ACG Applied Catalysis Award
The ACG Applied Catalysis award is now open for nominations! There is a dedicated page for the award and it is also listed on the ACG page Applied Catalysis interest…
Methanol to hydrocarbons (MTH) for Net Zero
Methanol to hydrocarbons (MTH) is an important petrochemical process due to its ability to replace conventional fossil fuels (e.g., coal and crude oil) based gasoline, olefins and aromatics production with…
How long does it take to break Cu-O bond – a study of time in catalysis
The scale of time is important in chemistry. A typical catalytic reaction has turnover frequencies ranging from 0.01 to 10 or even 103 s-1. A complete turnover usually contains adsorption of…
Transient X-ray absorption spectroscopy
Recent developments in synchrotron radiation facilities and X-ray optics have further expanded the X-ray analytical toolbox for operando studies. These X-ray tools allow to follow the structure of the catalytic…
Towards in-situ atomic resolution characterisation of chemical reactions in solutions
Liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy offers a unique combination of nanometer spatial resolution and millisecond temporal resolution. It has provided many useful insights into nanoscale reaction dynamics but achieving sub-nanometer resolution…
Charge compensation of entrapped organic cations in zeolites
Organic Structure Directing Agents (OSDAs) play a central role in synthesis of zeolites. Typically, OSDAs consist in tetraalkylammonium cations that are trapped inside of the voids of zeolites. The positive…
Direct Hydrogenation of Captured Carbon Dioxide using a Heterogeneous Catalyst
To achieve net zero, captured carbon dioxide must be efficiently utilised and recycled. A research team led by Dr Simon Kondrat (Loughborough University) and the UK Catalysis Hub are developing…
Catalysis for Late-Stage Functionalisation
Directing groups have become pivotal in controlling the stereo- and regiochemistry of transition metal catalysed C–H activation and olefin difunctionalisation reactions. Regiocontrol in these reactions is generally achieved through formation…
Data-driven approaches to homogeneous catalysis
With the goal of identifying homogeneous catalysts with improved activity or selectivity, we exploit physical organic concepts, statistical learning techniques and optimization algorithms. We demonstrate how these approaches could be…
Mechanochemical and mechanocatalytic reactions in ball mills
Mechanochemical synthesis allows in various cases the synthesis of materials which are otherwise difficult to access or complex to synthesize, such as rare earth metal hydrides, corundum with high surface…