Heterogeneous catalysis: No metal is an island

No man is an island.

No doctor is an island

No doctor is an island " expand the knowledge base of PH and the complexities of diagnosis and management of this group of patients " ; and lobbying power, " to create a force that will have levels of influence on many facets of PH management in Australia and New Zealand. " [3] (See the PHSANZ abstracts published in this issue of Pulmonary Circulation). they were joined by still more people in ...

No man is an island…

As much of my work is collaborative, I am very aware of the virtues and difficulties of collaboration in the modern scientific world. Most collaborations are short term; perhaps one scientist has an assay, the other a reagent, and an obvious quick gain will result from joining forces. But greater (though often less concrete) benefits come from longer term collaborations. Your collaborator may b...

High-performance heterogeneous catalysis with surface-exposed stable metal nanoparticles

Protection of metal nanoparticles from agglomeration is critical for their functions and applications. The conventional method for enhancing their stability is to cover them with passivation layers to prevent direct contact. However, the presence of a protective shell blocks exposure of the metal species to reactants, thereby significantly impeding the nanoparticles' utility as catalysts. Here,...

Homochiral metal-organic frameworks for heterogeneous asymmetric catalysis.

Homochiral crystallizations of two enantiomeric metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) Ce-MDIP1 and Ce-MDIP2 were achieved by using L- or D-BCIP as chiral inductions, respectively, where the chiralities were characterized by solid state CD spectra. Ce-MDIPs exhibit excellent catalytic activity and high enantioselectivity for the asymmetric cyanosilylation of aromatic aldehydes; the homochiral Cd-TBT M...