Matson Laboratory

Matson Lab Pumpkin Carving!!!! Spoooooookey Season!

My colleagues are so cool!! Congrats @paradinelab.bsky.social and Katie Knowles on a great run!!!

Proton Reduction with a Cobalt-Doped Thiomolybdate Cluster: A Structural and Functional Model of Co-Doped MoS2 A heterometallic thiomolybdate cluster, Cp*3CoMo2S4 (Cp* = 1,2,3,4,5-pentamethylcyclopentadienide) has been synthesized and identified as a molecular electrocatalyst for proton reduction in dimethylformamide. Compared with its homometallic congener (Cp*3Mo3S4), cobalt incorporation improves activity by lowering the overpotential for proton reduction, consistent with the contrasting catalytic performance of MoS2 and its Co-doped derivative. Isolation of the reduced form of Cp*3CoMo2S4 and subsequent reactivity studies provide insight into the reaction pathway. These findings establish Cp*3CoMo2S4 as a molecular model for extended sulfide materials.

Congrats @kayekuphal.bsky.social on an exciting collaboration with the @matsonlab.bsky.social, exploring some really cool cluster chemistry with electrocatalysis! 👏🎉

Check out their latest work here!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Fantastic group rocking some fantastic swag!!! Took advantage of this great Rochester day to celebrate these awesome people and to snag a new group photo!!!

Congratulations, Dr. Cooney!!!! So proud of your accomplishments!

Proud of this work!!! Thanks for highlighting our article!!

Half marathon complete!!! Matson lab past and present represented out there on the course!!! Beautiful day for 13.1!!!

A belated congrats to PhD #6 from the Matson Lab, Dr. Dagar!!!! So proud of this amazing electrochemist, and we can’t wait to see what she does next!!!

Meet Ellen Matson, the 2025 Inorganic Chemistry Lectureship Winner | ACS Publications Chemistry Blog Learn more about Prof. Matson as she discusses her career, the exciting research currently happening in her lab group, and what this award means to her.

Excited to share that Ellen was selected as the recipient of the 2025 ACS Inorganic Lectureship!!! What a wonderful celebration of the cool cluster science happening in our lab 🥳🥳🥳 Read Ellen's interview here: axial.acs.org/inorganic-ch...

Amphiphilic, phosphonic acid-capped cadmium selenide quantum dots sensitize a thiomolybdate catalyst for hydrogen production Combining a molecular thiomolybdate cluster, [Mo3S13]2−, with cadmium selenide quantum dots capped with tetraethyleneglycol monomethyl ether phosphonate (TEGPA) ligands results in a highly active…

Take a look at another article by members of the #ChemSky community:

'Amphiphilic, phosphonic acid-capped cadmium selenide quantum dots sensitize a thiomolybdate catalyst for hydrogen production'

@karabren.bsky.social, @brenlab.bsky.social, @matsonlab.bsky.social

Getting a medal for my professorship vs. using a medal from moms professorship!!! 🤪🤓😂🥳🤩

Agreed sort of. If you fast forward through the first half, Moana 2 does its job!

Super excited to see this work out!!! Thanks for the awesome collaboration!!!

The amazing Mamta Dagar is recognized with the UofR Chemistry Department Outstanding Graduate Student Award!!!! Outstanding indeed! 🥳🤓🥳🤓🤩

Vanadium Substitution Dictates H Atom Uptake at Lindqvist-type Polyoxotungstates Understanding how modification of molecular structures changes the thermochemistry of H atom uptake can provide design criteria for the formation of highly active catalysts for reductive transformatio...

Our collaboration with @matsonlab.bsky.social looking at #PCET at the surface of vanadium-doped Polyoxotungstates is just out in Inorg. Chem.! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... #POMs #POMspapers

Me tookooooo!!!!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Reviewing proofs where my PhD advisor and I are corresponding authors on a manuscript!!! It’s been 15 years and I still feel lucky to work with this fantastic lady 😍🥰😍🥰😍

Ok working to give my undivided attention to BlueSky!!! Stay tuned for awesome updates from the Matson Lab!

Thanks for the invite :) :)