The microwave-assisted depolymerization of lignin to bio-oil from olive tree waste is achieved in hydrogen-donating solvents

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for February 2013

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BASF to start up fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts testing and research laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany

Photonic crystal fiber emerges as a new class of optical fiber for photocatalysis and photospectroscopic reaction analysis

The Horst Precejus Prize and the Carl Duisberg Memorial Prize of the GDCh have been awarded to Benjamin List and Mathais Christmann

Franziska Schoenebeck, Manuel Alcarazo, and Guido Clever receive prizes for their habilitation work

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Economical nanostructured iron–cobalt catalysts for the Fischer–Tropsch synthesis using a modified production process for cassettes

Latest generation of alkyne metathesis catalysts holds considerable promise for synthesis and numerous applications