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The Center for Materials Research

Welcome to the web sites of the Center for Materials Research

Welcome to the web sites of the Center for Materials Research!

The Center for Materials Research is an interdisciplinary university research center at JLU.
It is dedicated to the implementation of joint research projects, the support of the study courses in materials science and it promotes scientific qualification in materials research.


An overview of our scientific team is available under 
Team & Topics.

The center provides the participating research groups with central experimental resources in its
Method Platforms.

The ZfM coordinates the JLU research profile area ("area of
potential") 
Material and Energy (focus: storage materials). 

Further information on our tasks can be found under
About us.

March

Picture of the Month - March 2024

Catalytic Toluene Oxidation with Oxygen using a Copper Complex regenerated photochemically

The activation of oxygen for the oxidation of organic compounds using copper complexes as mimics of natural oxidases has long been a goal of the Schindler group. While they were very successful activating the oxygen with copper(I) complexes, the copper(II) generated in this process could not be reduced to the initial copper(I) complex again, thereby limiting the applicability. In a recent publication by Noß, Göttlich and Schindler (https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202301142) this regeneration of the complex was achieved using a Ruthenium photocatalyst and amines as reductant, thereby enabling the catalytic oxidation of toluene to benzaldehyde. The picture shows this process in a vessel as well as the involved catalytic cycles.

This picture was submitted by Prof. Dr. Richard Göttlich.

Further insights into the research activities of the ZfM groups can be found in the Gallery.

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