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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.  |
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  |
Chemistry World December 14, 2012 Jon Cartwright |
Pico-gold clusters break catalysis record Chemists in Spain have shown that small clusters of gold atoms are excellent inorganic catalysts with record-breaking efficiency.  |
Chemistry World September 4, 2014 Simon Hadlington |
'Unifying theory' proposed for carbon monoxide oxidation on supported gold nanoparticles US researchers believe they have uncovered the means by which gold nanoparticles sitting on a support of titanium dioxide can oxidise carbon monoxide at low temperatures.  |
Chemistry World January 6, 2013 Simon Hadlington |
Greener route to carboxylic acids Chemists in Israel have developed a new way to oxidize primary alcohols to carboxylic acids, using water as both the reaction solvent and the source of oxygen.  |
Chemistry World November 28, 2010 Mike Brown |
Water and sunlight: a winning catalytic combination Researchers have incorporated a sunlight-activated trigger into an oxygenation process that uses water as the oxygen source.  |
Chemistry World March 28, 2013 Simon Hadlington |
Copper catalysis sees the light Researchers in the US have shown that the oxide coating on copper nanoparticles can be stripped away by light, exposing the metallic, catalytic copper core.  |
Chemistry World April 24, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Researchers 'See' Catalyst Molecules at Work Researchers have for the first time 'watched' in real time single molecules of catalyst participating in a reaction at a solid-liquid interface.  |
Chemistry World February 11, 2008 Lewis Brindley |
Oxidation Goes Green A new 'green' strategy for making useful nitrogen-based chemicals has been announced by chemists in the UK.  |
Chemistry World July 31, 2008 |
Breakthrough Catalyst for Splitting Water Scientists say they have solved a fundamental problem hampering renewable energy generation - how to split water cheaply into oxygen and hydrogen, under benign conditions, so that the gases can be stored as fuels.  |
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.  |
Chemistry World February 27, 2014 Simon Hadlington |
Quantum tunnelling sparks chemistry on cold surfaces Chemistry in deep space could be more diverse than thought after the discovery that larger atoms can quantum tunnel.  |
Chemistry World October 2, 2014 Tim Wogan |
Photosynthesis-free route to oxygen gives early Earth atmosphere clues A direct mechanism for producing oxygen from carbon dioxide using far ultraviolet radiation has been experimentally demonstrated by researchers in the US, confirming a 14-year-old theoretical prediction.  |
Chemistry World December 2008 Paul Docherty |
Column: Totally Synthetic Pseudolaric acid B: regular readers of this column's online incarnation will have noticed that this is the second appearance for this particular synthesis.  |
Chemistry World August 7, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
The Burning Issue In an effort to clean up fossil-fuel power stations, scientists have completed a project to create ceramic straws that can produce a stream of pure oxygen from air.  |
Chemistry World May 13, 2014 Tim Wogan |
Chemistry calculations reveal Earth's inner core Theoretical calculations have confirmed that the Earth's core contains a significant proportion of oxygen.  |