Boreskov Institute of Catalysis was founded in 1958 as a part of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The founder and the first Director of the Institute till 1984 was academician Georgii Konstantinovich Boreskov.
One of the main activity areas of the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis is fundamental investigations in catalytic science to discover new principles of chemical reactions and to create innovative catalytic compositions and technologies.
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Boreskov Institute of Catalysis pays great attention to the training of young scientists. Each year more than 100 students and post-graduates are being trained at its research and educational facilities. The Institute collaborates with many educational organizations, including:
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For more than half a century, the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis is at a cutting edge of innovative R&D for chemical and petrochemical industries, energy power, environmental protection.
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10 December 2015
The Russian President’s report at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris surprised many people who learned that our country possesses the unique nanotechnology that can start a real revolution not only in industry or ecology. According to Putin, this know-how can reduce the emission of greenhouse gases by 160-180 million tons in Russia alone by 2030.
What is the carbon nanotube and why does it attract this much attention at an international level? Simply speaking, the carbon nanotube is graphene rolled into a cylinder. It is contained in the ordinary graphite. A small percentage of the rolled graphene in a substance improves the useful properties of the subject many-fold making it lighter and stronger
“You can add the carbon nanotubes into the car tires, and they will serve much longer than the usual ones. Just imagine how much energy and power people spend for making the tires. These tires are everywhere”, says Vladimir Kuznetsov, senior researcher of Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS
By the scientist’s words, even a 5% drop in the tires consumption due to their longevity can significantly reduce the amount of polluting emissions into the atmosphere, because their production expenses would decrease, and the amount of the tires to be disposed of would also lessen.
“The carbon nanotubes are known for 30 years. The question was in the commercial use and industrial production. In Novosibirsk we created a method to synthesize the single-wall carbon nanotubes with net cost lower than that of the world analogues for tens of times. So it really is a great break-through. And we are at the cutting edge here”, says Kuznetsov as quoted by Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper
"The researcher says that today 1 g of nanotubes costs $100 abroad, and the Russian company is ready to sell its product at a tentative price of $500 for 1 kg. The potential market volume can be estimated at 70 billion dollars.
Adapted from ДНИ.РУ Internet-newspape
