Catalysis – Page 22
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ResearchMOF catalyst capable of disabling chemical weapons
Zirconium-based framework breaks down nerve agent mimic within 30 seconds
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Research
Polymers curl up and take control
Single polymer chains can be shaped into globular nanoparticles to mimic nature’s catalysts
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ResearchAnton Toutov: The power of potassium
Anton Toutov discusses how using potassium to make silicon-containing organic chemicals has shaken up chemistry
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ResearchMicromotor catalyst powers up hydrogen production
Catalytic particles offer new cheaper and safer way of storing hydrogen for vehicles
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ResearchThe Goldilocks of heterogeneous catalysis
Dangling thiols anchor palladium within MOF without poisoning its catalytic activity
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PodcastChemistry World podcast – March 2015
How cephalopods teach chemists about camouflage, and new ways to convert carbon dioxide into useful materials
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ResearchExploiting the chirality of DNA
DNA covalently bound to cellulose offers new perspectives in asymmetric catalysis
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PodcastGrubbs catalyst
Nina Notman describes the dance of olefin metathesis, and how the tempo is set by Grubbs’ catalysts
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PodcastOsmium tetraoxide
It’s highly toxic but essential for studying detailed structures of cells. Brian Clegg introduces osmium tetraoxide
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ResearchTough tungsten alloy produces purer nanotubes
Heat stable catalyst grows carbon nanotubes with 90% uniform chirality
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ResearchCarbon–carbon couplings go 3D
Reaction extends 2010 Nobel prize winning Suzuki coupling and can be used to modify natural products
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ResearchPhotooxidation system that’s membrane-bound for success
Following nature’s blueprint for photosynthesis enables water oxidation at extremely low catalyst concentrations
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ResearchStan Golunski: Sustaining catalytic collaborations
The Cardiff Catalysis Institute’s deputy director chats to us about supercritical anti-solvent precipitation and working alongside industry through the KCMC
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BusinessPlug and play redox enzymes
Technology profile: HydRegen is making cofactor-dependent catalysis cleaner
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FeaturePaving the way to polythene
It is 50 years since Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta won the Nobel prize for their work on polymers
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PodcastWilkinson's catalyst
Simon Cotton introduces the dynamic Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson, and the catalyst that carries his name
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Business
Waste CO2-derived plastic hits tonne scale
Novomer turns emissions from ammonia plant into polymers
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Business
Pfizer's lost gold
A stash of gold dust bought for $700,000 last year has gone missing from a Pfizer lab in St Louis, Missouri, US
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News
Chemistry nobel laureate William Knowles dies
Renowned asymmetric synthesis chemist dies aged 95