Activated transport and dynamic heterogeneous catalysis in molecular factories

Topic: STEM impulses
Type of funding: Individual funding programmes
Programme: CZS Nexus
Funded institution:
  • Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung

Dr Simon Krause is a chemist and materials scientist working in the field of dynamic nanoporous framework materials. He studied chemistry at the University of Nottingham and TU Dresden. Since 2021 is a group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart.

Goals

His research is inspired by biological systems in which a multitude of different molecular machines operate dynamically to pump, transport and convert chemicals.

In contemporary solid-state research structural aspects dominate the design of novel functionality on the nanoscale and dynamics are often neglected. In his research project, Dr Simon Krause aims to establish and control aspects of dynamics on the molecular level in nanoporous solids. 

He will design and construct so-called molecular factories by incorporation of artificial molecular machines in the backbone of ordered framework materials and experimentally investigate whether they can facilitate activated transport and dynamic heterogeneous catalysis as a response to external stimulation. This novel approach can help to overcome current limits in artificial solid systems and shift the focus in solid-state research towards responsive dynamical function.
 

Involved persons:

Judith Hohendorff

Program Manager

Phone: +49 (0)711 - 162213 - 12

E-mail: judith.hohendorff@carl-zeiss-stiftung.de

Dr. Simon Krause

Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung

Detailed information:

Topic: STEM impulses
Programme: CZS Nexus
Type of funding: Individual funding programmes
Target group: Junior research group leaders
Funding budget: 1.500.000 €
Period of time: Juni 2022 - Mai 2027

Funded institution: