Top 100 Chemists in the World£ºProf. Didier Astruc of Bordeaux University is looking for last-year master students in 2021-2022 willing to apply to CSC for a PhD in nanomaterials/nanocatalysis starting in Sept.-Oct. 2022.

Prof. Astruc has published papers in 2021 in JACS., Angew and Chem. Sci. etc. Representative recent papers are below.
CV summary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Astruc and http://astruc.didier.free.fr
If you are interested in this subject, please do not hesitate to contact him: didier.astruc@u-bordeaux.fr

CV: Didier Astruc was born in Versailles and studied in Rennes where he received his Ph.D. with Professor R. Dabard. He then was as a NATO postdoctoral fellow at M. I. T. in Cambridge, Mass. where he worked with Professor Richard R. Schrock (2005 Nobel Laureate). Since 1984 has been Professor of Chemistry at the University of Bordeaux I where he is leading a group on Nanosciences and Catalysis, and in 1995 he became a Member of the Institut Universitaire de France. In 1990-1991, he spent a sabbatical year at the University of California at Berkeley where he wrote a book on Electron Transfer and Radical Processes in Transition Metal Chemistry, prefaced by 1983 Nobel Laureate Henry Taube. In 2000, he published a textbook on Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis that is now available in several languages. Didier Astruc has co-authored more than 530 research articles that have received approx. 45 000 citations (h = 89; his best cited article has received more than 10 000 citations) and has edited four books and several journal issues. He is a member of various National (French, German Leopoldina, British Fellow RSC) and European academies and has delivered about 430 lectures at conferences and chemistry institutes.
Didier Astruc¡¯s research interests comprise preparative and mechanistic inorganic and organometallic chemistry, catalysis, redox sensing and electron-transfer processes. He has developed the design, synthesis and supramolecular electronics of organometallic dendrimers and gold/palladium nanoparticles, and their use in catalysis, sensing, and energy issues. He is presently pursuing research in catalysis in the spirit of ¡°Green chemistry¡± and investigating the engineering of biocompatible dendrimers and gold nanoparticles in nanomedicine.

