333.

Fabian Heck also had the opportunity to give a talk on his recent paper titled “Solvothermal Template-Induced Hierarchical Porosity in Covalent Organic Frameworks: A Pathway to Enhanced Diffusivity”. The paper, co-authored with the team of Prof. Sottmann within the CRC 1333, explores “pore engineering” in Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) and investigates its impact on diffusion, with subsequent effects on catalysis.

Der Beitrag CRC 1333 doctoral researchers @Spring Symposium – Cycling Chemistry in Münster erschien zuerst auf Collaborative Research Center 1333.

CRC 1333 Principal Investigator Prof. Sabine Laschat will represent the CRC 1333 and the University of Stuttgart as a research location in an invited talk at the 29th International Liquid Crystal Conference in Rio de Janeiro. The conference will take place from July 21 to July  26, 2024 and the title of Prof. Laschat’s talk is  “Chemistry under Confinement: Making the Impossible Possible”. 

Der Beitrag Sabine Laschat at ILLC 2024 erschien zuerst auf Collaborative Research Center 1333.

The new academic year 2024 of the Elite Academy for Chemistry and Material Science was kicked off by CRC 1333 principal investigator Jun.-Prof. Deven Estes and his research group. In front of a packed room with about 150 school students from all over Baden-Württemberg and the best students from Faculty 3, Jun.-Prof. Deven Estes explained how the carbon cycle can be closed again and how we can save our climate and the world.

As an introduction to the topic, Jun.-Professor Estes first showed some photos of how we imagine summer to be, e.g. a wonderful beach vacation, and how it will soon be: unbearably hot. We expect a snowy winter with good opportunities for skiing, but even at high altitudes we often find only green slopes and artificial snow is used to make downhill skiing possible. 

Scientific studies also show that the world as a whole has been warming significantly since the 1980s. This is consistent with the increasing amount of carbon dioxide in the air, as CO₂ is the main source of the increase in heat. If we do nothing about global warming, we can expect temperatures to rise by about 6°C. The climate in Germany would then be comparable to the current climate in Spain, while temperatures in India and the Sahara would rise to such an extent that it would be almost impossible to live there.

But how does CO₂ get into the air?

All living things contribute to the natural formation of CO₂ through the metabolism and exhalation of CO₂. Professor Estes demonstrated the presence of CO₂ in breath through a small experiment: three volunteers from the auditorium were asked to blow through special tubes into a solution containing bromothymol blue as an indicator. The color of the indicator solution changed from blue to green as carbon dioxide accumulated.

​The amount of CO₂ in the air is also significantly increased by anthropogenic production in the form of burning fossil fuels, agriculture and industry. The cheapest method is usually used, which is not necessarily the best for the environment.

The next part of the lecture was about removing CO₂ from the air to stop global warming. We all learned in school that photosynthesis removes CO₂ from the air. However, some members of the audience may have been surprised to learn that only 20% of photosynthesis is done by green plants. 70-80% is done by microorganisms in the water. This is why adjusting the pH level of the water is particularly important

There are several options on how the amount of CO₂  in the atmosphere can be reduced:

•  the use of renewable energy, conservation and changes in the industrial culture
• to capture and reuse CO₂
• to store CO₂ underground, where it could react again to form lime within thousands of years

Another option was was demonstrated by Jun.-Prof Estes in an impressive experiment: zeolites can also store carbon dioxide.

The last part of the lecture was about making CO₂ usable again. Jun.-Prof. Estes showed some examples here, e.g. the production of plastics or the formation of formic acid or methanol as important chemical raw materials.

However, when you consider that billions of tons of CO₂ are involved, it quickly becomes clear that there is no simple, single solution, but that all possible avenues must be explored to combat climate change. It is important that the different paths become economically attractive, which will often only be possible by changing the law.

Jun.-Prof. Estes concluded: “We must act now, before it is too late.”

