B. Weckhuysen, E. Bouwnan, E. de Jong, consortium partners in CatchBio, talk about their experiences, their expectations, why CatchBio is so unique

A heterogeneous porous Sr–MgO nanocomposite catalyst allows for the mild transesterification of palm oil to methanol

Combining chromate reductase with Rh catalyst gives simple route to reduced conjugated C=C bonds without the need for nicotinamide cofactor

Low-temperature partial oxidation of methanol by supported palladium nanoparticles proves that size does matter

Novel, simple, scalable and inexpensive post-treatment to introduce mesoporosity in a wide variety of zeolites

Electrophoretic deposition used to apply an acidic catalytic coating to aluminum foams, tested in the dehydration of fructose

Mushroom tyrosinase is stabilized by polyelectrolyte layers, enhancing its selectivity towards bioactive catechols

CO usually poisons catalytic reactions - Dutch team demonstrates that it can promote the oxidation of alcohols on a gold catalyst

Simple, robust, and straightforward synthetic method for the production of enantiopure 1,4-dialkyl-1,2,4-triazolium salts

A monolayer of platinum can be deposited on nanoscopic gold particles prisms to activate and enhance the catalytic properties of the platinum