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Real-Time Monitoring of CO2 Reduction

May 11, 2026

CRF researchers Nils Hansen and Emma Litzer together with colleagues Jawaher Mosrati, Thomas Bierkandt, Markus Köhler (all DLR Stuttgart), and Soufiane Bahou, Malte Wasgien, and Ali Abdel-Mageed (all Leibniz Institute for Catalysis), published a paper on “Real-Time Monitoring of CO2 Reduction on Supported Catalysts Using Near-Surface Molecular Beam Mass Spectrometry (ns-MBMS) ” in the “Journal…

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Neighboring Groups can turn Quantum Tunneling On and Off

May 6, 2026

Tim Zwier, Judit Zádor and Blair Welsh from the CRF, with colleagues Sven Herbers from the Université Paris Est and Edwin L Sibert III from University of Wisconsin Madison, published a paper on “Methyl Rotor State-Dependent Quenching of OH Tunneling in 2,6-Dimethylphenol” in “The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters”. Tunneling is a purely quantum process…

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New Perspectives on Vibrational Energy Transfer in Energetic Materials

May 6, 2026

New Perspectives on Vibrational Energy Transfer in Energetic Materials

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Transient Pulse-Response for Complex Systems

May 6, 2026

CRF researchers Nils Hansen, Emma Litzer, and David Osborn, together with colleagues Wenqi Zhou, Alexander R. Morey, Carey Chang and Coleman X. Kronawitter from UC Davis, published a paper on “Transient Pulse-Response Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry for Complex, Deactivating Heterogeneous Catalytic Systems: Application to Ethane Dehydroaromatization” in “The Journal of Physical Chemistry C”. In this work,…

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Fast, Accurate Turbulent Combustion Simulations

April 1, 2026

Fast, Accurate Turbulent Combustion Simulations

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