10 May 202118 June 2021With this new science, plastics could see a second life as biodegradable surfactantsThe process has the potential to create more sustainable and economically favorable lifecycles for plastics
2 November 20201 November 2020A first-of-its-kind catalyst mimics natural processes to break down plastic and produce valuable new productsWhile plastics recycling is not new science, current processes don’t make it economically worthwhile
10 September 20209 September 2021New Nitrogen Assembly Carbon catalyst has potential to transform chemical manufacturinghe scientists performed experiments with a type of heterogeneous catalyst in which the design and placement of nitrogen on the carbon surface greatly influenced the catalytic activity of the material
20 October 201720 October 2017Surrounded by potential: new science in converting biomassScientists at Ames Laboratory are experimenting with chemical reactions that decompose lignin models at low temperatures and pressures
30 May 201625 May 2016Solving the biomass puzzleA group of researchers at Iowa State University and the U.S Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory hope to develop the pieces of the biomass puzzle
23 February 201615 February 2016Iowa State engineers develop hybrid technology to create biorenewable nylonThe process “opens the door to the production of a broad range of compounds not accessible from the petrochemical industry"
25 August 20149 September 2021New catalyst converts carbon dioxide to fuelUIC researchers found way to directly reduce CO2 to syngas without secondary gasification process
9 August 2012Ames Laboratory: Finding new research frontiers in a single cellNew technique yields never-before-seen information critical to biofuels research
6 January 2011Iowa State, Ames Lab researcher developing bio-based polymers that heal cracksResearchers to develop encapsulating techniques that work with biorenewable polymers
