Vision
Nature performs selective chemistry in complex mixtures, and so can we! By studying complex systems we can advance chemistry in the areas of synthesis, energy transition, and nanoscale materials.Mission
We use light as a versatile physical input and/or output to drive intricate chemical reactions and to develop a deep understanding of complex systems.
Research
Welcome to the group website of the Limburg Lab: Supramolecular Photochemistry and Catalysis (SPC). We are a young research group at the University of Barcelona started in October 2022. We study photochemistry and apply it in synthesis, energy transition and nanoscale materials. We are interested in Photocatalysis, Coordination Chemistry, Supramolecular and Nanoscale Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Mechanistic Elucidation, and Organic and Molecular Electronics. Our research projects therefore bridge the common divides in chemistry and contain elements from the traditional fields of Organic, Inorganic and Physical Chemistry. Our current research projects include:
- Synthetic Neurons and Artificial Photoactivated Synapses.
- Novel Cobalt-Organophotoredox Catalytic Reactions.
- Photocatalyst Design for Enhanced Quantum Yields in Synthesis and Energy production.
News
Welcome, David, to our group! We wish you all the best with your TFG project on the PHOTOGENIC project!
Welcome back Arnau, now for a TFM! Hope the porphyrins will treat you well.
Goodbye to Zhou. All the best for the last steps in your Master, and for your future PhD position!
Congratulations to Oscar for defending his TFG! See you next year for the Master!
The proposal PHOTOGENIC: "Next-Generation Photocatalysts in Metallaphotoredox Catalysis for Organic Synthesis" was funded!
Welcome to Chiara starting her PhD on the SYNAPS project!
Welcome to Oscar starting his Final Degree Project (TFG).
Congratulations to Ingrid for defending her Master Thesis (TFM). Best of luck at your new job!
Congratulations to Arnau for defending his Treball Final de Grau (TFG)! Best of luck with the Master after the summer!
Latest Publications
Connections to the Electrodes Control the Transport Mechanism in Single‐Molecule Transistors
Zhixin Chen, Steffen Woltering, Bart Limburg, Ming-Yee Tsang, Jonathan Baugh, Andrew Briggs, Jan Mol, Harry Anderson, James Thomas
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, , e202401323
Go to journal
Charge-State Dependent Vibrational Relaxation in a Single-Molecule Junction
Xinya Bian, Zhixin Chen, Jakub K. Sowa, Charalambos Evangeli, Bart Limburg, Jacob L. Swett, Jonathan Baugh, G. Andrew D. Briggs, Harry L. Anderson, Jan A. Mol, James O. Thomas
Phys. Rev. Lett. 2022, 129, 207702
Go to journal
Decoding Key Transient Inter-Catalyst Interactions in a Reductive Metallaphotoredox-Catalyzed Allylation Reaction
Bart Limburg, Àlex Cristòfol, Arjan W. Kleij
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 10912-10920
Go to journal