CATALYSIS & REACTIVITY

Drive innovation in catalysis, reactivity, and degradation R&D with digital chemistry

Transform industrial chemical production with digital chemistry

Accelerate catalyst design and optimize chemical reactions at the atomic level

The need for new materials is urgent, driven by growing market demands and stringent environmental regulations. To meet these needs, scientists across industries are on the search for new catalytic and non-catalytic processes that help reduce energy requirements, eliminate unwanted byproducts, and improve the selectivity and reactivity of chemical reactions.

Schrödinger’s advanced computational tools offer solutions that accelerate the discovery of these next generation catalytic and non-catalytic processes through cutting-edge physics-based modeling, machine learning (ML), and collaborative informatics platform.

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Intuitive computational workflows designed by catalysis experts

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Easy-to-use system builders for all material types
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Powerful workflows for physics-based simulation, machine learning, and data analysis
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Dedicated customer support and extensive training resources

How we can help you innovate

Speed time to market of new catalysts

  • Predict physico-chemical properties of new catalysts
  • Gain a molecular-level understanding of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalytic mechanisms
  • Enable indirect and direct catalyst design

Optimize reactivity in non-catalytic reactions

  • Elucidate the mechanisms of chemical reactions
  • Automatically predict the selectivity and activity of reactants
  • Evaluate thermal decomposition products

Homogeneous & heterogeneous catalyst design

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Accelerate the design of high-performance heterogeneous catalysts

Efficient computational solutions leveraging atomic-scale simulation, machine learning, and enterprise informatics for catalytic reactions using solid-state catalysts

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Accelerate the design of high-performance homogeneous catalysts

Efficient, highly-automated solutions for computational molecular design of catalysts leveraging the combination of quantum mechanics, molecular dynamics, and machine learning

Case studies & webinars

Discover how Schrödinger technology is being used to solve real-world research challenges.

Materials Science Webinar

Accelerating chemical innovation with AI/ML: Breakthroughs across materials applications

In this webinar, we will explore how AI/ML is driving impactful advancements in materials innovation, highlighting case studies that illustrate cutting-edge ML techniques in diverse applications.

Materials Science Webinar

High-performance materials discovery: A decade of cloud-enabled breakthroughs

This talk will showcase how Schrödinger’s integrated materials science platform enables massive parallel screening and de novo design campaigns across diverse applications.

Materials Science Webinar

Purposeful simulation: Maximising impact in surface chemistry modelling

In this webinar, learn about a variety of atomistic models of surfaces and gain perspective on the underlying rationale, benefits and limitations of each.

Materials Science Webinar

Accelerating the Design of Asymmetric Catalysts with Schrödinger’s Digital Chemistry Platform

In this webinar, we demonstrate how Schrödinger’s advanced digital chemistry platform can be used to accelerate the direct design and discovery of asymmetric catalysts.

Materials Science Webinar

How Physics-based Modeling and Machine Learning Enable Accelerated Development of Battery Materials

In this webinar, we focus on examples to demonstrate the application of automated solutions for accurate prediction of thermodynamic stability and voltage profile of cathode materials, ion diffusion pathways and kinetics in electrode materials, transport properties of liquid electrolytes and modeling the nucleation and growth of solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) layers using Schrödinger’s SEI simulator module.

Materials Science Webinar

Efficient Computation of Process Parameters for Controlling the Chemistry of Deposition or Etch

In this webinar, we illustrate how atomic-scale DFT can be embedded into higher-level computational schemes for accurate and achievable prediction of the conditions and parameters for controlling chemical processes.

Materials Science Webinar

Harnessing Molecular Modeling to transform innovation in Polymeric Materials and Consumer Packaged Goods

In this webinar, we highlight Schrödinger’s Materials Science tools that can accelerate R&D efforts in these scientific domains.

Materials Science Webinar

Webinar Series: From Molecules to Materials Applications

In this webinar series, we present molecular modeling techniques and their transformative impact on Materials Science research using the Schrödinger Materials Science tools.

Materials Science Webinar

Molecular Modeling: A Key to Solving Real-Life Challenges in Pharma Formulations

In this webinar, we describe how the demand for innovative drug delivery methods has driven researchers to explore the intricate structure-property relationships within pharmaceutical formulations.

Materials Science Webinar

Computational Catalysis at Schrödinger

In this webinar, we highlight the digital simulation tools specifically for Catalysis & Reactivity.

Address materials, energy, and environmental challenges across industries with computational catalysis

Oil & Gas

Maximize yield and minimize waste of oilfield chemicals, reduce manufacturing cost and carbon footprint.

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Specialty Chemicals

Drive the innovation of new chemistry design and meet the global demand of specialty chemicals.

