Publications

The UK Catalysis Hub have published a new edition of Modern Developments with publishers World Scientific. Modern Developments in Catalysis, Volume 2 provides a review and update of current research and practice on catalysis. Topics range from the treatment of water using novel techniques for carbon neutrality, cutting-edge techniques using intense radiation including Operando Synchrotron Infrared Microspectroscopy to innovation in homogeneous catalysis, heterogeneous catalysis and biocatalysis. This book provides insight into one of the most important areas of modern chemistry — it rep

A special collection of thematically related manuscripts by UK Catalysis Hub members has been published by Royal Society Open Science. The papers in the collection explore catalytic chemistry and represent institutions in each of four constituent nations of the United Kingdom; they also showcase the global nature of science: several of the papers are international collaborations with non-UK partner institutions. Many papers feature the work of early career members of the community, and they illustrate the breadth of current catalytic science.

Royal Society Publishing has recently published a special double issue of Philosophical Transactions A: Exploring the length scales, timescales and chemistry of challenging materials (Part 1 & II) compiled and edited by UK Catalysis Hub members including C Richard A Catlow and Martin Wilding. Read the articles at www.bit.ly/TransA2258 and www.bit.ly/TransA2259

Water co-catalysis in aerobic olefin epoxidation mediated by ruthenium oxo complexes” was recently published in Chemical Science and highlighted with cover art. This UK Catalysis Hub project was part of the "Hub 'Science' 3: Catalysis for the Circular Economy and Sustainable Manufacturing" theme.

Hasan T. Imam has published a new paper Supramolecular Ionic Liquid Gels for Enzyme Entrapment in ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. with Kyle Hill, Andrew Reid, Stefan Mix, Patricia C. Marr and Andrew C. Marr.

Lipase from Aneurinibacillus thermoaerophilus was entrapped and immobilized in a supramolecular gel formed by a low molecular weight gelator (LMWG) in an ionic liquid (IL). The LMWG was prepared from the amino acid phenylalanine. The IL, trihexyl tetradecyl phosphonium bis-triflamide, provided a hydrophobic environment inside the gel that supported hydrolysis activity a

Dr Pankaj Sharma has a new paper, "Cd/Pt Precursor Solution for Solar H2 Production and in situ Photochemical Synthesis of Pt Single-atom Decorated CdS Nanoparticles" published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. The project was in collaboration with Cardiff University, UCL, Kurukshetra University, Diamond Light Source, EPSRC National Facility for XPS (“HarwellXPS”), Research Complex, Central Laser Facility, Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and the UK Catalysis Hub.

PhD student Katie Morton and members of the UK Catalysis Hub, ISIS Neutron and Muon Source and ILL - Institut Laue Langevin have collaborated in work studying the diffusion of lignin derivatives within various zeolite catalysts. By combining Neutron Scattering experiments with Molecular Dynamics simulations, they highlight the importance of studying diffusion across different length/time scales. Read the full article at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2024.113388

UK Catalysis Hub members Dr. Shepherd Siangwata and Prof. Gareth Owen among others have published a new paper, "Room Temperature Hydrogenation of CO2 Utilizing a Cooperative Phosphorus Pyridone-Based Iridium Complex." This article outlines the preparation of an iridium complex containing the novel ligand, 6-dicyclohexylphosphino-2-oxo-pyridinide (6-DCyPon*), which coordinates to the metal center via a κ2-P,Ncoordination mode. The 2-oxo-pyridinide ligand has been shown to cleave H2 heterolytically across the iridium‒nitrogen bond akin to a ligand cooperative process. The iridium complex ha

Impact

Total number of publications: 774 Average impact: Citations – <27,581 Citation per article – 3.2

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Phase II Research

Below a list of publications from Projects funded through the UK Catalysis Hub research 2018 – 2021.

Please inform the Project Manager of all Publications arising from Hub Projects. Please see the acknowledgements page for instructions.

