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Chemistry World March 24, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Producing powerful palladium particles US scientists have found a way to clean up the production of palladium nanoparticles - doubling their performance as catalysts for fuel cells.
Chemistry World January 13, 2011 Mike Brown	Palladium helps gold catalyst go green Researchers have developed a catalyst that efficiently converts toluene into a useful industrial intermediate in a much greener process than traditional methods.
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Chemistry World May 14, 2009 Hayley Birch	Two metals better than one for fuel cell catalysts US scientists have reported a dramatic improvement in the activity of catalytic nanoparticles destined to replace platinum in fuel cells.
Chemistry World January 7, 2010 Lewis Brindley	Upgrading biomass to gasoline Making cheap gasoline from biomass is a step closer, thanks to a new catalyst developed in the US.
Chemistry World June 5, 2011 James Mitchell Crow	Nanoparticles scrub up a treat in hot water bath Upping the catalytic activity of gold nanoparticles can be as simple as a good wash in hot water, UK chemists have shown.
Chemistry World February 1, 2012 Jon Evans	Two become one for bio-oil upgrade The development of a couple of new and improved catalysts for upgrading bio-oil is bringing this novel approach to producing biofuels a step closer to the big time.
Chemistry World August 16, 2009 Tom Bond	Catalyst free carbon-carbon bond formation The method offers an environmentally friendly way to form one of the most important bonds in organic synthesis.
Chemistry World August 22, 2008 Emma Davies	Biofuels coming to a town near you? A new Fischer-Tropsch catalyst could offer the potential for agricultural waste to be turned into biofuel at small local plants
Chemistry World February 2, 2011 Elinor Richards	Gold going it alone Spanish scientists have proved that gold alone can catalyse cross-coupling reactions following a claim made last year that palladium impurities in the gold are essential for the catalysis.
Chemistry World February 26, 2015 Emma Cooper	Engineered bacteria synthesize palladium biosorbent Genetically modified Escherichia coli can synthesize a protein that could work as a palladium biosorbent to recover the precious metal from polluted water, new research shows.
Chemistry World June 27, 2013 Emma Eley	Sustainable iron catalyst for clean hydrogenation An international team of chemists has reported a clean and green way to perform one of the most important industrial reactions for pharmaceutical and petrochemical synthesis.
Chemistry World November 12, 2008 Lewis Brindley	Microscope Reveals Catalyst Secrets A promising technique for watching catalysts in action could provide new insights into how they work, report scientists in the Netherlands.
Chemistry World May 1, 2012 David Bradley	A colorful way to size up nanoparticles Researchers in China have now developed a straightforward light-scattering technique to estimate the size of gold nanoparticles in the 35 to 110nm range.
Chemistry World February 20, 2012 James Urquhart	Unusual kinetics of catalyst revealed US researchers have elucidated the unusual reaction kinetics of C-H activation by the palladium(II) catalyst (Pd(OAc) 2).
Chemistry World November 2010	Carbon Couplers Take the Prize Three giants of organic chemistry, who pioneered palladium-catalysed cross coupling reactions, have shared this year's Nobel prize.
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Chemistry World February 5, 2013 James Urquhart	Sea urchin inspires carbon capture catalyst UK scientists have taken inspiration from the sea urchin and shown how nickel nanoparticles could be a cheap and re-usable catalyst in a key step for capturing carbon dioxide produced by power plants and the chemical industry.
Chemistry World January 5, 2011 Hayley Birch	Nanoparticles build up New research suggests that nanomaterials that are released into the environment could accumulate in food chains.
Chemistry World October 8, 2008 James Mitchell Crow	Clever catalysts promise commercial advantage Smarter catalysts that could help the chemical industry to cut costs and beat ever-more stringent government regulations were showcased at CPhI, the pharmaceutical ingredient trade show, held in Frankfurt, Germany.
Chemistry World May 17, 2011 Meera Senthilingam	UK report calls for new approach to strategic metals The UK will need to secure supplies of strategic metals or future economic growth will be put at risk, a Science and Technology Committee report warns.
Chemistry World February 6, 2011 Laura Howes	Cells as test tubes Chemists have used living cells as test tubes to carry out chemical reactions never before seen within living cells.
Chemistry World February 18, 2009 Nina Notman	Single Nanocatalyst Behaviour Revealed Before you can design the perfect nanoparticle catalyst, you first need to understand the fundamental science that governs their reactivity. U.S. Scientists have said they have done just that.
