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When Bonding Noble Metals to 2D Materials, Interfaces Matter

Researchers at Penn State and Purdue University have developed new materials for improved single-atom catalysis and future electronics.

A Message from the Department Head

Our department offers a rich variety of opportunities and resources. I think you will find the Department of Chemistry at Penn State to be an exceptionally exciting, welcoming, and inclusive place and we hope that you can visit and explore the many opportunities here.

Compartments Without Borders

The Keating group recently developed a new laboratory method allows researchers to create compartments within a liquid that, like drops of oil in water, are separate but have no physical barrier between them.

Philip Bevilacqua, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and head of the Department of Chemistry at Penn State has received the Alumni/Student Award for Excellence in Teaching and has been named a 2020 Penn State Teaching Fellow.

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