Zeolites are essential catalysts in a range of important current processes, including petrochemical refining, automobile emissions reduction and fine chemicals synthesis, and much pioneering research was performed by JMT in understanding them. Their performance relates closely to their structure in a unique way, because active sites distributed throughout the catalyst…
Not only is catalysis a discipline that offers wonderful intellectual stimulation, that underpins life itself – it also has shown dramatic impact in the betterment of the world around us. From Davy’s miner’s lamp saving countless lives, via the Haber-Bosch process delivering fertiliser to the world to car exhaust catalysts…
One of the signature achievements of John Meurig Thomas was the recognition that performance catalysis need to studied under conditions what was then called “in-situ“. The compelling argument was that we know from post-mortem studies that catalyst do change in the reactor under working conditions. Meanwhile it is evident that…
