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Nanomaterials Feb 13, 2023

Solar-driven chemistry one step closer to reality

Scientists at the University of Helsinki offer new insights into the control over reaction selectivity with visible light in plasmonic catalysis.

Analytical Chemistry Feb 13, 2023

Researchers reveal mechanism regulating rhodium migration and size redistribution in rhodium catalysts

The migration of Rh atoms under a gas/reactive environment is important for the dynamic restructuring and size redistribution of Rh catalysts in a variety of structure-sensitive catalytic reactions.

Analytical Chemistry Feb 9, 2023

Investigation of NiFe-based catalysts for water oxidation in different pH electrolytes

Renewable electricity driven water splitting offers a green and sustainable way to produce hydrogen (H2). The key to improving the water splitting efficiency is an efficient electrocatalyst. Non-noble nickel iron (NiFe)-based ...

Analytical Chemistry Feb 7, 2023

Molecule-electron-proton transfer in enzyme-photo-coupled catalytic system

The harmonious coexistence between human society and nature has prompted the rapid development of advanced manufacturing. Typically, green biomanufacturing, which uses renewable resources as raw materials and enzymes or microorganisms ...

Materials Science Feb 7, 2023

Cooperating catalysts provide new route for utilizing formate salts

Two catalysts working in tandem enable inexpensive formate salts to perform difficult dearomative reactions, resulting in products potentially useful for drug development.

Environment Feb 6, 2023

Sustainable chemistry will not solve CO2 emissions problem, claims paper

In a paper published in the journal Sustainable Chemistry for Climate Action, Prof. Gadi Rothenberg of the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences presents a realistic look at carbon dioxide emissions, climate change ...

Analytical Chemistry Feb 2, 2023

Metalloradical catalysis guides new cobalt-based system that exploits unique features of homolytic radical reaction

A team of Boston College researchers has demonstrated an unprecedented catalytic approach that enables concurrent control of multiple convergences and selectivities in intermolecular amination of allylic carbon-hydrogen bonds ...

Materials Science Jan 31, 2023

A new catalyst that transforms carbon dioxide into added-value chemical products

Global warming is an increasingly worrying problem. Although the greenhouse effect is a necessary process to maintain living conditions on Earth, our current societies are increasing the emission of greenhouse gases into ...

Materials Science Jan 30, 2023

Researchers work to reduce the amount of precious metals in catalytic converters

The precious metals, such as platinum, palladium and rhodium, in catalytic converters make the vehicle devices attractive to thieves, but University of Central Florida researchers are working to reduce the amount of precious ...

Analytical Chemistry Jan 24, 2023

Organic chemists develop new catalyst to selectively activate carbon-hydrogen bonds

Substituted aromatics are among the most important building blocks for organic compounds such as drugs, crop-protecting agents, and many materials. The function of the molecules is determined by the spatial arrangement of ...

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