The vanillin derivative developed by the team absorbs light at 300 nm and enters into an excited state. This leads to a chemical reaction that triggers the degradation of the polymer.

The demand for vanillin vastly outstrips the natural resources of this flavoring agent. A chemical process is thus used to produce the required large quantities of vanillin from petroleum, which ...

Vanillin is the most popular flavor compound across the globe, and students at Tokyo University of Science in Japan developed a new enzyme that uses plant waste to create vanillin.

Vanilla, the most widely used flavoring compound in confectionaries and cosmetics, gets its sweet flavor and aroma from the chemical compound – ‘vanillin’. However, the large-scale ...

References [1] Advances in the vanillin synthesis and biotransformation: A review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (2024). [2] Novel green production of natural-like vanilla extract from ...

Austrian researchers have replaced heavy metals and rare earths with conventional vanillin in a redox flow battery. The Graz University of Technology team now wants to bring this technology to market.