We at Viridis believe that the support is in fact has a larger role to play than providing a playing field for the active metal (typically PGM) on its surface. If designed correctly, the support material facilitates the ideal chemical bond activation for initiating the hydrocarbon reaction at hand. It also provides the ideal metal to support interaction to maximize the electron sharing capability of the PGM.

Viridis’ core competence lies in developing new materials with modulated acidity and basicity that can be used as efficient catalysts in comparison to existing technologies. It uses fundamental molecular level simulations (density functional theory) to devise and innovate new catalyst matrices that target the improvement of the slowest (rate determining) step in each chemistry.