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Catalysis for the Circular Economy and Sustainable Manufacturing,
Catalysis at the Water and Energy Nexus,
Non-Project Publications

Core

2025

Sining Chen, Lucy Costley-Wood, Ines Lezcano-Gonzalez, Emma Campbell, Zhaoyue Weng, M. Asunción Molina, Yani Wu, Andrew M. Beale, Understanding defect generation on CeO2 and its utilization for enhanced metal-support interactions in Ni/CeO2 catalysts for improved CO2 methanation performance, Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, Volume 366, 2025, 125029, ISSN 0926-3373, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2025.125029.

Potter, Matthew E., McShane, Evangeline B., Visser, Nienke L., Meeldijk, Johannes D., Allen, Lisa J., King, Stephen M., Carravetta, Marina, de Jongh, Petra E., Vandegehuchte, Bart D., Raja, Robert, Exploring the influence of mesoporosity in hard carbon-templated hierarchical SAPO-5 for ethanol dehydration, RSC Appl. Interfaces, 2024,1, 1360-1370, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4LF00230J

2024

Bowker, Michael, House, Matthew, Brookes, Catherine, Hellier, Pip, Wells, Peter, Ensemble Effects on Methanol Oxidation to Formaldehyde on Ferric Molybdate Catalysts, ChemCatChem 2024, 16, e202301464. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202301464

Bowker, M., The importance of Pd carbide formation for reactions with ethene and other organic molecules, Catalysis Today, Volume 441, 2024, 114867, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2024.114867.

Danial Farooq, Matthew E. Potter, Sebastian Stockenhuber, Jay Pritchard, Antonis Vamvakeros, Stephen W. T. Price, Jakub Drnec, Ben Ruchte, James Paterson, Mark Peacock and Andrew M. Beale, Chemical Imaging of Carbide Formation and Its Effect on Alcohol Selectivity in Fischer Tropsch Synthesis on Mn-Doped Co/TiO₂ Pellets, ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 16, 12269–12281, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.4c03195

Chen, Sining, Higgins, Luke, Giarnieri, Ilenia, Benito, Patricia, Beale, Andrew M., A detailed characterization study of Ni/CeO2 catalysts identifies Ni availability as the primary factor affecting CO2 methanation performance, Journal of Catalysis, Volume 439, November 2024, 115778, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115778

Bowker, Michael, Alloying effects on the reactivity of Pd are ensemble dominated, Surface Science, Volume 751, 2025, 122620, ISSN 0039-6028, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2024.122620.

Cong, Peixi, Lezcano-Gonzalez, Ines, Longo, Alessandro, Bras, Wim, Beale, Andrew M., Evolution of Mo species and ZSM-5 microstructure with temperature and its impact on methane dehydroaromatisation activity, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024,26, 30055-30065. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CP02949F

2023

Hutchings, Graham, Davidson, Matthew, Catlow, Richard, Hardacre, Christopher, Turner, Nicholas, Williams, Charlotte, Mulholland, Adrian, Goodall, Josie, Mitchell, Chris, Modern Developments in Catalysis, Vol II, 2023, World Scientific, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1142/q0354

Lawes, Naomi, Aggett, Kieran J., Smith, Louise R., Slater, Thomas J. A., Dearg, Malcolm, Morgan, David J., Dummer, Nicholas F., Taylor, Stuart H., Hutchings, Graham J., Bowker, Michael, Zn Loading Effects on the Selectivity of PdZn Catalysts for CO₂ Hydrogenation to Methanol, Catal Lett (2023). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-023-04437-5

Hayward, James, Esquius, Jonathan Ruiz, Richards, Nia, Jones, Wilm, Hewes, Daniel, Bowker, Michael, Delaminated hydrotalcite precursors for green methanol synthesis, Catalysis Communications, Volume 179, 2023, 106694, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2023.106694.

