Catalysts - 4 News by Hokkaido University from Japan for the chemistry industry

Catalysts - 4 News by Hokkaido University from Japan for the chemistry industry

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Effective new catalyst brings hope for cleaner energy, wastewater treatment, and green chemistry

A catalyst that significantly enhances ammonia conversion could improve wastewater treatment, green chemical and hydrogen production

12-Aug-2024 - A team of scientists have developed an effective catalyst with a remarkable ability to enhance the efficiency of ammonia conversion. The study reveals the catalyst's potential to significantly advance wastewater treatment, green nitrite and nitrate, as well as hydrogen production. Catalysts are ...

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Chemical reaction design goes virtual

Researchers aim to streamline the time- and resource-intensive process of screening ligands during catalyst design by using virtual ligands

16-Mar-2022 - Researchers at the Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery and Hokkaido University have developed a virtual ligand-assisted (VLA) screening method, which could drastically reduce the amount of trial and error required in the lab during transition metal catalyst development. The ...

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New, highly efficient catalyst for propylene production

Innovative catalyst for the synthesis of propylene has potential benefits for the chemical industry and carbon recycling

08-Feb-2022 - Propylene is a colourless, flammable hydrocarbon gas that is an important raw material for the production of a variety of petrochemicals. Due to increasing demand and limited global supply, there is a strong need to develop new, efficient technologies for its production. Researchers at Hokkaido ...

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A new tool to create chemical complexity from fatty acids

A new catalyst design enables unprecedented control over the modification of fatty acid derivatives that opens the door to creating useful substances in a green and efficient manner

25-Aug-2020 - Hokkaido University WPI-ICReDD researchers developed a modular catalyst that can accurately modify fatty acid derivatives in a hitherto inaccessible position. This enables the efficient production of valuable compounds from a renewable bioresource, whereas before we had to either rely on ...

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