The Institute for Interfacial Catalysis at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory facilitates collaborative research and development in catalysis for a secure energy future.
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April 2008
Trimming an alcohol into a smaller, more desirable molecule just got easier thanks to research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Institute for Interfacial Catalysis and the University of Texas at Austin. The team figured out the steps that occur when a catalyst helps split an alcohol, generating water and an alkene. Tungsten trioxide was selected to fill the role of model catalyst; propanol, the alcohol. Using the catalyst cut—in half—the energy required to drive the reaction.
Catalysis well represented at American Chemical Society 2008 Spring Meeting
April 2008
Collaboration and communication with the scientific community are key features of the research done at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Institute for Interfacial Catalysis. Experts in catalytic science from IIC gave 16 talks at the Spring 2008 American Chemical Society National Meeting.
- C&E News honors catalysis research (March 2008)
- Hot paper expands understanding of dilute magnetic oxides (March 2008)
- IIC research on catalytic upgrading of biomass receives new DOE funding (March 4, 2008)
- Environmental Science & Technology magazine ran a story on a renewable route to green gasoline and quoted PNNL's Conrad Zhang (February 27, 2008)
IIC Researchers Present at Society Meetings
- Spring 2008 American Chemical Society National Meeting, April 6 to April 10, 2008, New Orleans
- Organic Reactions Catalysis Society
22nd Conference on Catalysis of Organic Reactions, March 30 to April 3, 2008, Richmond, VA
