CATALYSTS play an essential role in the chemical industry. But when the catalyst is an expensive metal like palladium, platinum or rhodium it has to be reclaimed when the reaction is over, and this can be a complex and messy business. Now a neat trick is promising to make the process clean and effortless – and make reactions go even faster too.
For a reaction to work well, the chemicals have to be in intimate contact with the catalyst. If the reaction takes place in a liquid and the catalyst is a solid, like the precious metals that are often used,…
