New Direction of Research for Industrial Catalysis - An Example of Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

摘要

Recent trends of research on industrial catalysis are summarized with several examples of research and development at Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC). Various factors requested for research on catalysis at MCC are clarified considering targeted business areas and the business environment surrounding us. As our recent trends to accelerate technology development, four examples; concurrent technology development, computational chemistry, hybrid process development, and development of new hydrogenation processes are introduced. Our future direction of research on catalysis are also mentioned at the end.