From the fusion of bio- and chemocatalysts, immobilized in innovative materials, a new family catalysts is emerging: multi-catalytic hybrid materials (MCHMs). It offers atom energy savings and, above all, prospects chemical synthesis.

Biomass from Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch (OPEFB) has the potential to be used as feedstock for bio-Dimethyl Ether (bio-DME) production through gasification process. Bio-DME replace liquified petroleum gas (LPG) and biodiesel it similar characteristics both fuels. Therefore, this study was aimed evaluate previous research on OPEFB-based bio-DME its sustainability, identify existing gaps in formul...

A biotinylated nucleotide analog containing a disulfide bond in the 12-atom linker joining biotin to the C-5 of the pyrimidine ring has been synthesized. This analog, Bio-SS-dUTP, is an efficient substrate for Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I. Bio-SS-dUTP supported DNA synthesis in a standard nick-translation reaction at 35%-40% the rate of an equal concentration of the normal nucleotide, TTP....

New understandings in the amorphous calcium carbonate nanoparticle synthesis lead to a final mass concentration increase by factor of 3.5. The stabilisation aqueous media is achieved 2-minute scalable process using bio-sourced stabilisers.

Taxol is recognized as one of the most potent anticancer agents used in the treatment of breast and ovarian cancers, which are common cancers in women. To overcome its shortcomings, that is, its low water-solubility that reduces drug loading capacity of DDS carriers when incorporating taxol, chemo-enzymatic synthesis of ester-linked taxol-glucose conjugate, i.e., 7-propionyltaxol 2″-O-α-D-gluco...

Correction for ‘Synthesis and structural characterization of bio-based bis(cyclic carbonate)s the preparation non-isocyanate polyurethanes’ by Kamila B?a?ek et al., Polym. Chem., 2021, DOI: 10.1039/d0py01576h.

This contribution is based on the monograph entitled “Recent Advances in Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass”, covering both general items as well as the primary processes, like fast pyrolysis, gasification, hydrothermal liquefaction, carbonization and secondary processes, like co-processing of bio-oil in fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC), Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and valorization of lignin ...

This article is a short overview of some recent research activity in the Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis (LSCI) at EPFL-ISIC. It summarizes the work on Ni-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of non-activated alkyl halides. It then describes and discusses the work on the bio-mimetic chemistry of [Fe]-hydrogenase.

Biocompatible anisotropic polymer particles with bipolar affinity towards human endothelial cells are a novel type of building blocks for microstructured bio-hybrid materials. Functional polarity due to two biologically distinct hemispheres has been achieved by synthesis of anisotropic particles via electro-hydrodynamic co-jetting of two different polymer solutions and subsequent selective surf...

A novel, bio-inspired templating platform technology is reported for the synthesis of biocompatible oil-core silica-shell nanocapsules with tunable shell thickness by utilizing a designed bifunctional peptide. Furthermore, facile encapsulation of an active molecule and its sustained release are demonstrated.