For representative recent papers, see:
1.Y. Fang, K. Bao, P. Zhang, H. Sheng, Y. Yun, S.-X. Hu, D. Astruc, M. Zhu. Insight into the Mechanism of the CuAAC Reaction by Capturing the Crucial Au4Cu4−¦Ð-Alkyne Intermediate. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 1768-1772. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c12498
2.C. Wang, D. Astruc. Recent developments of nanocatalyzed liquid-phase hydrogen generation Chem. Soc. Rev. 2021, 50, 3437-3484. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CS00515K
3.S. M. Beladi-Messavi, S. Sadaf, A. K. Hennecke, J. Klein, A. M. Mahmood, C. Ruttiger, M. Gallei, F. Y. Fu, E. Fouquet, J. Ruiz, D. Astruc, L. Walder, The Metallocene Battery : Ultrafast Electron Transfer Self Exchange Rate Accompanied by a Harmonic Height Breathing. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2021, https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202100174
4.X. Zou, S. He, X. Kang, S. Chen, H. Yu, S. Jin, D. Astruc, M. Zhu New Atomically Precise M1Ag21 (M = Au/Ag) Nanoclusters as Excellent Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts. Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 3660-3667. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SC05923D
5. Q. Wang, D. Astruc; State of the Art and Prospects in Metal-Organic Framework (MOF)-Based and MOF-Derived Nanocatalysis. Chem. Rev. 2020, 120, 1438-1511. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00223
6. C. Wang, Q. Wang, F. Fu, D. Astruc. Hydrogen Generation upon Nanocatalyzed Hydrolysis of Hydrogen-Rich Boron Derivatives : Recent Developments. Acc. Chem. Res. 2020, 10, 2483-2493.DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00525
7. Y. Du, H. Sheng, D. Astruc, M. Zhu. Atomically Precise Noble Metal Nanoclusters as Efficient Catalysts: A Bridge between Structure and Properties. Y. Du, H. Sheng, D. Astruc, M. Zhu, Chem. Rev. 2020, 120, 2, 526¨C622.
8. D. Astruc. Editorial. Nanoparticles in Catalysis. Chem. Rev. 2020, 120, 461-463 (Thematic Issue ¡°Nanoparticles in Catalysis¡±). doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00696
9. N. Kang, Q. Wang, R. Djeda, W. Wang, F. Fu, M. Martinez Moro, M. A. Ramirez, S. Moya, E. Coy, L. Salmon, J.-L. Pozzo, D. Astruc Visible-light Acceleration of H2 Evolution from Aqueous Solutions of Inorganic Hydrides Catalyzed by Gold-Transition-Metal Nanoalloys. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 2020, 12, 48, 53816¨C53826. doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c16247
10. Wang, Q.; Fu, F.; Yang, S.; Martinez Moro, M. ; Ramirez, M. ; Moya, S.; Salmon, L.; Ruiz, J.; Astruc, D. Dramatic Synergy in CoPt Nanocatalysts Stabilized by ¡°Click¡± Dendrimers for Hydrogen Evolution from Hydrolysis of Ammonia Borane. ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 1110-1119. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b04498
11. F. Fu, C. Wang, Q. Wang,  A. M. Martinez-Villacorta, A. Escobar, H. Chong, X. Wang, S. Moya, L. Salmon, E. Fouquet, J. Ruiz, D. Astruc. Highly Selective and Sharp Volcano-type Synergistic Ni2Pt@ZiF-8- Catalyzed Hydrogen Evolution from Ammonia Borane Hydrolysis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 10034-10042. doi : 10.1021/jacs.8b06511
12. F. Fu, R. Ciganda, Q. Wang, A. Tabey, C. Wang, A. Escobar, A. M. Martinez-Villacorta, R. Hern¨¢ndez, S. Moya, E. Fouquet, J. Ruiz, D. Astruc Cobaltocene Reduction of Cu and Ag Salts and Catalytic Behavior of the Nanoparticles Formed. ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 8100-8106
13. C. Wang, J. Tuminetti, Z. Wang, C. Zhang, R. Ciganda, S. Moya, J. Ruiz, D. Astruc. Hydrolysis of Ammonia-Borane over Ni/ZIF8 Nanocatalyst: High Efficiency, Mechanism, and Controlled Hydrogen Release. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139 (33), 11610¨C11615. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b06859
14.X. Liu, D. Gregurec, J. Irigoyen, A. Martinez, S. Moya, R. Ciganda, P. Hermange, J. Ruiz, D. Astruc. Precise Localization of Metal Nanoparticles in Dendrimer Nanosnakes or Inner Periphery and Consequences in Catalysis. Nature Commun. 2016, 7, 13152. doi: 10.1038/ncomms13152
15.C. Wang, R. Ciganda, L. Salmon, D. Gregurec, J. Irigoyen, S. Moya, J. Ruiz, D. Astruc. Highly efficient transition metal nanoparticle catalysts in aqueous solutions. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 3091-3095. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201511305
16.D. Wang, D. Astruc . The Golden Age of Transfer Hydrogenation. Chem. Rev. 2015, 115, 6621-6686. DOI 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00203
17.D. Wang, C. Deraedt, J. Ruiz, D. Astruc. Magnetic and Dendritic Catalysts. Acc. Chem. Res. 2015, 48, 1871-1880. DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.5b00039
18.A. Rapakousiou, C. Deraedt, H. Gu, L. Salmon, C. Belin, J. Ruiz, D. Astruc. Mixed-Valent Intertwinned Polymer Units         Containing Biferrocenium Chloride Side Chains Form Nanosnakes that Encapsulate Gold Nanoparticles. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 13995-13998. dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja5079267
19.C. Deraedt, N. Pinaud, D. Astruc, A Recyclable Catalytic Dendrimer Nanoreactor for Part-Per-Million Cu(I) Catalysis of ¡°click¡± Reactions in Water J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 12092-12098. doi 10.1021/ja5061388
20.C. Deraedt, A. Rapakousiou, Y. Wang, L. Salmon, M. Bousquet, D. Astruc . Multi-function Redox Polymers: Electrochrome, Polyelectrolyte, Sensor, Electrode Modifier, Nanoparticle Stabilizer and Catalyst Template. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2014, 52, 8445-8449. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201403062
21.Y. Wang, L. Salmon, J. Ruiz, D. Astruc. Metallodendrimers in Three Oxidation States with Electronically Interacting Metals and Stabilization of Size-Selected Gold Nanoparticles. Nature Commun. 2014, 5, number 3489; doi: 10.1038/ncomms4489
22.D. Astruc. Electron-Transfer Processes in Dendrimers and their Implication in Biology, Catalysis, Sensing and Nanotechnology. Nature Chemistry, 2012, 4, 255-267. DOI: 10.1038/NCHEM.1304 (open access on the web)

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