AC department publications

Bauer, C., F. Zareh, L. Nüßlein, J. Frank, M. Boniface, T. Lunkenbein and P.D.R. Kempe: The Synthesis of Hydroquinolines from Nitroaldehydes and Ketones by Hydrogenation Sequences and Condensations. Chemistry – A European Journal 31 (28), e20250462 (2025).

Götsch, T., T.E. Jones and D. Teschner: Connecting the dots in a pH-dependent oxygen evolution reaction. Nature Chemistry, in press.

Barreau, M., D. Salusso, J. Zhang, M. Hävecker, D. Teschner, A. Efimenko, E. Borfecchia, K. Sobczak and S. Zafeiratos: Thermal Activation and Deactivation of Ni-Doped Ceria Catalysts in CO₂ Methanation. Small science 5 (5), 2400540 (2025).

Iriawan, H., G. Leverick, B. Alkan, D. Delgado Muñoz, J. Eom, H. Xu, S. Yu, L. Giordano, A. Trunschke, I.E.L. Stephens and Y. Shao-Horn: Assessing the Activity of Transition Metal Oxides for the Electrochemical N₂ Oxidation to Nitrate. ACS Catalysis 15 (8), 6315–6333 (2025).

Alkan, B., L.J. Duarte Correa, L.J. Duarte Correa, F. Girgsdies, G. Koch, J. Kröhnert, M. Ertegi, S. Jiang, T. Lunkenbein and A. Trunschke: From “Single Sites” to Stable Nanoparticles Derived from Spray-Flame Synthesized Solid Solutions of Cobalt in MgO for Ammonia Decomposition. ACS Catalysis 15 (7), 5781–5795 (2025).

Badarinarayana, A.K.M., C. Pratsch, T. Lunkenbein and F. Jug: Pattern Matching-Based Denoising for Images with Repeated Sub-Structures. Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction 7 (2), 34 (2025).

Lin, C., J. Li, G. Li, W. Luo, S. Liu, A. Hammud, Y. Xia, A. Pan, M. Wolf, M. Müller and T. Kumagai: Quantitative comparison of local field enhancement from tip-apex and plasmonic nanofocusing excitation via plasmon-assisted field emission resonances. Nanoscale 17 (12), 7164–7172 (2025).

Gholami, S., T. Buttersack, C. Richter, F. Trinter, R. Dupuy, L. Cablitz, Q. Zhou, C. Nicolas, A. Shavorskiy, D. Diaman, U. Hergenhahn, B. Winter and H. Bluhm: Interaction of ions and surfactants at the seawater–air interface. Environmental science: Atmospheres 5 (3), 291–299 (2025).

Kaur, H., S. Thürmer, S. Gholami, B. Credidio, F. Trinter, D. Vasconcelos, R. Marinho, J. Pinheiro, H. Bluhm, A.N. de Brito, G. Öhrwall, B. Winter and O. Björneholm: Boosting aerosol surface effects: strongly enhanced cooperative surface propensity of atmospherically relevant organic molecular ions in aqueous solution. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 25 (6), 3503–3518 (2025).

Delgado Muñoz, D., G. Koch, S. Jiang, J. Dong, J. Kröhnert, F. Schmidt, T. Lunkenbein, C. Galdeano Ruano, J. Gaona-Miguélez, D. Troya, P. Oña-Burgos and A. Trunschke: Low-Temperature Exsolution of Rh from Mixed ZnFeRh Oxides toward Stable and Selective Catalysts in Liquid-Phase Hydroformylation. Journal of the American Chemical Society 147 (7), 5887–5903 (2025).

Wiedenhaupt, H., F. Schulz, L. Parra Lopez, A. Hammud, Y. Park, A. Shiotari, T. Kumagai, M. Wolf and M. Müller: Plasmonic Light Emission by Inelastic Charge Transport in Ultrathin Zinc Oxide/Metal Heterostructures. Nano Letters 25 (7), 2870–2877 (2025).

Bellini, G., G. Koch, F. Girgsdies, J. Dong, S. Carey, O. Timpe, G. Auffermann, M. Scheffler, R. Schlögl, L. Foppa and A. Trunschke: CO Oxidation Catalyzed by Perovskites: The Role of Crystallographic Distortions Highlighted by Systematic Experiments and Artificial Intelligence. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 64 (6), e202417812 (2025).

Purcel, M., A.S. Müller, P. Diehl, K. Kappis, A. Trunschke and M. Muhler: Long-Term Stability of Ammonia Decomposition over Nickel-Based Catalysts. Energy Technology 13 (2), 2400678 (2025).

Vuijk, M., G. Ducci, L. Sandoval, M. Pietsch, K. Reuter, T. Lunkenbein and C. Scheurer: Physics-Based Synthetic Data Model for Automated Segmentation in Catalysis Microscopy. Microscopy and Microanalysis 31 (1), ozae130 (2025).

Gili, A., M. Kunz, D. Gaissmaier, C. Jung, T. Jacob, T. Lunkenbein, W. Hetaba, K. Dembélé, S. Selve, R. Schomäcker, A. Gurlo and M.F. Bekheet: Discovery and Characterization of a Metastable Cubic Interstitial Nickel-Carbon System with an Expanded Lattice. ACS Nano 19 (2), 2769–2776 (2025).

Holburg, J., S. Figul, A. Charvat, H. Bluhm, B. Abel, G. Marowsky, D.-D. Mai and K. Mann: Soft X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy With a Flat Liquid Jet in Vacuum Using a Table-Top Laser-Induced Plasma Source. X-Ray Spectrometry, in press.

Jaugstetter, M., X. Qi, E.M. Chan, M. Salmeron, K.R. Wilson, S. Nemšák and H. Bluhm: Direct Observation of Morphological and Chemical Changes during the Oxidation of Model Inorganic Ligand-Capped Particles. ACS Nano 19 (1), 418–426 (2025).

Cruz, D., S. Żółtowska, O. Savateev, M. Antonietti and P. Giusto: Carbon nitride caught in the act of artificial photosynthesis. Nature Communications 16, 374 (2025).

Arriba, A.de, D. Delgado Muñoz, P. Concepción and J.M. López Nieto: Mixed metal oxide bronzes as catalysts for the gas-phase aerobic transformation of glycerol to acrylic acid: Single or double catalytic bed approaches. Catalysis Today 443, 114965 (2025).

Türk, H., X.Q. Tran, P. König, A. Hammud, V. Vibhu, F. Schmidt, D. Berger, S. Selve, V. Roddatis, D. Abou-Ras, F. Girgsdies, Y.-T. Chan, T. Götsch, H. Ali, I.C. Vinke, L.G.J.(B. de Haart, M. Lehmann, A. Knop-Gericke, K. Reuter, R.-A. Eichel, C. Scheurer and T. Lunkenbein: Boon and Bane of Local Solid State Chemistry on the Performance of LSM-Based Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells. Advanced Energy Materials 15 (16), 2405599 (2024).