Mission
We advance chemistry by uncovering the principles of light-driven reactivity and supramolecular design, creating new tools for catalysis and nanomaterials innovation.Vision
A future where, like nature, we harness chemical complexity to achieve selective transformations for sustainable synthesis, clean energy, and advanced nanomaterials.
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 (ERC-StG).
- Photocatalyst Design for Enhanced Quantum Yields in Synthesis and Energy production (Researcher Consolidation Project).
- Light-induced Reduction of Phosphine Oxides and Synthetic Catalytic Applications (Knowledge Generation Project)
News
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Yesterday, our group had the chance to share our research with both the (very) young and the young-at-heart at CosmoCaixa. The audience showed great curiosity as we explained how light interacts with molecules, what liposomes are, and how they can be applied across diverse fields with a significant impact on society. It was a truly rewarding experience to showcase how our publicly funded research helps advance knowledge in chemistry! Some of the kids showed such great curiosity – and even understanding – that it left us really hopeful and optimistic about the future of Catalan science!
Adn we're back! Today we welcome Ángela to the group. We'll see what beautiful porphyrins she can synthesize!
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Today we had our group's team-building day on the beach playing volleyball! After a 2v2 tournament with rotating teams of 14 close matches with many smashes and unlikely saves, Patrick was crowned king of the beach.
Welcome to Andrés who is starting his final project on making new photocatalysts with improved properties for organic synthesis. Good luck, Andrés!
A warm welcome to Igor, the first postdoc in our group!
Today we welcome Arnau back, now as a PhD student on the SYNAPS project. Best of luck, Arnau!
Congratulations Arnau with finishing and obtaining a great result for the Final Master Project (9.7/10)!
Latest Publications
An Extension of the Stern–Volmer Equation for Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence (TADF) Photocatalysts
Bart Limburg
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2024, 15, 10495-10499
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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
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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
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