In Situ and Operando Spectroscopy: A Powerful Approach Towards Understanding Catalysts
Revealing reaction mechanisms to find the correlation between structure and surface composition
28 June 2018
By Liliana Lukashuk and Karin Foettinger
Accessibility and Location of Acid Sites in Zeolites as Probed by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Magic Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Understanding heterogeneous catalysts using probe molecule experiments
1 June 2018
By Cátia Freitas, Nathan Barrow and Vladimir Zholobenko
Toward Platinum Group Metal-Free Catalysts for Hydrogen/Air Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Catalyst activity in platinum-free substitute cathode and anode materials
6 April 2018
By Frédéric Jaouen, Deborah Jones, Nathan Coutard, Vincent Artero, Peter Strasser and Anthony Kucernak
Challenges and Opportunities in Fast Pyrolysis of Biomass: Part II
Upgrading options and promising applications in energy, biofuels and chemicals
21 February 2018
By Tony Bridgwater
Challenges and Opportunities in Fast Pyrolysis of Biomass: Part I
Introduction to the technology, feedstocks and science behind a promising source of fuels and chemicals
16 January 2018
By Tony Bridgwater
Coordination Compounds of Hexamethylenetetramine with Metal Salts: A Review
Properties and applications of a versatile model ligand
8 January 2018
By Jia Kaihua and Ba Shuhong
The Role of Noble Metal Catalysts in Conversion of Biomass and Bio-derived Intermediates to Fuels and Chemicals
A review of promising approaches on plant based biomass as a renewable alternative feedstock
27 October 2017
By Banothile Makhubela and James Darkwa
The ‘Nano-to-Nano’ Effect Applied to Organic Synthesis in Water
A remarkable opportunity to use not only water as the reaction medium but very little surfactant and catalyst containing only ppm levels of metal under mild conditions
13 June 2017
By Bruce Lipshutz
Palladium Impurity Removal from Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Process Streams
A method for scale-up
21 October 2016
By Stephanie Phillips, Duncan Holdsworth, Pasi Kauppinen and Carl Mac Namara
Reduction of Activated Carbon-Carbon Double Bonds using Highly Active and Enantioselective Double Bond Reductases
ENEs from Johnson Matthey’s enzyme collection provide a suitable alternative to metal-catalysed hydrogenation
30 August 2016
By Beatriz Domínguez, Ursula Schell, Serena Bisagni and Thomas Kalthoff