CHEMISTRY: Catalyst Compatibility

Nano-palladium is a cellular catalyst for in vivo chemistry

Palladium catalysts have been widely adopted for organic synthesis and diverse industrial applications given their efficacy and safety, yet their biological in vivo use has been limited to date. Here we show that nanoencapsulated palladium is an effective means to target and treat disease through in vivo catalysis. Palladium nanoparticles (Pd-NPs) were created by screening different Pd compound...

Catalyst design in oxidation chemistry; from KMnO4 to artificial metalloenzymes.

Oxidation reactions are an important part of the synthetic organic chemist's toolkit and continued advancements have, in many cases, resulted in high yields and selectivities. This review aims to give an overview of the current state-of-the-art in oxygenation reactions using both chemical and enzymatic processes, the design principles applied to date and a possible future in the direction of hy...

Stimulus-Response Compatibility Is Information-Action Compatibility

Integrated CO2 capture-fixation chemistry via interfacial ionic liquid catalyst in laminar gas/liquid flow

Simultaneous capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) and its utilization with subsequent work-up would significantly enhance the competitiveness of CO2-based sustainable chemistry over petroleum-based chemistry. Here we report an interfacial catalytic reaction platform for an integrated autonomous process of simultaneously capturing/fixing CO2 in gas-liquid laminar flow with subsequently providing a wo...

Performance of the IDEXX Catalyst Dx® Chemistry Analyzer for In-house Biochemical Analysis

Background: The IDEXX Catalyst Dx Chemistry Analyzer is a bench-top chemistry analyzer that uses dry-slide technology to measure biochemical analytes. Objective: The purpose of this study was to validate the clinical results of the Catalyst Dx through comparison to a well-established, dry-slide technology chemistry analyzer, the Vitros 5,1 FS Chemistry System (Ortho Clinical Diagnostics). Metho...