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The vacuum chamber during a scattering experiment. The detector (grey) and the Au(111) gold surface (yellow). The lines indicate the path of the scattering molecular beam. Credit: C. Reilly (EPFL)

Quantum interference in molecule-surface collisions

— Scientists at EPFL have revealed how quantum interference and symmetry dictate molecular behavior in collisions with gold surfaces, offering new insights into molecular interactions. The findings can have important implications for chemistry and materials science.

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New members KHMW 2025

— On February 19, 2025, 21 social members, 27 scientific members and 3 foreign members were appointed. The board of the Hollandsche Maatschappij welcomes them.

Michael Grätzel. Credit: Alain Herzog (EPFL)

Michael Grätzel: Honorary Doctorate from Charles University Prague

— Professor Michael Grätzel at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences has received a Doctor Honoris Causa degree from Charles University in Prague.

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News Archives 2006 – 2014

ISIC Memento – Conferences and Thesis

Metal-Free Oxidative Dehydrogenation of N-Heterocycles Using H2O2 in Deep Eutectic Solvents and Polar Media

28-03-202528-03-2025

With: Cristiana Darie
Place and room: BCH3303
Category: Conferences – Seminars

ChemBio Seminar by Prof. Saranna Fanning (Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Women’s Hospital, USA)

28-03-202528-03-2025

Place and room: CE 1 1
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Electronic Structure Reading Group: Quantifying and propagating model-form uncertainty via misspecification-aware Bayesian regression

01-04-202501-04-2025

With: Thomas D Swinburne
Place and room: MA B1 524
Category: Conferences – Seminars

ChemBio Seminar by Prof. Jeremy Baskin (Cornell University, USA)

08-04-202508-04-2025

Place and room: ME B3 31
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Taking Actinides into the Third Dimension of the Periodic Table: Aromatic Thorium Superatom Clusters

10-04-202510-04-2025

With: Stephen T. Liddle Department of Chemistry and Centre for Radiochemistry Research, The University of Manchester, Oxford
Place and room: BCH 2218
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Responsive Organometallics

11-04-202511-04-2025

With: Prof. Dr Máté Bezdek – ETH Zürich
Place and room: BCH 2218
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Prof. Jin Shang

Prof. Jin Shang : Advancing the Molecular Trapdoor Mechanism for Precision Adsorption and Selective Sieving

11-04-202511-04-2025

With: Prof. Jin Shang, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Place and room: Tseuzier
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/65378030944
Category: Conferences – Seminars

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ISIC Seminars

Modern Organic chemistry-Success stories (CH-642)

Organized jointly by Professors Nicolai Cramer, Jieping Zhu and Jerome Waser, the seminars usually take place on Wednesday at 17:15. Unless indicated otherwise, the lecture takes place in BCH 2218.

Physical Chemistry Seminars (CH-630)

The Physical Chemistry Seminar Series at ISIC.
Unless it is otherwise specified, the seminars take place on Thursday at 17:15 in BCH 2201.

Highlights energy research and chemical engineering (ChE-612)

The seminar series “Chemical Engineering and Energy Seminars ” is organized by Prof. Wendy Queen and take place on Friday at 16:15.

Chemical Biology Seminar Series 3 (CH-637)

The Chemical Biology Seminars Series is Organized by Prof. Christian Heinis, Prof. Beat Fierz and Prof. Angela Steinauer.. It takes place every Tuesday at 16:15 unless otherwise indicated.

AI in chemistry and beyond: Trends in the field (ChE-607)

The Machine Learning Seminars are organized by Prof. Berend Smit, Prof. Clémence Corminboeuf and Prof. Jiri Vanicek, the seminars usually take place on Tuesdays at 15:15. Unless indicated otherwise, the lecture takes place on Zoom.