On March 16, 2017, during the 50th Annual Meeting of German Catalysis Scientists was held in Weimar. Dr. BAO Xinhe, Professor of Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics and Fudan University, is awarded the 2017 Alwin Mittasch Prize, for his outstanding contribution to the development of novel catalysis concepts for methane and syngas conversion and on fundamental research of nanocatalysis.
　　Prof. BAO Xinhe is Awarded 2017 Alwin Mittasch Prize (Image by SHI Ying)
　　The Alwin Mittasch Prize is awarded for distinguished work that has not only extended the fundamentals of catalysis, but also has applications in industry. The prize is conferred by the German Catalysis Society (GeCatS) and Dechema Chemical Engineering and Biotechnplogy Abstracts Database (DECHEMA) e.V. The prize opens worldwide every two years and goes to one or two scientists. Since it was funding in 1990, there are 15 scientists awarded the Alwin Mittasch Prize. Prof. BAO Xinhe is the first Chinese awardee. Prof. David Cole-Hamilton from University of St. Andrews of UK is another prize winner this year. Prof. BAO Xinhe gave a plenary talk entitled "New Horizons of C1 Chemistry" after the awarding ceremony.(Text and Image by SHI Ying)
　　Dr. LU Xinyi
　　Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
　　457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116023, China,
　　Tel: 86-411-84379201
　　E-mail: luxinyi@dicp.ac.cn 
　　

　　November 26th, 2016, the kick-off meeting for National Program on Key Research and Development Project “Control over the Surface & Interface of 2D Materials for C1 Conversion”, has been held successfully in Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). This project is presided by Associate Prof. DENG Dehui from DICP. Prof. BAO Xinhe (Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences) and Prof. CHEN Ping from DICP, Prof. WANG Ye from XMU, Prof. HU Zheng from Nanjing University, and Prof. LU Anhui from Dalian University of Technology have been invited and attended this kick-off meeting as advisory experts of this project.
　　The chief scientist, Associate Prof. DENG Dehui, firstly introduced the basis of this project and related key scientific issues, research goal, research team, previous research foundation and the latest progress, and the project management. He introduced that this project team is organized by very young researchers from the four member institutions DICP, XMU, IMR and Soochow University and collaborated by taking advantages in energy, catalysis, materials of the member institutions respectively. This project focuses on new 2D catalytic materials and precise control of the surface and interface of 2D heterostructures and its electron properties. With the goal of efficiently catalytic conversion of C1, the team will focus on the activation process and reaction mechanism of CH4 and CO under the moderate reaction conditions, trying to make breakthroughs in controllable synthesis, in situ dynamic characterization, catalysis theory of new 2D catalytic materials, to lie a foundation for the application of 2D materials and heterostructures in catalytic conversion of C1 molecules. After that, other members of this team have introduced their tasks respectively.
　　 
　　The experts have affirmed the importance and significance of this project, and thought this project aims to national strategic needs in coal and natural gas conversion, and appraised the team to challenge global scientific concerns C1 conversion. They suggested the team to strengthen collaborations and cooperation, to further ensure the key research points and characteristics, to concentrate forces on solving the key scientific and technological issues of this project. Besides, the experts have given some detailed and specific instructive advices and suggestions for the organization and implementation of this project. (Text and Imaged by JIANG Xiumei and CUI Xiaoju)
　　

The 6th Chinese National Conference on Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry（SIMS China Ⅵ）,which was hosted by Key Laboratory of Separation and Analysis, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, was successfully held in DICP on October 8th-11th, 2016. Group leader Professor Haiyang Li from Group for Rapid Separation and Detection (102) served as chairman of the conference. More than 110 SIMS scholars from government, research institutes and universities attended the symposium, such as Prof. Ian Gilmore, from Science National Physical Laboratory(NPL), UK, Prof. Andrew Ewing, from University of Gothenburg, Sweden, Prof. David G. Castner, University of Washington, Prof. Jiro Matsuo from Kyoto University, Japan, Prof. Liangzhen Zha from Tsinghua University, Prof. Yongjian Ling from National Tsinghua University, Taiwan, Prof. Dunyi Liu from Institute of geology of Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Prof. Xinhua Zhou and Prof. Xianhua Li from Institute of Geology and Geophysics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Prof. Fuyi Wang from the Chemical Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Top scientists made wonderful conference invited reports, for instance, Prof. Ian Gilmore，the previous chairman of the International SIMS conference, Prof. Jiro Matsuo，the chairman of the next International SIMS conference and Prof. Andrew Ewing，the associate editor of American Analytical Chemistry journal, etc. At the conference, experts and professors reported wonderfully for instrument research, theoretical development and application in different fields of SIMS, which triggered a heated discussion of the participants. Group for Rapid Separation and Detection (102) reported the research development of the major instrument special high resolution time-of-flight mass analyzer of "TOF-SIMS Scientific Instrument for Isotope Geology", The resolution of their developed TOF-MS is more than 500,000 (63Cu) which has reached the most advanced level in this research field. Before the official conference started, in order to popularize the basic theoretical knowledge of SIMS, academic committee and organizing committee invited experts in the field of mass spectrometry and SIMS such as Prof. Huanwen Chen from East China University of Technology, Prof. Zihua Zhu from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory(PNNL), Prof. Wei Yang from Institute of Geology and Geophysics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Prof. Haiyang Li from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences to give a one-day training course about the basic knowledge of SIMS, instrument and its analytical application for graduate students and young researchers. After the conference, all guests visited the laboratory for Rapid Separation and Detection (RSD) and the science park of DICP under the guidance of Prof. Li. In the laboratories, the guests investigated in detail for the operation of high resolution mass analyzer of the TOF-SIMS which was dedicated to high precision isotope abundance research. The experts and scholars had a live communication around the field application of photo ionization TOF-MS, which was self-developed by the 102 laboratory, on the environmental analysis, life analysis and the scientific research of ion mobility spectrometry（IMS）on the field of medical diagnosis, rapid detection of explosive, etc. Meanwhile, they gave Group 102 high praise for their self-developed and industrialized rapid analytical instrument towards national security, ecological environment and life health. The conference offered a platform for the academic study, technical communication and cooperation and exhibited updated research results for the field of Chinese SIMS. We hope the conference will promote the development of Chinese SIMS. (Text by Chenxin Wu, Mei Li, Image by Ping Chen, Qingyun Li）

　　A delegation of 5 members from the Fushun Petrochemical Co. of the China National Petroleum Corp., headed by Mr. QIAN Xinhua, Vice General Manager of the company, visited DICP on 17th February.
　　The guests were given a friendly reception by Prof. LIU Zhongmin, Vice-Director of DICP. Prof. Liu first introduced to the guests on the recent advances made in research work by DICP. Then Mr. Qian talked on the objectives of their visit, and retrospected on the good cooperation relationship in the past years between their company and DICP. Subsequently, exchanges were carried out between the two sides on future cooperation intentions in areas of technology development, talent nurturing and process commercialization.