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Chemistry World
April 25, 2010
Hayley Birch
New strategy yields best ever catalyst for ammonia decomposition US researchers have developed a new strategy for predicting bimetallic catalysts. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
April 9, 2010
Mike Brown
Going for silver: green plastic production Scientists in the US have identified a new class of catalyst based on subnanometer clusters of three silver atoms that could provide a greener route to propylene oxide - a key intermediate used to make thousands of everyday products mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
October 1, 2010
Hayley Birch
On-off catalyst mimics enzyme function US and Japanese researchers have created an enzyme-like catalyst whose activity can be switched on or off using small molecules. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
April 4, 2008
James Mitchell Crow
More to Catalysis Than Meets the Eye Catalysts are more than just a reactive surface. Changes beneath a metal's skin can completely change the course of a reaction. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
March 8, 2011
Jon Cartwright
Carbon nanotubes - a boon for chiral catalysts Researchers in China have created a new catalyst that could help in the production of chiral molecules for medical drugs. The catalyst, which consists of platinum nanoparticles encapsulated in carbon nanotubes, is the most active of its type ever reported. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
April 11, 2011
Mike Brown
One catalyst, two reactions Researchers in the US have designed a novel material that can catalyse two separate, sequential reactions to produce industrially relevant intermediates in one pot. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
July 16, 2012
Manisha Lalloo
'Artificial Leaf' Under the Microscope Defects at the edge of the cobalt clusters give the Nocera catalyst its water splitting properties. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
May 21, 2009
James Urquhart
Catalyst kinetics revealed French and UK scientists have developed a spectroscopy technique that has elucidated the reaction mechanism of a silver-alumina catalyst. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
June 2, 2010
Lewis Brindley
Reactions in a crystal Crystals that can alter their composition without changing the structure of their solid lattice have been developed by US researchers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
May 9, 2010
Phillip Broadwith
Iron catalyst breaks the mold An iron catalyst that is not only greener than many of its precious metal competitors, but also catalyses reactions that they can't, could open new avenues in transition metal catalysis, say Chinese researchers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
October 18, 2011
Steve Down
Cofactor Control of Catalysis Enantioselectivity Scientists have used cofactors to control the enantioselectivity of supramolecular transition metal catalysts, enabling the asymmetric hydrogenation of a series of acrylates and related compounds with remarkably high selectivities. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
June 27, 2013
Emma Eley
Sustainable iron catalyst for clean hydrogenation An international team of chemists has reported a clean and green way to perform one of the most important industrial reactions for pharmaceutical and petrochemical synthesis. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
September 27, 2012
Charlie Quigg
Cheaper component for greenhouse gas reduction catalyst Scientists from China have replaced the tungsten oxide in a widely used greenhouse gas reduction catalyst with iron oxide, which improves the selectivity and reduces the cost of the catalyst. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reactive Reports
March 2005
David Bradley
Losing the Sulfur Dutch researchers have figured out why the activity of catalysts used to produce clean fuels gradually falls. Their findings show that loss of sulfur atoms from the catalyst itself is to blame and could lead to a way to remedy the situation. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
January 8, 2014
Karl Collins
Oxidation station Small molecules are making significant inroads -- with reactivity and selectivity approaching levels previously thought unachievable. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
February 1, 2012
Jon Evans
Two become one for bio-oil upgrade The development of a couple of new and improved catalysts for upgrading bio-oil is bringing this novel approach to producing biofuels a step closer to the big time. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
October 15, 2015
Emma Stoye
Cobalt could cut costs for pharma ingredients A new kind of cobalt catalyst can be used in the hydrogenation of esters and carboxylic acids to alcohols without the need for extremely high temperatures or expensive precious metals. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
October 16, 2015
Philippa Matthews
One pot recipe for incompatible catalytic transformations Researchers from the US have demonstrated a new catalyst support structure allowing two incompatible catalysts to work in tandem. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
September 21, 2009
Hayley Birch
Enzymes inspire new catalyst design for hydrogen production A novel enzyme-based catalyst developed by UK and US researchers hints at new ways of designing catalysts for the water-gas shift reaction, an important industrial reaction in the production of high grade hydrogen. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
December 3, 2010
Elinor Richards
Graphene catalyst comes out on top Sulfonated graphene solid acid catalysts could be cheap, environmentally friendly alternatives to concentrated sulfuric acid for use in industry because they can be recycled, say scientists from China. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
