BASF & Heidelberg Uni inaugurate new catalysis research lab
17 Nov '06
2 min read
CaRLa will be headed by BASF researcher Dr. Christoph Jäkel, who has been working since 2002 on the development and use of homogeneous catalysts in BASF's Chemicals Research & Engineering field.
Together with Prof. Peter Hofmann, head of the special research field “Molecular Catalysts: Structure and Functional Design”, Dr. Jäkel will also assume scientific management of the laboratory.
Catalysis is the single most important technology in the chemical industry. More than 80 percent of all chemical products come into contact with catalysts at least once during their synthesis process.
Unlike heterogeneous catalysis, which uses catalysts in their solid form to mediate reactions, homogeneous catalysis makes use of catalysts that have been dissolved in the reaction mixture.
High-performance catalysts have huge benefits, both environmental and economic. They help to significantly reduce the resources used for substance reactions while producing fewer by-products; open up new, more cost-effective ways of manufacturing established products; and enable the efficient manufacture of new products.
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