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Catalysis is the process of speeding up a chemical reaction by adding a substance called a catalyst, which itself remains unchanged and unconsumed by the reaction. Because catalysts aren't used up and can be recycled, small amounts of them can make reactions happen much faster, which is why they're valuable in industrial applications and environmental solutions like air filtration.
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263,457 papers- Enzymatic catalysis by Friedel-Crafts-type reactions.ReviewDie Naturwissenschaften · 1996Rétey JDOI: 10.1007/BF01144012
- Molecular recognition and catalysis in translation termination complexes.ReviewTrends in biochemical sciences · 2011Klaholz BPDOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2011.02.001
- The reactivity of beta-lactams, the mechanism of catalysis and the inhibition of beta-lactamases.ReviewCurrent pharmaceutical design · 1999Page MI
- Structure, folding and catalysis of the small nucleolytic ribozymes.ReviewCurrent opinion in structural biology · 1999Lilley DMDOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(99)80044-X
- Mechanisms of RNA catalysis.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2011Lilley DMDOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0132
- Peroxygenase-catalysed oxyfunctionalisation reactions.ReviewMethods in enzymology · 2025Hilberath T, Hollmann F, Tieves F et al.DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2025.01.041
- Catalytic promiscuity enabled by photoredox catalysis in nicotinamide-dependent oxidoreductases.Nature chemistry · 2018Biegasiewicz KF, Cooper SJ, Emmanuel MA et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41557-018-0059-y
- New perspectives into Gluconobacter-catalysed biotransformations.ReviewBiotechnology advances · 2023Ripoll M, Lerma-Escalera JA, Morones-Ramírez JR et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2023.108127
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La catalisi (dal verbo greco καταλύειν, che significa rompere, sciogliere) è un fenomeno chimico attraverso il quale la velocità di una reazione chimica subisce delle variazioni per l'intervento di una sostanza (o una miscela di sostanze) detta catalizzatore, che non viene consumata dal procedere della reazione stessa. Con il termine catalisi si intende anche una branca della chimica, afferente in particolare alla chimica industriale, che studia sintesi, caratterizzazione, design e messa a punto di molecole adatte a coprire il ruolo di catalizzatori per il miglioramento o anche la messa in atto stessa delle più svariate reazioni.
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