Chemists have long known that catalytic Lewis acidic and Lewis basic sites on metal and metal oxide surfaces help spark a range of reactions that are important in industrial chemical and fuel ...

Polyisobutenyl succinic anhydrides (PIBSAs) are important for the auto industry because of their wide use in lubricant and fuel formulations. Their synthesis, however, requires high temperatures and, ...

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), once synonymous only with hydrogen gas storage, are starting to show their potential as selective catalysts. In the latest development on this front, Jeffrey R. Long ...

(This article forms a part of the Science for All newsletter that takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! Subscribe now!) Researchers at the Paderborn University, Germany have reported ...