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Overview

Serge Palacin is affiliated with DSM in the Netherlands, where they engage in research primarily focused on the chemical sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, and molecular biology. This multidisciplinary approach positions their contributions at the intersection of chemistry and molecular biology.

Their main fields of study encompass chemistry, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, reflecting a broad academic engagement within the natural sciences. Specifically, Palacin's research topics revolve around asymmetric synthesis and catalysis, asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, and chemical synthesis and analysis.

Palacin has published research in recognized scientific venues, with a notable presence in Chemical Science. Their recent publication includes the paper titled "Enantiomerically enriched tetrahydropyridine allyl chlorides", published in 2020 in Chemical Science.

Their research collaborations include several frequent co-authors, emphasizing interdisciplinary teamwork. Notable co-authors include:

  • Sedef Karabıyıkoğlu
  • Alexandre Brethomé
  • Robert S. Paton
  • Stephen P. Fletcher

Serge Palacin's academic output is also marked by contributions to key topics that relate to asymmetric synthesis methodologies and catalytic processes, which are central themes in modern organic and inorganic chemistry. Their engagement with molecular biology topics further ties their work to biochemical and genetic applications.

Best Publications

  • From hydrogenases to noble metal-free catalytic nanomaterials for H2 production and uptake.

    Alan Le Goff;Vincent Artero;Bruno Jousselme;Phong Dinh Tran

  • Low-platinum and platinum-free catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction at fuel cell cathodes

    Adina Morozan;Bruno Jousselme;Serge Palacin

  • A Janus cobalt-based catalytic material for electro-splitting of water

    Saioa Cobo;Jonathan Heidkamp;Pierre-André Jacques;Jennifer Fize

  • Electron transport through a metal-molecule-metal junction

    Christophe Kergueris;Jean-Philippe Bourgoin;Serge Palacin;Daniel Estève

  • Molecular engineering of a cobalt-based electrocatalytic nanomaterial for H 2 evolution under fully aqueous conditions

    Eugen S Andreiadis;Pierre-André Jacques;Phong D Tran;Adeline Leyris

  • Catalytic activity of cobalt and iron phthalocyanines or porphyrins supported on different carbon nanotubes towards oxygen reduction reaction

    Adina Morozan;Stéphane Campidelli;Arianna Filoramo;Bruno Jousselme

  • Noncovalent Modification of Carbon Nanotubes with Pyrene‐Functionalized Nickel Complexes: Carbon Monoxide Tolerant Catalysts for Hydrogen Evolution and Uptake

    Phong D. Tran;Alan Le Goff;Jonathan Heidkamp;Bruno Jousselme

  • Grafting Polymers on Surfaces: A New Powerful and Versatile Diazonium Salt-Based One-Step Process in Aqueous Media

    Vincent Mévellec;Sébastien Roussel;Lorraine Tessier;Jérôme Chancolon

  • Electrochemical performance of annealed cobalt-benzotriazole/CNTs catalysts towards the oxygen reduction reaction.

    Adina Morozan;Pascale Jégou;Bruno Jousselme;Serge Palacin

  • Spontaneous grafting of diazonium salts: chemical mechanism on metallic surfaces.

    Alice Mesnage;Xavier Lefèvre;Pascale Jégou;Guy Deniau

  • Molecule‐to‐Metal Bonds: Electrografting Polymers on Conducting Surfaces

    Serge Palacin;Christophe Bureau;Julienne Charlier;Guy Deniau

  • Patterning with Magnetic Materials at the Micron Scale

    Serge Palacin;Pirmin C. Hidber;Jean-Philippe Bourgoin;Corinne Miramond

  • Hydrogen-Bonded Tapes Based on Symmetrically Substituted Diketopiperazines: A Robust Structural Motif for the Engineering of Molecular Solids

    Serge Palacin;Donovan N. Chin;Eric E. Simanek;John C. Macdonald

  • ABS Polymer Electroless Plating through a One-Step Poly(acrylic acid) Covalent Grafting

    Alexandre Garcia;Thomas Berthelot;Pascal Viel;Alice Mesnage

  • Univocal demonstration of the electrochemically mediated binding of Pb2+ by a modified surface incorporating a TTF-based redox-switchable ligand.

    Joël Lyskawa;Franck Le Derf;Eric Levillain;Miloud Mazari

  • Evidence of the key role of metal-molecule bonding in metal-molecule-metal transport experiments.

    Lionel Patrone;Serge Palacin;Julienne Charlier;Franck Armand

  • Facile and tunable functionalization of carbon nanotube electrodes with ferrocene by covalent coupling and π-stacking interactions and their relevance to glucose bio-sensing

    Alan Le Goff;Fabrice Moggia;Nabila Debou;Pascale Jegou

  • Electron transport through rectifying self-assembled monolayer diodes on silicon: Fermi-level pinning at the molecule-metal interface.

    S. Lenfant;D. Guerin;F. Tran Van;C. Chevrot

  • A H2-evolving photocathode based on direct sensitization of MoS3 with an organic photovoltaic cell.

    Tiphaine Bourgeteau;Denis Tondelier;Bernard Geffroy;Bernard Geffroy;Romain Brisse

  • Surface Electroinitiated Emulsion Polymerization: grafted organic coatings from aqueous solutions

    Guy Deniau;Laurent Azoulay;Luc Bougerolles;Serge Palacin

  • A new approach to grafting a monolayer of oriented Mn12 nanomagnets on silicon.

    Benoit Fleury;Laure Catala;Vincent Huc;Christophe David

  • Electro-reduction of diazonium salts on gold: Why do we observe multi-peaks?

    Alessandro Benedetto;Mirela Balog;Pascal Viel;Franck Le Derf

Frequent Co-Authors

Vincent Artero
Vincent Artero Grenoble Alpes University
Marc Fontecave
Marc Fontecave Collège de France
Dominique Vuillaume
Dominique Vuillaume Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Talal Mallah
Talal Mallah University of Paris-Saclay
Alan Le Goff
Alan Le Goff Grenoble Alpes University
Vincent Derycke
Vincent Derycke University of Paris-Saclay
Stéphane Campidelli
Stéphane Campidelli University of Paris-Saclay
Pierre-Antoine Albouy
Pierre-Antoine Albouy University of Paris-Saclay
Eric Rivière
Eric Rivière University of Paris-Saclay
George M. Whitesides
George M. Whitesides Harvard University

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