November 12, 2008
Lewis Brindley
Microscope Reveals Catalyst Secrets A promising technique for watching catalysts in action could provide new insights into how they work, report scientists in the Netherlands. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
August 20, 2008
Gold's Magic Number A new gold catalyst developed by UK chemists can catalyse hydrocarbon oxidation, using O 2 as the only oxidant. But catalyst particle size is critical - above 2nm diameter, the catalyst loses all activity. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
July 20, 2006
Jessica Ebert
Golden Touch for Amines Aminobenzene chemicals are used to make anything from dyes to pharmaceuticals, and now scientists have found a way to produce them in a more efficient way using a gold catalyst. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
January 6, 2010
Phillip Broadwith
Enzymes do the twist The way enzyme catalysts bind molecules to speed up their reactions is not as simple as once thought, say chemists from the UK and Spain. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
September 24, 2009
Phillip Broadwith
Carbon can't but tin can US chemists have discovered that distannynes - tin-based analogues of acetylenes - can react reversibly with ethene to make cyclic complexes. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
December 3, 2009
Hayley Birch
Bio-Inspired Catalyst Design Could Rival Platinum French scientists have demonstrated the potential of a new fuel cell catalyst inspired by hydrogenase enzymes. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
September 7, 2015
Jason Woolford
Subtle forces yield profound effects on heavy element bonding Using theoretical calculations, researchers have cast a spotlight on the vital role that subtle, and previously overlooked, dispersion forces play in stabilizing p-block heavy element bonding. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
June 1, 2006
Michael Gross
New Twists on Catalysis Chemists around the world have discovered several new twists to improve the performance of asymmetric catalysts in hydrogenation reactions. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
November 28, 2013
Andy Extance
Base metal catalysts strike hydrogenation gold Three teams have shown that chemists need not rely only on expensive and toxic precious metal catalysts for hydrogenation -- they've found complementary alternatives based on cheap, abundant and safer transition metals. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
August 28, 2014
Trekking across chemical frontiers Thinking about getting molecules to where they need to go is a new concept for the novice process chemist, but is familiar to chemical engineers as mass transfer. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
April 6, 2009
Nina Notman
Torn catalysts help polymers heal themselves Catalysts that are activated by a mechanical force tearing them in two have been designed by Dutch scientists. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
December 12, 2007
Jonathan Edwards
Aqueous Fischer-Tropsch is Clean and Green Chinese chemists have carried out the Fischer-Tropsch reaction in water for the first time, bringing a greener route to hydrocarbon fuels a step closer. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
January 25, 2008
Simon Hadlington
Catalysis Probed with MRI Scientists have developed a way of peering into a microreactor to watch gases react on a solid catalyst. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
April 18, 2012
Elinor Richards
Homogeneous Catalyst Recovery Made Easier Scientists have now found a way to recover homogeneous catalysts at the end of a chemical reaction that doesn't suffer from the slow reaction rates that affect current catalyst recovery systems. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
April 28, 2010
Mike Brown
Producing hydrogen from sea water A new catalyst that generates hydrogen from sea water has been developed by scientists in the US. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
December 3, 2014
Cally Haynes
One rotaxane, two catalytic stories A two-site supramolecular catalyst that can be programmed to mediate different reactions depending on its conformation has been designed by researchers in the UK. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
November 26, 2012
Laura Howes
Protein coat prepares catalyst for cascades By protecting a transition metal catalyst with a protein coat, scientists have managed to couple up biocatalysts and chemical catalysts to perform a cascade reaction. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
May 30, 2013
Andy Extance
Catalyst duo exerts powerful stereocontrol Chemists from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, have teamed chiral catalysts in pairs to selectively drive a reaction towards desired stereoisomeric products with high selectivity. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
July 19, 2012
Helen Gray
MOF gate opens selective CO2 gas storage door UK researchers have designed a metal -- organic framework that, unusually, selectively adsorbs CO 2 over ethyne by a dynamic gate-opening mechanism and has potential applications in fuel gas separation. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
November 26, 2009
Lewis Brindley
One pot synthesis for nylon precursor A highly efficient route to cyclohexanone - a key chemical in the production of nylon - has been developed by researchers in China. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
October 8, 2008
James Mitchell Crow
Clever catalysts promise commercial advantage Smarter catalysts that could help the chemical industry to cut costs and beat ever-more stringent government regulations were showcased at CPhI, the pharmaceutical ingredient trade show, held in Frankfurt, Germany. mark for My Articles similar articles