Research Highlights
Hydrogen movement shown by the scanning tunneling microscope. By taking snapshots before (left) and after (middle) of the motion of the hydrogen atoms on the catalyst, the scientists can determine where and how fast the atoms moved (final).
Catalysis lies at the heart of efficient and effective chemical transformations for manufacturing products and producing energy, while reducing environmental impacts. Innovative scientists and engineers at the Institute for Interfacial Catalysis are conducting world-leading research in this field. Here are a few examples of our work:
2009
Catalytic Catamarans: common industrial catalyst sports rafts made of platinum
(September 2009)
Truth is stranger than science
(September 2009)
New clues about a hydrogen fuel catalyst
(August 2009)
The secret lives of catalysts
(July 2009)
Chemicals from the garden: C&E News
(July 2009)
Teaching catalysts to play ball
(July 2009)
Catalysis and crystals and clusters, oh my!
(June 2009)
Avantium to deliver Flowrence System to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
(June 2009)
Dirty fuel? No problem!
(June 2009)
Plastic that grows on trees, part two
(June 2009)
Expanding China partnerships
(May 2009)
Low-cost process produces natural gas from algae
(May 2009)
DOE to establish Energy Frontier Research Center at PNNL
(May 2009)
Previously undetected chemicals found in forest fire smoke
(April 2009)
Iron takes full ten rounds to destroy toxin
(April 2009)
Not all titanium dioxide is equal when it comes to splitting water with visible light
(March 2009)
Dancing 'adatoms' help chemists understand how water molecules split
(March 2009)
Elusive intermediates captured for the first time
(March 2009)
Fueling the future: New approaches to designing catalysts
(February 2009)
