Brenntag opens new chemical distribution facility in Indonesia

Chemical Distribution Facility in Indonesia

Detecting Biomarkers with Microsponges
Microsponges derived from seaweed shown to detect biomarkers in diagnostic bio-nano-chips for heart disease, cancers, and HIV

Conduction in Ionic Liquid Batteries
Improved understanding of conduction in ionic liquids could have important implications for batteries and dye-sensitized solar cells

Intermediates in Ethanol Fuel Cells
Analysis of the intermediates produced in direct ethanol fuel cells with different anodes gives clues to reaction pathways within the cell

Novasep and instrAction Expand Alliance
The companies will jointly develop solutions for the production of new and generic anti-cancer therapeutics

Occurrence of Semicarbazide in Prawns
Compound used as marker for the detection of a banned antimicrobial agent is shown to naturally occur in prawns

Convergent Dendrimer Synthesis
First synthesizing the dendron, then attaching it to suitable cores provides a versatile toolbox for dendrimer assembly

Synthesis of N-Functionalized Lactams
Complex γ-lactams made from cheap and simple starting materials by multicomponent reaction and subsequent N-functionalization

The Sensor-tive Scorpian
A scorpion-like fluorescent triazole allows sensitive detection of copper and mercury in sea samples from Sydney Harbour

Click Chemistry: Functionalized Triazoles
Compounds with both triazole and halogen functionalities formed by Cu catalysis with environmentally benign reducing agent