COST Action CA21101 CATCOSY 2024 - CONFINED MOLECULAR SYSTEMS

The CATCOSY 2024 Meeting, titled «Facing Challenges on the Characterization of Subnanometric Metal and Metal Oxide Catalysts and Photocatalysts», was organized within the COST Action CA21101: COnfined Molecular SYstems: from the new generation of materials to the stars “COSY” on September 26-27, 2024, at the CSIC Central Campus in Madrid, Spain, this workshop aimed to shed light on the necessity of integrating advanced computational tools with experimental synthesis and characterization techniques. The topics included: synthesis of atomically precise metal clusters in various environments (gas-phase, solution, within helium nanodroplets, and in biologically relevant media), their characterization via. e.g., transmission electron microscopy and state-of-the-art computational methods (ab initio, DFT and molecular dynamics).

The workshop targeted established researchers, post-doctoral researchers, and PhD students interested in subnanometric science, particularly in the characterization and understanding of subnanometric transition metal and metal-oxide catalysts and photocatalysts. The scientific program comprised 6 lecture sessions featuring invited speakers and hot topic presentations, along with a poster session hosting flash poster presentations. For the top three poster presenters, there were prizes sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics journal.

Organized by the Action Chair – María Pilar de Lara-Castells, supported by the EU COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Association and sponsored by Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP), the CATCOSY Meeting provided a valuable platform for collaboration and knowledge exchange in the field of subnanometric systems research.