BASF’s Valor™ catalyst technology improves the performance of Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) catalysts

Next Generation Fluid Catalytic Cracking Technology

A New Barium Borate Halide
First barium borate halide with a B–O layered structure

Quo Vadis, MOF?
Commercialization of MOFs will probably take place first in small niche applications, and, if successful, the big processes will follow

Functionalized Graphene Oxide Removes Radioactive Iodine
Bismuth functionalization for iodide and iodate removal from radioactive wastewater

Ir(III) Complexes for Photodynamic Therapy
Anticancer properties of neutral biscyclometalated Ir(III) complexes with 2-benzoazole-phenolates

Teruaki Mukaiyama (1927 – 2018)
Eminent organic chemist, known for the Mukaiyama aldol addition, passed away

Gold Can Melt at Room Temperature
Surface processes directly controlled at the atomic scale by an externally applied electric field

Fluorescent Antifungal Agents
Antifungal cationic amphiphiles rapidly accumulate in fungal cells

Self-Condensation of Primary Amines at Ambient Temperature
Photocatalyzed reaction gives symmetric secondary amines

Aluminum Complex for Improved Ammonia Generation
Dinitrogen reduction to ammonia using an Al(III) complex to mediate proton and electron transfer