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Plastics

Deliver high-performance plastics with improved production, recyclability, and biodegradability.

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Semiconductor

Enable optimized thin film deposition and etch at the surface.

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Consumer Packaged Goods

Develop innovative ingredients for consumer goods.

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Pharmaceuticals

Develop and produce innovative pharmaceutical ingredients for effective drug formulations.

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Featured CourseOnline certification course: Level-up your skill set in catalysis modeling

Molecular modeling for materials science applications: Homogeneous catalysis and reactivity course

Online certification course: Level-up your skill set in catalysis modeling

Learn how to apply industry-leading computational software to  predict key properties of organic and organometallic compounds, determine transition state and generate reaction profiles with automated workflows and machine learning models.

  • Self-paced learning content
  • Hands-on access to Schrödinger software
  • Guided and independent case studies
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Documentation & Tutorials

Get answers to common questions and learn best practices for using Schrödinger’s software.

Materials Science Quick Reference Sheet

Microkinetics Deposition Analysis

Get an overview of the Microkinetics Deposition Analysis panel analyzing microkinetic modeling calculation results for deposition processes.

Materials Science Quick Reference Sheet

CREST

Get an overview of the CREST panel covering conformational search for small molecule using CREST.

Materials Science Tutorial

Applied Machine Learning for Formulations

Learn to apply the Formulation Machine Learning Panel across a range of materials applications. This tutorial assumes that you have already completed the Machine Learning for Formulations tutorial.

Materials Science Tutorial

Introduction to Materials Science Maestro Tutorial

An introduction to Materials Science Maestro, covering basic navigation, an intro to building models and several of the key functionalities of the graphical user interface.

Materials Science Documentation

Materials Science Documentation

Comprehensive reference documentation covering materials science panels and workflows.

Materials Science Tutorial

Introduction to Geometry Optimizations, Functionals and Basis Sets

Perform geometry optimizations on simple organic molecules and learn basics regarding functionals and basis sets.

Materials Science Tutorial

Electronic Structure Calculations of Bulk Crystals Using Quantum ESPRESSO

Learn the basics of the Quantum ESPRESSO interface for periodic density functional theory (DFT) calculations of bulk solids, including convergence testing, geometry optimization, band structures, the density of states (DOS), and the projected density of states (PDOS).

Materials Science Tutorial

Modeling the Formation and Decomposition of Nitrosamines

Tutorial that explains how to understand the formation and decomposition of Nitrosamines.

Materials Science Tutorial

Atomic Layer Deposition

Tutorial to show how to use adsorption tools to model atomic layer deposition (ALD) processes.

Materials Science Tutorial

Elemental Enumeration

Tutorial that shows how to create a set of diazatetrazene isomers by using the features of the Elemental Enumeration panel.

Key Products

Learn more about the key computational technologies available to progress your research projects.

Virtual Cluster

Secure, scalable environment for running simulations on the cloud

MS Reactivity

Automated workflows for design, optimization, and unsupervised mechanism discovery in molecular chemistry

MacroModel

Versatile, full-featured molecular modeling program

Jaguar

Quantum mechanics solution for rapid and accurate prediction of molecular structures and properties

AutoTS

Automatic workflow for locating transition states for elementary reactions

MS Informatics

Automated machine learning tools for materials science applications

DeepAutoQSAR

Automated, scalable solution for the training and application of predictive machine learning models

LiveDesign

Your complete digital molecular design lab

Quantum ESPRESSO Interface

Integrated graphical user interface for nanoscale quantum mechanical simulations

Training Tutorials

Locating transition states: Part 1
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Organometallic Complexes
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Reaction workflow for polyethylene insertion
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Cheminformatics machine learning for homogeneous catalysis
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Publications

Browse the list of peer-reviewed publications using Schrödinger technology in related application areas.

Iron-catalysed synthesis and chemical recycling of telechelic 1,3-enchained oligocyclobutanes

Chirik P. J. et al. Nature Chemistry 2021, 13, 156-162

Exploring the mechanism of Cr(VI) catalyzed hypochlorous acid decomposition

Busch M et al. ChemCatChem 2022, e202101850

Titanium Dioxide as the Most Used Photocatalyst for Water Purification: An Overview

Armaković S.J et al. Catalysts 2023, 13(1), 26

Software and services to meet your organizational needs

Software Platform

Deploy digital materials discovery workflows with a comprehensive and user-friendly platform grounded in physics-based molecular modeling, machine learning, and team collaboration.

Research Services

Leverage Schrödinger’s expert computational scientists to assist at key stages in your materials discovery and development process.

Support & Training

Access expert support, educational materials, and training resources designed for both novice and experienced users.