Following the publication of research carried out by Mr Muhammad Sajadi, a researcher from Soran University's Faculty of Science, along with three other research colleagues, in the magazine of the National Center for Biotechnology, one of the most renowned international scientific journals.
The Iranian electronic media has paid much attention to it and has described it as innovative and a great success in nanotechnology. The research is entitled 'Green synthesis of Pd/CuO nanoparticles by Theobroma cacao L. seeds extract and their catalytic performance for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol and phosphine-free Heck coupling reaction under aerobic conditions.' The Iranian electronic websites have labelled Soran University as one of the parties of the research.