Chemistry World March 26, 2008 Richard Van Noorden	Ivy Reveals Gripping Secret Ivy plants secrete nanoparticles to help them grip walls, US-based chemists have discovered.
Chemistry World March 12, 2014 Maria Burke	UK government urged to cash in on waste Rather than seeing waste as a problem, the government should consider it a valuable resource, says a report by the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee.
Chemistry World December 23, 2015 Karl Collins	Scratching chiral surfaces There are numerous challenges to developing reactions that exploit chiral surfaces, or employ molecular modifiers (ligands) to create a chiral surface environment and control the stereoselectivity of a transformation.
Chemistry World May 18, 2015 Ian Randall	Jellyfish skin perfect mould to cast complex nanoparticles The gel-like inner skin of jellyfish can be used as a template for the simple synthesis of dendritic silver nanoparticles.
Chemistry World July 6, 2015 Abigail Hallowes	From chip fat to biofuel Researchers from Singapore and China have developed a cheap and green catalytic system for turning fatty acids into fuel that doesn't require hydrogen or a solvent.
Chemistry World November 6, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Soybeans Strike Nanogold A simple mix of soybeans, water and gold salts may hold the secret to producing gold nanoparticles without harming the environment, according to one team of US researchers.
Chemistry World December 4, 2009 James Urquhart	Easier ester synthesis Researchers in the US have shown how oxygen-coated gold nanoparticles can selectively oxidise a variety of alcohols and aldehydes.
Chemistry World March 25, 2010 Simon Hadlington	New catalyst for diesel exhaust Researchers in the US have shown that perovskites - a class of mixed oxide minerals - can perform as well as platinum in certain types of catalytic converter for removing pollutants from diesel exhaust.
Chemistry World June 7, 2009 Phillip Broadwith	Pd(III) catalysis insight The discovery of a bimetallic palladium(III) complex that can catalyse the formation of carbon-heteroatom bonds adds a new facet to our understanding of the chemistry of one of the most widely-used metals in catalysis, say US chemists.
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Chemistry World March 12, 2013 Andy Extance	'Plasmonic smart dust' conjures kinetics clues Researchers exploited gold's ability to trap and concentrate light, creating oscillations in the electron cloud at its surface called surface plasmons.
Chemistry World January 30, 2009 Hayley Birch	Nanocrystals Get in Shape for Catalysis New research in fine tuning the shape and size of nanoparticles could lead to important advances in catalysis.
Chemistry World July 20, 2009 Hayley Birch	Fuel cell catalysts go sub-nano Japanese researchers have created sub-nano scale platinum clusters with high catalytic activity for use in fuel cell applications.
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Chemistry World April 20, 2007 Killugudi Jayaraman	Pesticide Filter Debuts in India A domestic water filter that uses metal nanoparticles to remove dissolved pesticide residues is about to enter the Indian market. Its developers believe it is the first product of its kind in the world to be commercialized.
Chemistry World April 28, 2010 Mike Brown	Producing hydrogen from sea water A new catalyst that generates hydrogen from sea water has been developed by scientists in the US.
Chemistry World October 30, 2007 James Mitchell Crow	A Better Catalyst for Fuel Cells? Alloy nanoparticles that efficiently catalyse oxygen's conversion into water - the energy-releasing reaction that occurs in fuel cells - have been discovered. The particles are up to six times more active than pure platinum, the material typically used in current fuel cells.
Chemistry World May 2, 2014 Jennifer Newton	Zoe Schnepp: Green collaboration Zoe Schnepp is a lecturer in the School of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham in the UK. Her group develops simple routes to functional materials. In particular, they use biomass to synthesize materials for applications, such as catalysis and water filtration.
Chemistry World September 20, 2012 Jessica Cocker	Biological fate of nanoparticles in the body Nanoparticles are extremely difficult to detect and measure once they are distributed in a biological system. Now, Spanish scientists have developed a novel way for measuring their biodistribution.
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Chemistry World March 17, 2014 Katia Moskvitch	Nanobionic plants Synthetic nanoparticles can boost photosynthesis in plants and enable them to spot pollutants, according to a team of researchers in the US.
Chemistry World March 19, 2008 Kira Welter	'Designer' Catalyst Fights Fuel Cell Poisoning US scientists have designed a contaminant commonly found in hydrogen used to run fuel cells from first principles nanoparticles that efficiently oxidize carbon monoxide (CO)