Welcome to the Roithova Group
Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction: Monitoring of Catalytically Active, Downgraded, and Upgraded Cobalt Complexes
A. Bairagi, A. Y. Pereverzev, P. Tinnemans, E. A. Pidko, J. Roithová
J. Am. Chem, Soc. 2024, 146, 5480, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c13290.
Competing Mechanisms in Palladium-Catalyzed Alkoxycarbonylation of Styrene
J. Mehara, M. Anania, P. Kočovský, J. Roithová,
ACS Catalysis 2024 14, 5710, DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c00966.
Host-guest tuning of the CO2 reduction activity of an iron porphyrin cage
A. Koovakattil Surendran, G. L. Tripodi, E. Pluhařová, A. Y. Pereverzev, J. P. J. Bruekers, J. A. A. W. Elemans, E. J. Meijer, J. Roithová, Nat. Sci. 2023, 3, e20220019
Unraveling the Secrets of Catalysis
Our group develops methods for investigation of details of catalytic chemical reactions. The aim is to understand, to describe a trend how to improve catalysts and to prepare better catalysts. The unique aspect of our research is investigation of properties of reactive species at a single molecule level in interconnection with their reactions in bulk. We work on the border between chemistry and physics. The group is composed of chemists, who synthetize new catalysts and study their reactions, and of physicists, who develop and operate cutting-edge instrumentation to study the reactive species responsible for the reactions. Students are trained in synthetic chemistry, computational chemistry, mass spectrometry and different spectroscopical methods.
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We offer a broad variety of exciting research projects for Master's and Bachelor's internships. Are you interested in synthesis and/or mass spectrometry and/or electrochemistry? Then don't hesitate to click here to see what we have to offer!
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Roithová Group
Chemists aim to prepare new molecules and new materials with designed properties. To this end, they develop new reactions to form desired chemical bonding. Most of the modern efficient transformations rely on catalysis. Although the development of new reactions is usually based on knowledge and rational predictions, details of the reactions are often unknown. Especially in catalytic reactions, reactive species with a short lifetime and low concentration may be the key intermediates for the given reaction, but they remain undiscovered.
Our ongoing projects focus on investigation of novel catalysts for small molecule activation, on investigation of biomimetic metal complexes, and on investigation of mechanisms in organometallic chemistry. In method development, we focus on cryogenic ion spectroscopy and on development of techniques to study short-lived intermediates in photocatalytic and electrochemical reactions using mass spectrometry.
