The social responsibility movement started with debates about corporations having a responsibility to society – it is now recognized that people, planet and profit are mutually inclusive. Since these early…

There are hundreds of millions of individual buildings in the world, each presenting multiple and diverse energy needs. Even though most countries have introduced policies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions…

Since the mid-1970s when the ‘Low Pressure Oxo’ process (LP Oxo^SM Process) was first commercialised, it has maintained its global position as the foremost oxo process, offering particular appeal to independent producers of commodity plasticisers facing increasing regulatory pressure. The story of this important industrial process is told from its early beginnings when laboratory discoveries by independent groups of researchers in USA and UK revealed the remarkable ability of organophosphine containing rhodium compounds to catalyse the hydroformylation reaction, and describes how its development, exploitation and continuing industrial relevance came about by collaboration between three companies: The Power-Gas Corporation, which later became Davy Process Technology before becoming part of Johnson Matthey; Union Carbide Corporation, which became a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company; and Johnson Matthey.

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The Internet of Things (IoT) has the power to change our world. And while we are starting to see its incredible impact, we are still very much at the beginningof the transformational journey. Here’s a…

Introduction The authors of this book, Professor Jonathan Seville and Professor Chuan-Yu Wu, are globally recognised experts in the field of particle technology. Professor Seville has a degree in Chemical Engineering from the Universities of Surrey and Cambridge, UK, with a strong background in the design and manufacturing of products for the pharmaceutical, home care…

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Structural Changes in Cartilage and Collagen Studied by High Temperature Raman Spectroscopy M. Fields, N. Spencer, J. Dudhia and P. F. McMillan, Biopolymers, 2017, 107, (6), e23017 LINK https://doi.org/10.1002/bip.23017 High temperature Raman spectra for freeze-dried cartilage samples which demonstrate a rise in laser-excited fluorescence interpreted as conformational changes corresponding to denaturation above 140°C are reported….

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Organometallic catalysis has its origins in the 18th and 19th centuries. Then, the emphasis was on achieving remarkable chemical transformations, but today the focus is increasingly on sustainability. This article summarises the current promising approaches with special regard to those that have commercial potential, including non-aqueous and water immiscible solvents, modified enzymes, micellar catalysis, catalysis with low loading, metal-free catalysis and catalyst recycling. Environmental metrics, a key evaluation tool for any industrial chemical process, are used in micellar catalysis to demonstrate their usefulness, especially to achieve streamlined protocols, reduce losses and eliminate toxic materials.

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Air transport has become essential to our global society. In fact, it would be difficult to envisage a world without aviation. Here, Fang Liu, Secretary-General of ICAO, looks at the industryʼs recent…

If you want to find major emitters of global carbon dioxide, look no further than your city’s skyline. Buildings account for more than one-third of all final energy consumption and half of global electricity…

Introduction The third UK Energy Storage Conference (UKES2016) was held at the Edgbaston campus of the University of Birmingham, UK, from midday on Wednesday 30th November to midday on Friday 2nd December 2016. The aim of the conference, organised by the Energy Storage Research Network on behalf of the UK Research Council funded Energy SuperStore…

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