Religions in Vienna in the Past, Present and Future - Key Findings from the WIREL Project

The role of religion is currently a topic of considerable public interest in Vienna as well as across Europe. Over the course of the last half-century, Vienna has witnessed rapidly changing religious composition accompanied by consistently increasing religious diversity. The various aspects of research conducted by WIREL facilitate the global assessment of both quantitative and qualitative aspects of religious diversity in Vienna. A short report – Religions in Vienna in the Past, Present and Future –summarises the research findings with the aim of making the trends, drivers, and socio-demographic consequences of the changing religious landscape of Vienna more accessible and understandable

[Cp*Ru(CO)₂]₂-Catalyzed Hydrodeoxygenation and Hydrocracking of Diols and Epoxides

The hydrogenolysis of glycols to hydrocarbons is a reaction of potential value for the production of chemicals and fuels from biomass-derived polyols. We find that [Cp*Ru­(CO)₂]₂ (Cp* = 1,2,3,4,5-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) catalyzes the hydrogenolysis of glycols to alkanes and of epoxides to alkanes/alkenes by molecular hydrogen at 170–200 °C and 4–27 atm; the product yields range from moderate to excellent. Moreover, we also established a novel process that produces alkanes with a lower number of carbons from glycols: e.g., toluene from 1-phenyl-1,2-ethanediol

Bandgap Engineering of Quantum Semiconductor Microstructures

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