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Oxygen and chlorine evolution without noble metalsElectrode potential transforms surfaces

Catalysis without precious metals: researchers led by the UDE show how electrical voltage makes the surfaces of 2D materials catalytically active. The finding, just published in JACS, is groundbreaking (not only) for the production of green hydrogen.

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Humboldt Fellow Dr. Kuhan ChandruThe building blocks of life

How exactly did life on Earth begin? Some aspects of this puzzle are still unresolved. Dr. Kuhan Chandru would like to help crack it. The Malaysian expert in prebiotic chemistry is currently at the UDE as a Humboldt Foundation research fellow.

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Active Sites in Antibacterial NanomaterialsVisualising the Invisible

Antibacterial nanomaterials are regarded as promising in the fight against bacteria. The team led by Prof. Dr Anzhela Galstyan has utilised fluorescence lifetime microscopy to visualise active sites in membranes for the first time, thereby linking activity with properties.

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Two guest researchers in Romance studiesStrong Women

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Collaborative Research Centre RESIST extendedRecognition for Outstanding Water Research

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MARIE Collaborative Research Centre enters third funding periodNew perspectives for material detection

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Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia Hendrik Wüst and NRW Science Minister Ina Brandes open the Research Center One Health RuhrUA Ruhr – Cutting-Edge Research in Health, Environment and Society

Strategic Research Areas

In research, the UDE supports five interdisciplinary profile focuses in particular across the university.

UDE Research Strategy

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