Never mind tedious doping procedures to optimize your catalyst: just get some slag and have a blast

Catalysts the Easy Way

New Biocides Regulation Enters Into Force
New Biocides Regulation enters into force on 17 July 2012; regulatory requirements for industry will apply from 1 September 2013

CO2 as a Carbon Source?
Homogeneous catalysis: ruthenium phosphine complex hydrogenates carbon dioxide to make methanol

Off-Line Particle Analysis
New efficient thermophoretic precipitator designed and tested for collection of NaCl and Mo nanoparticles at three sample flow rates

Magnetic Isolation of Hydrogenation Catalyst
Hydrogenation catalyst, that can be easily isolated with a magnet, performs well under mild solvent-free conditions

Angewandte Chemie 29/2012: Collected Intelligence
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Society Journals Leading the Pack
Comparing the 2011 ISI Impact Factors of ChemPubSoc Europe, RSC, and ACS journals

15th International Congress on Catalysis (ICC 2012)
Large international conference focussed on most recent progress in catalysis research and development

Split the Difference
Doped nanochannels in tantalum nitride endow this material with the power to split water efficiently using sunlight

Fundamentals of Organometallic Catalysis
Textbook aimed at undergraduate, graduate, and Ph.D. students is reviewed by Piet van Leeuwen, Spain