Catalysis – Page 14
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ArticleMeet the next generation of science innovators
From metal–organic frameworks to enzymes, Johnson Matthey staff are working to make new discoveries
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ArticleMetathesis: around the catalytic cycle
Three Umicore scientists discuss the advantages that metathesis can bring to a variety of industries
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ResearchPlasmonic photocatalysts flatten reaction barriers
Light-driven reactions under mild conditions made possible with metal plasmonic nanoparticles
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OpinionCombining Lewis acid and redox catalysis
Organic phenalenyl cations perform a dual role without transition metals
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ResearchBifunctional catalyst enables direct production of liquid fuels from syngas
Zeolite-supported cobalt nanoparticles enable selective Fischer–Tropsch conversion of syngas to gasoline, jet fuel and diesel
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ResearchGold rush for lignin conversion
Catalytic breakthrough surrounding the notoriously difficult oxidative depolymerisation of lignin could make cellulosic ethanol biofuels commercially viable
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ResearchArtificial iron–sulfur catalyst is highly functional
Sulfite reductase mimic represents major advancement in engineering synthetic enzymes
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ResearchClassic multicomponent reaction finally gets chiral touch
59 years after its discovery, the Ugi reaction becomes enantioselective with the help of a chiral phosphoric acid
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ResearchMacrocycles power up carbon nanotubes
Interlocked molecules tune the electronic properties of nanotubes, allowing researchers to control their catalytic activity
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ResearchSunlight converts plastic waste to hydrogen fuel
Food contamination no problem for photocatalytic recycling process
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ResearchNeuNMR set to enhance understanding of heterogeneous catalysis
Integrated neutron-scattering and NMR method proves much more powerful than the sum of its parts
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ResearchLights – camera – catalysis!
Like thousands of chemists worldwide, Bert Weckhuysen is a keen photographer. More unusually, however, he has found a way to bring his hobby and his research together
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ResearchRound-the-ring catalysis makes cyclic peptides chiral
Classic hydrogenation catalyst installs multiple stereocentres one by one to create small amino acid rings as single enantiomers
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ResearchCatalyst comms get specific
Organocatalyst selectively activates in response to light, hydrogen peroxide or acylase to control the rate of an aldol and Michael reaction
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ResearchPrebiotically plausible version of pH gradient generating catalyst
Scientists create simple metal ion system could have facilitated early metabolic processes, like ATP synthesis
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ResearchSilk cocoon-shaped electrocatalyst for water splitting
Cobalt polysulfide shows promise as low-cost alternative to platinum group catalysts
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ResearchHeterogeneous catalysts supported on glass wool
Cheap material offers easy way to separate catalysts from reaction mixtures
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ResearchWater splitting demonstrated in microgravity
Drop tower experiments show how future oxygen-generating systems could work in space
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ResearchCatalyst converts methane to methanol at room temperature
Iron-studded graphene offers noble metal free route to important chemical feedstock
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