TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - CERAMICS AND GLASS - Preferred Component: The base component(s) is a glassy, amorphous material, preferably olivine or a glass ceramic.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Component: The base component(s) may also be a metal and/or a metal alloy. The catalytically active component(s) comprises a metal and/or a metal oxide comprising aluminum, silver, gold, calcium, cobalt, chromium, europium, iron, gadolinium, iridium, lanthanum, magnesium, manganese, nickel, praseodymium, platinum, ruthenium, rhodium, tin, zinc, and/or their alloys. Preferred Function: The catalytically active component comprises a catalytic material that reduces volatiles generated by at least one of a gasification process and a combustion process. The base component(s) enables migration of the catalytically active component from an interior to a surface of the solidified catalytically active material.Preferred Method: The catalytically active component(s) is substantially uniformly dispersed throughout the catalytically active material. The base component(s) is heated in a submerged combustion melter where the catalytically active component(s) is directly incorporated. The method further comprises solidifying the catalyst precursor material and the catalytically active material.Preferred Condition: The catalytically active material is disposed within a fluidized bed of a fluidized-bed gasification reactor, within a path of flue gases generated by a combustion process, or on an interior surface of a vessel in which the volatiles are generated.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Component: The base component(s) may also be a metal and/or a metal alloy. The catalytically active component(s) comprises a metal and/or a metal oxide comprising aluminum, silver, gold, calcium, cobalt, chromium, europium, iron, gadolinium, iridium, lanthanum, magnesium, manganese, nickel, praseodymium, platinum, ruthenium, rhodium, tin, zinc, and/or their alloys. Preferred Function: The catalytically active component comprises a catalytic material that reduces volatiles generated by at least one of a gasification process and a combustion process. The base component(s) enables migration of the catalytically active component from an interior to a surface of the solidified catalytically active material.Preferred Method: The catalytically active component(s) is substantially uniformly dispersed throughout the catalytically active material. The base component(s) is heated in a submerged combustion melter where the catalytically active component(s) is directly incorporated. The method further comprises solidifying the catalyst precursor material and the catalytically active material.Preferred Condition: The catalytically active material is disposed within a fluidized bed of a fluidized-bed gasification reactor, within a path of flue gases generated by a combustion process, or on an interior surface of a vessel in which the volatiles are generated.