Every chemical reaction faces a barrier: For substances to react with one another, it is first necessary to supply energy. In ...

Catalysts are essential to modern industry, accelerating reactions used to produce everything from fertilizers and fuels to medicines and hydrogen energy. But until now, scientists could not directly ...

Catalysis is a fundamental process in chemical science whereby a catalyst accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being consumed. By providing an alternative reaction pathway with a lower ...

Green synthesis and catalysis in organic chemistry represent a pivotal shift towards sustainable laboratory practices by minimising the use of hazardous reagents and reducing waste generation. This ...

IT IS WITH UTMOST GRATITUDE that I accept the Priestley Medal, the highest honor of the American Chemical Society. My predecessors at the University of California, Berkeley, who have received the ...

Sustainability is increasingly shaping how chemists design, synthesize, analyze, and manufacture molecules and complex mixtures that underpin ...

Researchers offer a novel and highly sustainable method for the acylation of phenols and alcohols. They found that Amberlyst-15 is an active catalyst for the acylation of phenols and alcohols by means ...

The Princeton Catalysis Initiative (PCI) convened its inaugural symposium on Wednesday, Jan. 31, gathering an intimate group of 28 professors from across the University to swap brief research updates ...

Catalysis will play a pivotal role in overcoming the scientific and engineering barriers to sustainable and economically viable energy vectors that will enable greater energy storage breakthroughs.

Racemic mixtures can be transformed enantioselectively by coupling an enzyme (Candida antarctica lipase B, left) with a homogeneous diruthenium catalyst in a process known as dynamic kinetic ...

Inida is rich in catalysis discovery, but poor in translating its knowledge into technologies. Here's how that can change.