Deeks, Helen M., Zinovjev, Kirill, Barnoud, Jonathan, Mulholland, Adrian J., van der Kamp, Marc W., Glowacki, David R., Free energy along drug-protein binding pathways interactively sampled in virtual reality, Sci Rep 13, 16665 (2023). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43523-x

Lazaridou, Anna, Smith, Louise R., Pattisson, Samuel, Dummer, Nicholas F., Smit, Joost J., Johnston, Peter, Hutchings, Graham J., Recognizing the best catalyst for a reaction, Nat Rev Chem 7, 287–295 (2023).DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41570-023-00470-5

Peng, Yani, Qiu, Boya, Ding, Shengzhe, Hu, Min, Zhang, Yuxin, Jiao, Yilai, Fan, Xiaolei, Parlett, Christopher M. A., A Facile Synthesis Route to AuPd Alloys for the Selective Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid, ChemPlusChem 2024, 89, e202300545. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cplu.202300545

Sun, Shuzhuang, Chen, Zheng, Xu, Yikai, Wang, Yuanyuan, Zhang, Yingrui, Dejoie, Catherine, Xu, Shaojun, Xu, Xin, Wu, Chunfei, Potassium-Promoted Limestone for Preferential Direct Hydrogenation of Carbonates in Integrated CO₂Capture and Utilization, JACS Au 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.3c00403

2022

Abraham Nieva de la Hidalga, Josephine Goodall, Corinne Anyika, Brian Matthews, C. Richard A. Catlow,
Designing a data infrastructure for catalysis science aligned to FAIR data principles, Catalysis Communications, Volume 162, 2022, 106384, ISSN 1566-7367, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2021.106384.

R. Arrigo, T. Sasaki, J. Callison, D. Gianolio, M. E. Schuster, Monitoring dynamics of defects and single Fe atoms in N-functionalized few-layer graphene by in situ temperature programmed scanning transmission electron microscopy, 2022, Journal of Energy Chemistry, DOI: 10.1016/j.jechem.2021.05.005 journal-article

A. Nieva de la Hidalga, D. Decarolis, S. Xu, S. K. Matam, W. Y. H. Enciso, J. B. M. .Goodall, B. Matthews, C. R. A. .Catlow, A Workflow Demonstrator for Processing Catalysis Research Data, 2022, Data Intelligence DOI: 10.1162/dint_a_00143 journal-article

Sun, Shuzhuang, Sun, Hongman, Guan, Shaoliang, Xu, Shaojun, Wu, Chunfei, Integrated CO₂ capture and methanation on Ru/CeO₂-MgO combined materials: Morphology effect from CeO₂ support, Fuel, Volume 317, 2022, 123420, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.123420.

Paul, Ratul, Sarkar, Chitra, Jain, Manjari, Xu, Shaojun, Borah, Kashmiri, Dao, Duy Quang, Pao, Chih-Wen, Bhattacharya, Saswata, Mondal, John, Ferrocene-derived Fe-metalated porous organic polymer for the core planarity-triggered detoxification of chemical warfare agents, Chem. Commun., 2022, Advance Article, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CC01785G

Sun, Shuzhuang, Zhang, Chen, Guan, Shaoliang, Xu, Shaojun, Williams, Paul T., Wu, Chunfei, Ni/support-CaO bifunctional combined materials for integrated CO₂ capture and reverse water-gas shift reaction: Influence of different supports, Separation and Purification Technology, Volume 298, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2022.121604

Evans, Christopher D., Bartley, Jonathan K., Taylor, Stuart H., Hutchings, Graham J., Kondrat, Simon A., Perovskite Supported Catalysts for the Selective Oxidation of Glycerol to Tartronic Acid, Catal Lett (2022). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-022-04111-2

Shit, Subhash Chandra, Powar, Niket S., Kalita, Priyanka, Paul, Ratul, Xu, Shaojun, Jung, Jin-Woo, Cho, Chang-Hee, In, Su-Il, Mondal, John, Selective photocatalytic CO₂ reduction to CH₄ over metal-free porous polyimide in the solid–gas mode, Chem. Commun., 2022, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/D2CC04701B

Zhang, Chen, Sun, Shuzhuang, Xu, Shaojun, Wu, Chunfei, CO₂ capture over steam and KOH activated biochar: Effect of relative humidity, Biomass and Bioenergy, Volume 166, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2022.106608.

