| The nanospheres could be used in microelectronics, drug delivery and as catalysts for making environmentally friendly fuels. |
| The nanowires grew beneath the gold nanoparticles, which serve as catalysts. |
| By careful use of appropriate conditions and catalysts alkanes can be converted into other hydrocarbons such as the alkenes and alkynes. |
| Countless industrial processes use acids and bases as reactants or catalysts to make a variety of consumer goods. |
| Many alkyl halides, alcohols, or alkenes can be reacted with benzene in the presence of certain catalysts to give an alkyl benzene. |
| His meteoric rise has been cited as one of the catalysts for Swedish techno's current influence. |
