The Friščić group, which was kick-started in August 2011, is a part of the McGill University Chemistry Department's push in Green Chemistry. The principal interest of the Friščić group is in developing and exploiting solid-state, solvent-free and near solvent-free reactions for the purpose of cleaner and more energy-efficient synthesis.
Prof. Friščić has been newly appointed as a prestigious Canada Research Chair in Mechanochemistry and Solid-state Chemistry in recognition of his scientific excellence. Congratulations!
Cameron has received an NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships – Doctoral scholarship for his work on "Expanding mechanochemistry: chemical synthesis using resonant acoustic mixing (RAM)". Congratulations!
Recent review article by Farshid Effaty in collaboration with Dr. Xavier Ottenwaelder concerning metal-catalyzed mechanochemistry. Click here to read the review article.
Recent review article by Blaine Fiss and Austin Richard in collaboration with Prof. Audrey Moores about mechanochemical reactions that are based on the transfer of charged species. Click here to read the review article.
In collaboration with Moore's group, we have synthesized ultrasmall nickel phosphide nanoparticles that show great promise as catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Read more about it here.
Together with a very diverse team of 31 scientists, a diverse view of science to catalyse change has been published in several major journals, highlighting and emphasizing the importance of and diversity.
"[...]We must value diversity not only in words, but also in actions.[...]"
"[...]Valuing diversity leads to scientific excellence[...]" Read the open access article here, as well as statements from the scientists
Modification of the milling assembly led to control and even reversible polymorphic interconversion during mechanochemical cocrystallisation. Changes to milling media has led to reactions that follow or are against Ostwald's rule of stages. Read more here.
We are delighted to announce the upcoming Crystal Engineering and Emerging Materials Workshop of Ontario and Quebec (CEMWOQ) - 6.5 on May 30-31 2020. The conference will be held online due to COVID-19.
Louis received a Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship for his work on "Mechanochemical Synthesis of Novel Salicylic Acid-Based Cages for Pharmaceutical, Energy, and Catalytic Applications". Congratulations!
Ghada Ayoub successfully defended her PhD on 5th February 2020. Congratulations and all the best for your future.
In collaboration with Prof. Baltrusaitis the water-based autocatalytic reaction of mechanochemically formed fertilizer cocrystal was monitored using in situ Raman and powder X-ray diffraction. Read more about it here.
Patrick Julien successfully defended his PhD on 16th December 2019. Congratulations and all the best for your Postdoc in the group of Prof. Peter Burns.
In collaboration with Isaiah Speight from Hanusa's group we observed the phenomenon of disappearing polymorph for a mercury based metal-organic framework. Read more about the work clicking here.
Recent review article by Dr. Sandra Kaabel in collaboration with Prof. Karine Auclair about bulk solvent and water free mechanochenzymatic reactions. Click here to read the review article.
A cocrystal based strategy was applied to create new solid hypergols, based on imidazole-substituted decaboranes as "trigger" component combined with energy-rich nitrobenzene. Click here to read more about hypergolic cocrystals.
Hypergolic MOF materials, developed jointly by ACSYNAM and our group, were named one of Quebec's 10 Inventions of the Year by Quebec Science! Read more about it here.
Igor Huskić successfully defended his PhD on 16th
July 2019. Congratulations!
We celebrated the 8th year anniversary of Friščić Group at McGill University in May 2019 by visiting a local wine yard.
In collaboration with the group of Prof. Dominik Cinčić, we explored the formation of halogen bonds using heavy pnictogens, i.e. phosphorus, arsenic, and antimony as novel acceptors. Read more here.
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