Zhang, Chen, Sun, Shuzhuang, Xu, Shaojun, Johnston, Chris, Wu, Chunfei, Phosphorus Removal from Dirty Farmyard Water by Activated Anaerobic-Digestion-Derived Biochar, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.2c02668

Zhang, Man, Xu, Shaojun, Boubeche, Mebrouka, Decarolis, Donato, Huang, Yizhe, Liu, Biying, Gibson, Emma K., Li, Xin, Wang, Yuchen, Luo, Huixia, Catlow, C. Richard A., Yan, Kai, Designed TiS₂ nanosheets for efficient electrocatalytic reductive amination of biomass-derived furfurals, Green Chem., 2022,24, 9570-9578, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2GC03234A

Di Carmine, Graziano; Forster, Luke; Wang, Simeng; Parlett, Christopher; Carlone, Armando; D’Agostino, Carmine, NMR relaxation time measurements of solvent effects in an organocatalysed asymmetric aldol reaction over silica SBA-15 supported proline, React. Chem. Eng., 2022,7, 269-274, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1RE00471A

Wang, Xi; Xu, Shaojun; Chalmers, Evelyn; Chen, Xiaogang; Liu, Yong; Liu, Xuqing, Entangled ZnO on Ultrathin Hollow Fibers for UV-Aided Pollutant Decomposition, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14, 8, 10769–10781, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c21554

Skukauskas, Vainius; Silverwood, Ian P.; Gibson, Emma K., Dynamics of water within Cu-loaded zeolites: A quasielastic neutron scattering study, Catalysis Communications, Volume 165, 2022, 106429, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2022.106429

Sarkar, Chitra, Paul, Ratul, Dao, Duy Quang, Xu, Shaojun, Chatterjee, Rupak, Shit, Subhash Chandra, Bhaumik, Asim, Mondal, John, Unlocking Molecular Secrets in a Monomer-Assembly-Promoted Zn-Metalated Catalytic Porous Organic Polymer for Light-Responsive CO₂ Insertion, CS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14, 33, 37620–37636, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c06982

2021

B. Liu, S. Xu (co-1st), M. Zhang, X. Li, D. Decarolis, Y. Liu, Y. Wang, E.K. Gibson, R. Catlow, Y. Kai, Electrochemical upgrading of biomass-derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and furfural over oxygen vacancy-rich NiCoMn-layered double hydroxides nanosheets, Green Chemistry, 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1GC00901J

A. Cherevotan, J. Raj, L. Dheer, S. Roy, S. Sarkar, R. Das, C. P. Vinod, S. Xu, P. Wells, U. V. Waghmare and S. C. Peter, Operando generated ordered heterogeneous catalyst for the selective conversion of CO2 to methanol, ACS Energy Letters, 2021, 6, 509, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.0c02614

Shaojun Xu, Xue Han, Yujie Ma, Thien D. Duong, Longfei Lin, Emma K. Gibson, Alena Sheveleva, Sarayute Chansai, Alex Walton, Duc-The Ngo, Mark D. Frogley, Chiu C. Tang, Floriana Tuna, Eric J.L. McInnes, C. Richard A. Catlow, Christopher Hardacre, Sihai Yang and Martin Schroder, Catalytic decomposition of NO2 over a copper-decorated metal–organic framework by non-thermal plasma, Cell Reports Physical Science (2021), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100349

Lin, Longfei; Fan, Mengtian; Sheveleva, Alena M.; Han, Xue; Tang, Zhimou; Carter, Joseph H.; da Silva, Ivan; Parlett, Christopher M. A.; Tuna, Floriana; McInnes, Eric J. L.; Sastre, German; Rudić, Svemir; Cavaye, Hamish; Parker, Stewart F.; Cheng, Yongqiang; Daemen, Luke L.; Ramirez-Cuesta, Anibal J.; Attfield, Martin P.; Liu, Yueming; Tang, Chiu C.; Han, Buxing; Yang, Sihai, Control of zeolite microenvironment for propene synthesis from methanol, Nature Communications volume 12, Article number: 822 (2021), DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21062-1

