Catalysis Collaborative Research Center enters its second phase

Molecular dynamic simulation of a covalent, organic framework (COF). COFs are one of four classes of materials that will be further developed in the second funding period, to study pore effects in catalysis. Photo: SFB 1333 - Researchers aim for more targeted control of catalytic reactions and are focusing on mesoporous materials - [Picture: SFB 1333] The collaborative research center "Molecular heterogeneous catalysis in confined geometries" (SFB 1333) at the University of Stuttgart is entering its second funding period and has received funding of almost 12 million euros. This was approved by the senate of the German Research Foundation (DFG) in a session held on May 24 and 25, 2022. The SFB links 19 research groups at the University of Stuttgart with partners at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart and the universities of Paderborn, Marburg and Bochum. Spokesperson for the SFB is Prof. Michael Buchmeiser from the Institute of Polymer Chemistry at the University of Stuttgart. Catalytic reactions account for around 80 percent of all syntheses in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.