The translation of catalysts created in academics to industrial end-users remains challenging due to a lack of understanding about the influence of catalyst characteristics on the whole process and vice versa. Considerable resources are consumed in the discovery, development, and application of catalysts, and it is critical to evaluate theā¦
When: 20 ā 21 June 2022Where: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Fermi Avenue, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX On the 20th and 21st of June 2022 the UK Catalysis Hub will host its annual summer conference and networking meeting. The Conference will take place at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus,ā¦
The transformations of the abundant small molecules such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) has the potential to contribute toward establishing an environmentally sensible circulation of energy and materials. In this talk, I will discuss recent results conducted in my group at Queen Mary University on the use ofā¦
Structure/activity relationships in heterogeneously catalysed selective hydrogenation reactions of relevance to agri-chemical production chains A recently completed industrially sponsored Ph.D. project, concentrating on the kinetics and hydrodynamics of nitrile hydrogenation, has enabled a catalyst specification to be defined that supports high amine selectivity and extended catalyst lifetimes. A follow-on Ph.D. project isā¦
Taste and odour represent critical criteria in the evaluation of potable water quality for consumers and the removal of low concentration modern contaminants constitutes an ongoing problem particularly for utility water companies. My talk will focus on our recent work on contaminants removal using advanced oxidation techniques (AOP), such asā¦
Central to the ongoing efforts to mitigate plastic waste is the development of efficient catalytic processes. One approach for plastic effluent reduction, is the chemical recycling of plastic waste to monomers. Chemical recycling is particularly advantageous as it obviates the material property loss and down-cycling inherent to traditional, mechanical recycling.ā¦
Allostery is a central mechanism for the regulation of multi-enzyme complexes. The mechanistic basis that drives allosteric regulation is poorly understood but harbors key information for enzyme engineering. In this talk, our new computational tools based on inter-residue correlations from microsecond time-scale Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations and enhanced sampling techniquesā¦
Artificial metalloenzymes (ArMs) result from the incorporation of an abiotic metal cofactor within a host protein, Figure 1. Thanks to the remarkable supramolecular affinity of biotin for streptavidin (KD > 10-13 M), linking a biotin anchor to an organometallic catalyst ensures that, upon addition of streptavidin, the abiotic cofactor isā¦
Ammonia (NH3) synthesis is a key industrial process, being of vital importance for the production of fertiliser, explosives, and fine chemicals. Traditional promoted Fe Haber-Bosch catalysts require high temperatures and pressures to operate, at great economic and environmental expense due to the significant energy consumption required for NH3 synthesis. Hence, thereā¦
Fully-funded 42-month organic chemistry PhD studentship available for UK students in the OāDuill group at the University of Nottingham (https://oduillgroup.com/). Start date: October 2022. Application deadline: April 11th 2022. More information on https://oduillgroup.com/and below: Heteroatom alkylation is one of the most widely used reactions in medicinal chemistry. However, traditional approaches (Williamson/Mitsunobu reactions;ā¦
