Catalysis – Page 18
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ResearchSoiled aluminium foil recycled into catalyst
Waste turned into a biofuel catalyst that is cheaper and better than its commercial equivalent
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ResearchZeolite catalysts convert carbon dioxide to fuel
Two research groups have independently developed catalysts that turn CO2 and hydrogen into gasoline
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ResearchLight touch boosts reactions 10-fold
First standardised photoreactor ups photoredox reactions and reduces reproducibility concerns
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ResearchLight-driven catalytic process offers greener route to organic alcohols
Cobalt–copper system works in water and tolerates air
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ResearchCheap catalyst turns carbon dioxide into fuel
Earth abundant materials can be nano-engineered to make best use of increasingly abundant solar power
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ResearchGame of Go explains zeolite clogging
Ancient board game inspires theoretical model that helps predict ideal reaction conditions for zeolite catalysts
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ResearchMethane to methanol catalyst could end gas flaring
Process could cut carbon emissions at remote oil fields but devil is in the detail
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Research‘Walking’ catalyst shows carbon dioxide the way
Unrefined hydrocarbons and carbon dioxide are turned into speciality fatty acids with the help of a migrating nickel catalyst
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ResearchCatalyst puts chiral twist on phosphorus drugs
Simple molecule overcomes headache of phosphorus stereochemistry in antiviral drug synthesis
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ResearchPerovskite quantum dots boost artificial photosynthesis
Perovskite and graphene combined to enhance photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide
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ResearchAlkaline surprise for acid rain formation
Ammonia can catalyse the hydrolysis of sulfur trioxide to sulfuric acid in the atmosphere
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ResearchRuthenium complex catalyses complimentary reactions
A new catalyst can switch between different functionalities in response to pH
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ResearchCarbon nanofibre offers new spin on catalysts
Electrospinning carbon nanofibre into an electrocatalyst paves the way to flexible energy storage devices
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ResearchNew organic catalysts mimic vertebrate vision
The use of light-absorbing chiral iminium ions enables novel syntheses
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ResearchCatalyst fuels hydrogen car vision
Platinum–molybdenum carbide expedites hydrogen formation from water and methanol
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ResearchTamed radicals expand chemical space
A method to functionalise complex molecules with catalytic radicals could expand chemical libraries of the drug and agrochemical industry
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ResearchQuantum dot first for carbon–carbon bond photocatalysis
Cheap nanosized semiconductors rival expensive precious metal catalysts in photoredox reactions
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ResearchNanoparticles mimic enzyme to reduce toxins in cigarette smoke
Cigarette filters containing copper nanoparticles could reduce the harmful effects of smoking
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ResearchZeolite catalysts tailored to specific chemical reactions
Molecules that mimic shapes of transition states of important industrial reactions help to build better catalysts
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ResearchCatalytic glassware makes metal recycling easy
Flasks with built-in nanoparticles allows chemists to easily reuse valuable catalysts