Inns, Donald R.; Mayer, Alexander J.; Skukauskas, Vainius; Davies, Thomas E.; Callison, June; Kondrat, Simon A., Evaluating the Activity and Stability of Perovskite LaMO3-Based Pt Catalysts in the Aqueous Phase Reforming of Glycerol Top Catal (2021)., DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-021-01449-6

Panchal, Monik; Callison, June; Skukauskas, Vainius; Gianolio, Diego; Cibin, Giannantonio; York, Andrew P.E.; Schuster, Manfred Erwin; Hyde, Timothy I; Collier, Paul; Catlow, C R A; Gibson, Emma Kate, Operando XAFS investigation on the effect of ash deposition on three-way catalyst used in gasoline particulate filters and the effect of the manufacturing process on the catalytic activity J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 33 284001 (2021)., DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/abfe16;

Tariq, Anisa; Ruiz Esquius, Jonathan; Davies, Thomas E.; Bowker, Michael; Taylor, Stuart H.; Hutchings, Graham J., Combination of Cu/ZnO Methanol Synthesis Catalysts and ZSM-5 Zeolites to Produce Oxygenates from CO₂and H_2, Top Catal(2021), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-021-01447-8

Hutchings, Graham J., Spiers Memorial Lecture: Understanding reaction mechanisms in heterogeneously catalysed reactions_, Faraday Discuss., 2021,229, 9-34, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1FD00023C

Matam, S.K., Catlow, C.R.A., Silverwood, I.P. et al. Methanol dynamics in H-ZSM-5 with Si/Al ratio of 25: a quasi-elastic neutron scattering (QENS) study. Top Catal (2021)., DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-021-01450-z

A. Vamvakeros, D. Matras, T. E. Ashton, A. A. Coelho, H. Dong, D. Bauer, Y. Odarchenko, S. W. T. .Price, K. T. Butler, O. Gutowski, A. -C. Dippel, M. von Zimmerman, J. A. Darr, S. D. M. .Jacques, A. M. Beale(2021). Cycling Rate-Induced Spatially-Resolved Heterogeneities in Commercial Cylindrical Li-Ion Batteries, Small Methods, vol. 5, issue 9, page 9. DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202100512.

A. Zachariou, A. P. Hawkins, Suwardiyanto(2021). New Spectroscopic Insight into the Deactivation of a ZSM-5 Methanol-to-Hydrocarbons Catalyst, ChemCatChem, vol. 13, issue 11, page 11. DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202100286.

Chen, Huanhao, Chansai, Sarayute, Xu, Shaojun, Xu, Shanshan, Mu, Yibing, Hardacre, Christopher, Fan, Xiaolei, Dry reforming of methane on bimetallic Pt–Ni@CeO₂ catalyst: a in situ DRIFTS-MS mechanistic study, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2021,11, 5260-5272, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CY00382H

McMillan, Paul F; Wilding, Martin C; Catlow, C Richard A; Bras, Wim, Preface to the JPCM special issue on intense radiation sources in condensed matter and materials physics, J Phys Condens Matter. 2021 Jul 23;33(39). DOI: 10.1088/1361-648X/ac1301. PMID: 34309584.

