Phosphorus self-pillared pentasil is a type of phosphorus zeolite that made the renewable isoprene possible. This catalyst reacts with the methyl-tetrahydrofuran to create isoprene.

The details of this research are published today in the journal Advanced Materials ("Spontaneous Pillaring of Pentasil Zeolites"). As Professor of Inorganic Chemistry Javier García Martínez explains, ...