catalysts

fertilizer. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Develops catalysts for clean energy production

Dr. Ariel Friedman, develops solutions in the field of electrochemistry that will lead to green and cheap energy
The molecular structure of the state-of-the-art manganese catalyst in water [Courtesy: University of Göttingen]

A green alternative for drug production

Enhancing the selectivity of the graphene-coated platinum-based catalyst with blue titania [Courtesy DGIST]

Conversion of carbon dioxide to hydrocarbon fuel in a selective process

Biocatalysts (located at the bottom of the vial), anchored to spherical lignin particles contained within a natural polymer, open a window to green synthetic reactions in the presence of water [courtesy: Valeria Azovskaya]

Synthetic materials of biological origin

A model of a hydrogen-powered car at the CES ASIA 2018 exhibition held in Shanghai in June 2018. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Chemical building blocks self-assemble to form a catalyst

Water splitting using an innovative metallic catalyst [Courtesy of KTH The Royal Institute of Technology]

Production of hydrogen from water at hand

potassium salt. Photo: CALTECH

A cheap and common material turned out to be an excellent catalyst

In Bushka from bronze compounds. Illustration: Munich University of Technology

Russian bronze doll

Comparison between the biofuel production process and photosynthesis. Image: University of Illinois

An ionic liquid catalyst aids in fuel production

Gregory Jerkiewicz

New findings regarding platinum catalyst

Platinum nanoparticles grown on SrTiO3 nanocubes through atomic layer stacking.

A new method for preparing catalysts from metal nanoparticles

Samuel Mao

A cheap and clean method to produce hydrogen for fuel cells

Professor Graham Hutchings FRS

Innovative use of a gold catalyst

Mark Rudd (left) and John Atkinson. Photo: University of Illinois

A new method for preparing tiny catalysts

The cover of the green catalysis magazine

Development of green catalysts

Catalysis using water, in an aqueous environment, is an efficient and clean process that occurs in nature without receiving any chemical waste. Researchers from the Netherlands have now succeeded in mimicking this wonderful trick of nature
Brown University researchers Aaron Socha (left) and Jason Slough demonstrate the biodiesel production process

A simple method for obtaining biodiesel

The predicted atomic configuration of gold oxide chains (gold: gray, oxygen: pink) at the boundary of a gold monolayer (gold: yellow), supported by a thin layer of magnesium oxide (magnesium: green, oxygen: red) on silver. The numbers indicate atomic charges in units of electron charge.

The oxidation processes in gold nano-clusters were deciphered

Trifluoromethyl is attached to a benzene ring (the hydrogen atoms attached to the ring are not shown)

A novel synthesis method for pharmaceuticals

Zerez Groves from the second generation.

New details about the activity of an important catalyst

From left: Jeffrey Long, Christopher Chang and Hemamala Karunadasa - discoverers of the new metallic catalyst. Photo: Roy Kaltschmidt of Berkeley Labs Public Relations Department

A new metallic catalyst for producing hydrogen from water

Zachary Ball, Brian Popp

Synthetic enzymes will be able to recognize proteins

Nanotube-injected tiny devices with forests of carbon nanotubes growing in the pores can be used as filters or as carriers for improved catalysts. Photo: Rice University

Nanotechnology filters

Structure of the isolated C5-Abnormal N-Heterocyclic Carbene (blue: nitrogen atom, purple: unusual carbene carbon atom, gray: normal carbon atoms. Credit Bertrand lab, UC Riverside

A new family of materials for the preparation of chemical catalysts

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Metal nanoparticles are resistant to extreme heat

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A better understanding of the mechanism of action of platinum catalysts

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Ecological process for drug preparation

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A new catalyst for DNA cleavage

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Curly furrows imitate natural materials

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A new catalyst will allow hydrogen to be used as a clean fuel

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

New "green" catalysts will make drug production cheaper

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A new catalyst paves the way for ethanol-based fuel cells

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

"Green" catalysts help in cleaning toxins and pollutants

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Synthetic compounds mimic enzyme activity