Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences (ICES)

A decision-making tool helps producers of pharmaceutical and other valuable chemicals make the leap to an entirely new way of manufacturing

Adding genes to bacteria offers sustainable routes to make compounds currently obtained from petrochemicals

Surface chemistry offers new approach to directing crystal formation in pharmaceutical industry

Making microporous, non stick polymers soluble in liquids opens opportunities for targeted clean-up of molecular impurities

Innovative molecule helps palladium catalyst create complex compounds

Mutants of a common fungus produce endoxylanase enzymes twice as potent as the original strain

A phosphorus-based ligand facilitates palladium-catalyzed coupling of challenging building blocks

A polymeric material that changes its structure when immersed in salt water could help protect ships and marine structures

A cost-effective method uses fungi to convert palm oil waste to green products

A green route to key molecular building blocks delivers a continuous stream of products

Waste is reduced through the cheap and green development of a catalyst for the transformation of a commercially important functional group

A combination of X-ray diffraction and computational techniques can determine unknown crystal structures in powder mixtures