Der Beitrag Elite Academy for Chemistry and Material Science – Experimental Lecture Estes Group: “CO₂ Chemistry: How to Close the Carbon Cycle” erschien zuerst auf Collaborative Research Center 1333.

The UGM brings together users of the MDAnalysis package from different communities. Their goal is to foster an opportunity to connect for interdisciplinary researchers and developers across biomolecular simulations, soft matter, biophysics and more. 

More information can be found here.

Talk Abstract

MAICoS is the acronym for Molecular Analysis for Interfacial and Confined Systems. It is an object-oriented python toolkit for analysing the structure and dynamics of interfacial and confined fluids from molecular simulations. Combined with MDAnalysis, MAICoS can be used to extract density profiles, dielectric constants, structure factors, or transport properties from trajectories files, including LAMMPS, GROMACS, CHARMM or NAMD data. MAICoS is open source and is released under the GNU general public license v3.0.

Der Beitrag MAICoS: A Toolkit for the Molecular Analysis of Interfacial and Confined Systems erschien zuerst auf Collaborative Research Center 1333.

The APT&M conference, which took place from September 17-21, 2023 is a major international forum in the field of Atom Probe Tomography & Microscopy and its applications. Topics of interest include fundamental physics; laser-matter interactions; heat transfer and optical properties at the nanoscale; reconstruction methods; modelling and computational methods; nano-scale characterization of (functional) materials and nanostructures (metals, non-metals, semiconductors, ceramics, organics, biological, liquids); sample preparation, instrumentation and technique development; field ion microscopy (FIM); correlative andcombined techniques (TEM, SIMS, etc.); and more.

More information can be found here.

Talk Abstract

The  development of Cryo-FIB enabled studies of various delicate samples of high interest, such as SEI [1], ferritin [2], porous borosilicate [3] or bio-molecules in aqueous solution [4]. Generally, organic materials exhibit complex mass spectra and a strong dependence on measurement conditions. Following our earlier measurements of frozen liquids,  we are studying the evaporation and fragmentation of different liquid crystals. In detail, 5CB (4′-Pentyl-4-biphenylcarbonitrile) and 8CB (4-octyl-4-biphenylcarbonitrile) were chosen for investigation due to their relatively simple chemical structure and hydrophobically-induced stability.

The liquid crystal tip preparation was improved based on the previous water and n-alkane study. Firstly, the liquid was dipped onto a pre-made tungsten cryo post [5] before freezing. Adjacent, the “multi-window” shaping technique [6] was used to shrink the frozen bulk into a proper size before adopting annular milling. to obtain wrinkle- and protrusion-free frozen liquid tips with a measurable hemisphere.

Both types of molecules, pure 5CB and 8CB, evaporate predominatly as intact molecules from frozen state, which suits our previous observation in the n-tetradecane study [5]. As a consequence, these two types of molecules can be distinguished even in the mixture of both elements, due to their pronounced mass difference. The dependence of mass spectra on the evaporation conditions is discussed and the miscibility of both species is explored in 3D reconstructions, which should enable the measurment of liquid mixtures, if quench-freezing is rapid enough.

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_{[4] T. M. Schwarz, C. A. Dietrich, J. Ott, E. M. Weikum, R. Lawitzki, H. Solodenko, E. Hadjixenophontos, B. Gault, J. Kästner, G. Schmitz, P. Stender, 3D Sub-Nanometer Analysis of Glucose in an Aqueous Solution by Cryo-Atom Probe Tomography, Scientific reports 11 (2021) 11607. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-90862-8}

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_{[6] Meng, K., Schwarz, T., Weikum, E., Stender, P., & Schmitz, G. (2022). Frozen n-Tetradecane Investigated by Cryo-Atom Probe Tomography. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 28(4), 1289-1299.}

Der Beitrag Talk of Kuan Meng at APT & M Conference in Leuven, Belgium erschien zuerst auf Collaborative Research Center 1333.