Project description
New catalysis technique could make solvents redundant
The EU-funded Mechanocat project plans to study a new mechanochemical technique for conducting catalytic reactions in ball mills. The catalyst will be the milling ball itself – it will neither be dissolved (as in homogeneous catalysis), nor will it be a powder or bed of shaped bodies (as in heterogeneous catalysis). The milling balls will be refreshing their catalytically active surface constantly when colliding with other milling balls. Researchers are keen on figuring out how solid reactants can be brought into reactions in the absence of solvents. The proposed solid-state approach is fundamentally different from the conventional solution-based processes, opening up the opportunity for catalysing new reactions.
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Funding Scheme
ERC-STG - Starting Grant
Host institution
RUHR-UNIVERSITAET BOCHUM
Net EU contribution
€ 1 496 350,00
Address
Universitaetsstrasse 150
44801 Bochum
Germany
44801 Bochum
Germany
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Region
Nordrhein-Westfalen Arnsberg Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00
Beneficiaries (1)
RUHR-UNIVERSITAET BOCHUM
Germany
Net EU contribution
€ 1 496 350,00
Address
Universitaetsstrasse 150
44801 Bochum
44801 Bochum
See on map
Region
Nordrhein-Westfalen Arnsberg Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00