Scientists have demonstrated a promising new approach for converting methane -- the primary component of natural gas -- into ...

A research team reports they have created an organic reaction called α-allylation with simple ketones and allyl alcohols. This work holds the potential for use in the development of next-generation ...

Heterogeneous catalysis—in which catalysts and reactants are of different phases, e.g., solid and gas—is important to many industrial processes and often involves solid metal as the catalyst. Ammonia ...

In heterogeneous catalysis, calculations require complicated computational processes due to the variability of reaction pathways and possibilities. Now, thanks to a clever combination of programming ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Imagine that a new lifesaving medication is invented, but its unusual structure makes it difficult to manufacture. The drug might turn out to be prohibitively expensive or ...

Researchers have outlined a bold new roadmap for harnessing heterogeneous catalysis to destroy per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the so-called 'forever chemicals' that have contaminated ...

For the first time, scientists filmed atoms moving during a chemical reaction, uncovering hidden steps that could make future catalysts cleaner and more effective. (Artist’s concept.) Credit: ...

Bert M. Weckhuysen has a dream. Someday he’d like to produce a movie showing what happens on a catalytic solid at a submolecular level. That dream remains out of reach, he admits. But after more than ...

Five years ago, the idea that a single atom on a solid surface could catalyze a reaction seemed outlandish to many scientists. They reasoned that if isolated atoms could be supported on a solid—a big ...

Organic synthesis, including organic and organometallic reagents and all types of catalysis. 2 Geochemistry and Biogeochemical Cycling: Isotope, organic and sedimentary geochemistry, marine ...

A new chemical process can essentially vaporize plastics that dominate the waste stream today and turn them into hydrocarbon building blocks for new plastics. The catalytic process, developed at the ...