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6 July 2025
Shedding light on a promising organic catalyst
My research focuses on the use of infrared spectroscopy to study gas-phase molecules and small clusters, combining molecular beam experiments with quantum chemical calculations. My main current interests are:
- De-excitation mechanisms of isolated clusters and molecules
- Astrochemistry in the interstellar medium
- Reactivity and catalytic activity of mono- and bi-metallic clusters
- Chemical reactions in neutral organocatalysts
- The interaction and dynamics of weakly bound complexes
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| Research groups | Condensed Matter Physics FELIX Infrared and THz Spectroscopy |
My publications
Roadmap on carbon molecular nanostructures in space
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| Author(s) | Piero Ferrari, Jos Oomens, Giel Berder, Sandra Brüncken, Joost Bakker e.a. |
| Year | 2025 |
| Journal | The European Physical Journal D, Volume 79, article number 94 |
Light on catalytic reaction mechanisms: uncovering the conformation of thiourea-based organocatalysts and their interaction with nitroolefins using mid-infrared spectroscopy
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| Author(s) | Piero Ferrari, Alexander K. Lemmens, Wybren Jan Buma |
| Year | 2025 |
| Journal | The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol 16/Issue 24 |
Infrared Spectroscopy of Neutral and Cationic Sumanene (C21H12 & C21H12+) in the Gas Phase: Implications for Interstellar Aromatic Infrared Bands (AIBs)
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| Author(s) | Pavithraa Sundararajan, Piero Ferrari, Sandra Brünken, Wybren Jan Buma, Alessandra Candian, Alexander Tielens |
| Year | 2025 |
| Journal | ACS Earth and Space Chemistry Vol 9/Issue 4 |
Adsorption of methanol on cationic cobalt clusters in the gas phase
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| Author(s) | Sijie Yang, Ya-Ke Li, Chenchen Ji, Piero Ferrari, Shengchun Yang, Ewald Janssens, Gao-Lei Hou |
| Year | 2025 |
| Journal | Chemical Physics 162, 07 |
My news
13 February 2025
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Studying the tiny stretches of molecules in the lab, to unravel space mysteries