Chemistry and catalysis

SSRL scientists have figured out how platinum electrodes dissolve, potentially paving the way for renewable energy improvements.

SLAC researchers help develop an automated analytical method to speed the discovery process in single atom catalysts.  

For nearly 50 years, Hodgson has illuminated the synchrotron radiation community through his pioneering research, innovations, leadership, advocacy and mentorship at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource.

The results, which show how the protein adds nucleotides to the growing RNA chain, could lead to more effective medications.

Supported by SLAC's catalysis group Co-ACCESS, researchers discover new ways to boost the performance of catalysts that turn carbon dioxide into methanol. 

Election to the academy honors exceptional scholars who discover and advance knowledge and who apply knowledge to the problems of society.

The team reduced the amount of expensive platinum group metals needed to make an effective cell and found a new way to test future fuel cell innovations.

The American Physical Society recognized the SLAC and Stanford physicist for decades of groundbreaking work studying the strange behavior of electrons at the interfaces between materials.

With up to a million X-ray flashes per second, 8,000 times more than its predecessor, it transforms the ability of scientists to explore atomic-scale, ultrafast phenomena that are key to a broad range of applications, from quantum materials to clean...

SLAC scientists showed that a carbon-metal compound with a perfectly placed nickel atom plays a key role in converting carbon dioxide into components for food and energy. 

Researchers demonstrate a way to remove the potent greenhouse gas from the exhaust of engines that burn natural gas.  

The results should further our understanding of similar reactions with vital roles in chemistry, such as the production of vitamin D in our bodies.