Catalysis – Page 5
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ArticleNext-generation ligands for complex coupling challenges
Improving phosphines for metal catalysis can deliver more efficient and sustainable syntheses
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ResearchWaste plastics unzipped into useful pieces
Chemical recycling of polyethylene produces feedstock usually obtained from crude oil.
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ResearchDesigner catalyst with enzyme-like cavity splits water almost as fast as plants
Catalytic cleft offers new strategy to speed up hydrogen synthesis
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ResearchCore–shell nanomaterial enhances electrochemical ammonia synthesis
System combines two materials to balance activity and selectivity when reducing nitrogen to ammonia
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OpinionDavid MacMillan: ‘The medal is the real celebrity’
The Nobel prize-winner on the joys of handing out his medal to everyone, chatting with William Shatner and Alex Ferguson, and the pain of being a Scottish football fan
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ResearchBlood could supply haem centre for biomass-supported catalyst
Haemoglobin-derived catalyst used to reduce nitroarene into aromatic amines
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ResearchCobalt nanoparticles behind alternative to lead-based Lindlar catalyst
Dietary supplements market could benefit from catalyst that performs the semi-hydrogenation of a range of vitamin precursors
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ResearchArtificially evolved enzyme tackles tricky cross coupling
Directed evolution on the metalloenzyme cytochrome P450 creates a catalyst for making macrocyclic antibiotics
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ResearchNature inspires greener generation of metal hydrides to make formic acid from CO2
The iron–sulfur cluster catalyses the electrocatalytic formation of manganese hydrides
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ResearchTime-resolved spectroscopy shines new light on migratory insertion mechanism
Using lasers to probe metal-centred reactions leads to new understanding of highly reactive catalytic intermediates
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ResearchElectrochemical ‘game-changer’ could make aniline production greener
Sustainable production of important feedstock for dyes, drugs and herbicides is scalable
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CareersThe nickel crystal that catalysed collaboration
An apparent scooping turned into something much more valuable
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ResearchChiral molecules beat magnets when it comes to boosting water splitting
Decorating the catalyst with helicenes doubles the activity of the oxygen evolution reaction
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ResearchMicrodroplets tackle scale-up issues for enzyme-photocoupled catalysis
Gas-spray reactor enhances light illumination efficiency and boosts rate of reaction
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OpinionLetters: July 2022
Readers call for international cooperation, near-miss reporting and less emphasis on deriving equations
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ResearchForgotten research leads to nickel catalyst that turns CO2 into longer hydrocarbons
Discovery shows that there is life beyond copper for carbon dioxide reduction
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ResearchTripeptide catalyst that creates carbon–carbon bonds works in milk, beer and cell lysates
Study sparks excitement by showing a short-chain peptide can be a potent catalyst in numerous complex environments
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ResearchLiquid metal boosts platinum catalyst’s activity 1000 times
Gallium containing single platinum atoms outperforms solid platinum catalysts in electrochemical methanol oxidation
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ResearchCarbon monoxide polymerised by unusual thulium sandwich complex
Thulium-mediated oligomerisation of carbon monoxide creates C–H activation catalyst
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ResearchElectrocatalytic hydrogen atom transfer could give industrial organic synthesis a boost
The new approach – inspired by decades of energy storage research – is selective, efficient and sustainable