We are delighted to introduce to you Professor Lars Borchardt, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, as one of our inaugural Editorial Board Members for RSC Mechanochemistry.
Learn more about Lars Borchardt
Prof. Lars Borchardt is a Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the Ruhr-University Bochum, located in Germany. He obtained his doctoral degree in Chemistry in 2013 from the Technische Universität Dresden, where his research focused on the development of porous materials for energy storage applications. Subsequently, he pursued post-doctoral research in catalysis at ETH Zürich. In 2015, he established his own independent research group, dedicated to the exploration of mechanochemistry. This groundbreaking field encompasses a diverse range of areas, including the synthesis of materials such as polymers, porous materials, and graphenes, the advancement of novel mechanocatalytic concepts for organic synthesis, and the exciting realm of photo-mechanochemistry. His profound interest lies in unraveling the underlying mechanistic principles governing mechanochemistry, as well as devising innovative setups for scaling up mechanochemical processes. His contributions to the field have been honored with prestigious awards, including the ERC starting grant, Innovators under 35-Awards, as well as the esteemed Daimler-Benz and Max-Buchner fellowships.
Read some of his recent publications:
The Sonogashira Coupling on Palladium Milling Balls – A new Reaction Pathway in Mechanochemistry
Wilm Pickhardt, Eleonora Siegfried, Sven Fabig, Marisol Fabienne Rappen, Martin Etter, Maximilian Wohlgemuth, Sven Grätz and Lars Borchardt
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202301490
Rationalizing the formation of porosity in mechanochemically-synthesized polymers
Annika Krusenbaum, Steffi Krause Hinojosa, Sven Fabig, Valentin Becker, Sven Grätz and Lars Borchardt
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023, 25, 16781-16789
From Inert to Catalytically Active Milling Media: Galvanostatic Coating for Direct Mechanocatalysis
Maximilian Wohlgemuth, Maike Mayer, Marisol Rappen, Fabian Schmidt, Roman Saure, Sven Grätz and Lars Borchardt
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202212694
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