JACS: RUB chemists explain the fingerprint of dissolved glycine in the Terahertz range - Combination of molecular-dynamics simulations and spectroscopy is key to success. The team led by Prof Dr Martina Havenith-Newen and Prof Dr Dominik Marx published their report in the “Journal of the American Chemical Society”.

Adv. Funct. Mat.: Chemiker entwickeln neuartige Funktionsmaterialien für die Wärmespeicherung - Kooperation von Forschern aus Bochum und Cambridge.

Angew. Chem.: RUB researchers generate electricity rather than biomass with photosynthetic proteins - Efficient integration of photosystems 1 and 2 into photovoltaic cell. The team headed by Prof Dr Wolfgang Schuhmann from the Department of Analytical Chemistry and Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES) and Prof Dr Matthias Rögner from the Department of Plant Biochemistry, published a report.

Angew. Chem.: Detection of long-range effects changes interpretation of NMR spectra - Early success for the RUB’s excellence cluster RESOLV. This topic is featured in the cover story of the renowned journal “Angewandte Chemie”.

Nature Chem.: RUB researchers unmask Janus-faced nature of mechanical forces with the Jülich supercomputer. Reaction speed does not always increase in proportion to the applied force.

Angew. Chem.: Scanning electrochemical microscopy decisively optimised - RUB researchers measure oxygen consumption of individual cells.

Angew. Chem.: RUB researchers coorporate and use gold nanoparticles as catalysts.

Phys. Rev. Lett.: RUB researchers give floppy molecule a structure through solvent effects - Computer simulations show: protonated methane is tamed by microsolvation.

Nature Chem.: Scientists investigate molecular “clothespins” - Elsa Sanchez Garcia and researchers from MPI für Kohlenforschung report in the Nature Chemistry magazine.