To use all functions of this page, please activate cookies in your browser.
My watch list
my.chemeurope.com
my.chemeurope.com
With an accout for my.chemeurope.com you can always see everything at a glance – and you can configure your own website and individual newsletter.
- My watch list
- My saved searches
- My saved topics
- My newsletter
18,963 Current news from the industry chemistry
rss |
You can refine your search further. Select from the filter options on the left to narrow down your results. |
Better catalysts for a sustainable bioeconomy
Get zeolite research out of the dead end
24-Sep-2020
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and from ETH Zurich want to make so-called zeolites more efficient. Today, these compounds are already indispensable additives in the chemical industry and have been used as catalysts in oil refineries since the 1960s. Now, in the journal Nature ...
Effective pathway to convert CO2 into ethylene discovered
Promising way to to transform ethylene production into a greener industry
24-Sep-2020
A research team from Caltech and the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has demonstrated a promising way to efficiently convert carbon dioxide into ethylene -- an important chemical used to produce plastics, solvents, cosmetics and other important products globally. The scientists developed ...
BASF plans realignment of Global Business Services unit
Headcount in Global Business Services will decline by up to 2,000 worldwide by end of 2022
23-Sep-2020
BASF’s Global Business Services unit is being further developed. The division was established as of January 1, 2020, as part of the implementation of BASF’s corporate strategy. As of that date, around 8,400 employees worldwide transferred to Global Business Services and since then have been ...
For a climate-friendly industry: Using carbon dioxide and hydrogen as raw materials for sustainable chemicals
Evonik and Siemens Energy put pilot plant into operations
23-Sep-2020
Evonik and Siemens Energy commissioned a pilot plant sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) that uses carbon dioxide and water to produce chemicals. The necessary energy is supplied by electricity from renewable sources. The pilot plant is located in Marl, in ...
Pyrolysis oil from waste tires as additional raw material source
BASF invests into Pyrum as part of its ChemCycling project
23-Sep-2020
BASF SE is to invest €16 million into Pyrum Innovations AG, a technology company specialized in the pyrolysis of waste tires, headquartered in Dillingen/Saar, Germany. With the investment, BASF will support the expansion of Pyrum’s pyrolysis plant in Dillingen and the further roll out of the ...
Shape matters for light-activated nanocatalysts
Pointed tips on aluminum 'octopods' increase catalytic reactivity
23-Sep-2020
Points matter when designing nanoparticles that drive important chemical reactions using the power of light. Researchers at Rice University's Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) have long known that a nanoparticle's shape affects how it interacts with light, and their latest study shows how shape ...
How charges move in solar cells
An understanding of microscopic processes in perovskite solar cells can lead to increased efficiency
22-Sep-2020
When the sun rises, a complex dance begins in perovskite solar cells - a type of solar cell that can supplement or replace existing silicon solar cells in the future: Electrons are supplied with energy by light and move. Where electrons move, they leave holes. At the same time, ions move around ...
Self-imaging of a molecule by its own electrons
Mapping the atomic motion during a molecular vibration
22-Sep-2020
One of the long-standing goals of research on the light-induced dynamics of molecules is to observe time-dependent changes in the structure of molecules, which result from the absorption of light, as directly and unambiguously as possible. To this end, researchers have developed and applied a ...
Nano-microscope gives first direct observation of the magnetic properties of 2D materials
Discovery means new class of materials and technologies
22-Sep-2020
Australian researchers and their colleagues from Russia and China have shown that it is possible to study the magnetic properties of ultrathin materials directly, via a new microscopy technique that opens the door to the discovery of more two-dimensional (2D) magnetic materials, with all sorts of ...
Analysing molecular structures in more detail
New NMR methods for investigating paramagnetic complexes and supramolecular cages developed
21-Sep-2020
Chemistry and structural biology use the standard methods of NMR spectroscopy (NMR = nuclear magnetic resonance) to examine the structure of molecules including large molecules like proteins in solution. The NMR active nuclei, such as hydrogen atoms, are excited using radiofrequency pulses in ...