Nyathi, Thulani M.; Fadlalla, Mohamed I.; Fischer, Nico; York, Andrew P.E.; Olivier, Ezra J.; Gibson, Emma K.; Wells, Peter P.; Claeys, Michael, Support and gas environment effects on the preferential oxidation of carbon monoxide over Co₃O₄ catalysts studied in situ, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Volume 297, 2021, 120450, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120450

Ma, Yujie, Han, Xue, Xu, Shaojun, Wang, Zi, Li, Weiyao, da Silva, Ivan, Chansai, Sarayute, Lee, Daniel, Zou, Yichao, Nikiel, Marek, Manuel, Pascal, Sheveleva, Alena M., Tuna, Floriana, McInnes, Eric J. L., Cheng, Yongqiang, Rudić, Svemir, Ramirez-Cuesta, Anibal J., Haigh, Sarah J., Hardacre, Christopher, Schröder, Martin, Yang, Sihai, Atomically Dispersed Copper Sites in a Metal–Organic Framework for Reduction of Nitrogen Dioxide, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 29, 10977–10985, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c03036

2020

Ho, Phuoc Hoang; de Luna, Giancosimo Sanghez; Angelucci, Saverio; Canciani, Andrea; Jones, Wilm; Decarolis, Donato; Ospitali, Francesca; Aguado, Elena Rodriguez; Rodríguez-Castellón Enrique; Fornasari, Giuseppe; Vaccari, Angelo; Beale, Andrew M.; Benito, Patricia, Understanding structure-activity relationships in highly active La promoted Ni catalysts for CO2 methanation, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Volume 278, 5 December 2020, 119256. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119256

Alexander J. O’Malley, Victoria García Sakai, Nikolaos Dimitratos, Wilm Jones, C. Richard A. Catlow and Stewart F. Parker, Octane isomer dynamics in H-ZSM-5 as a function of Si/Al ratio: a quasi-elastic neutron scattering study, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A., 24 July 2020, Volume 378, Issue 2176 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2020.0063

Huang, He; Hwang, Gi Byoung; Wu, Gaowei; Karu, Kersti; Du Toit, Hendrik; Wu, Han; Callison, June; Parkin, Ivan P.; Gavriilidis, Asterios, Rapid synthesis of [Au25(Cys)18] nanoclusters via carbon monoxide in microfluidic liquid-liquid segmented flow system and their antimicrobial performance, Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume 383, 1 March 2020, 123176. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2019.123176

Vamvakeros, Antonis; Matras, Dorota; Jacques, Simon D.M.; di Michiel, Marco; Middelkoop, Vesna; Cong, Peixi; Price, Stephen W.T.; Bull, Craig L.; Senecal, Pierre; Beale, Andrew M., Real-time tomographic diffraction imaging of catalytic membrane reactors for the oxidative coupling of methane, Catalysis Today,2020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2020.05.045

Potter, Matthew E.; Ross, Cameron P.; Gianolio, Diego; Rios, Ramon; Raja, Robert, Cobalt-containing zeolitic imidazole frameworks for C–H activation using visible-light redox photocatalysis, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10, 7262-7269. DOI: 10.1039/D0CY01061H

Kang, Liqun; Wang, Bolun; Bing, Qiming; Zalibera, Michal; Büchel, Robert; Xu, Ruoyu; Wang, Qiming; Liu, Yiyun; Gianolio, Diego; Tang, Chiu C.; Gibson, Emma K.; Danaie, Mohsen; Allen, Christopher; Wu, Ke; Marlow, Sushila; Sun, Ling-dong; He, Qian; Guan, Shaoliang; Savitsky, Anton; Velasco-Vélez, Juan J.; Callison, June; Kay, Christopher W. M.; Pratsinis, Sotiris E.; Lubitz, Wolfgang; Liu, Jing-yao; Wang, Feng Ryan, Adsorption and activation of molecular oxygen over atomic copper(I/II) site on ceria, Nature Communications volume 11, Article number: 4008 (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17852-8

Santhosh K. Matam, Stefan A. F. Nastase, Andrew J. Logsdail and C. Richard. A Catlow, Methanol loading dependent methoxylation in zeolite H-ZSM-5, Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SC01924K

Bingqiao Xie, Roong Jien Wong, Tze Hao Tan, Michael Higham, Emma K. Gibson, Donato Decarolis, June Callison, Kondo-Francois Aguey-Zinsou, Michael Bowker, C. Richard A. Catlow, Jason Scott and Rose Amal, Synergistic ultraviolet and visible light photo-activation enables intensified low-temperature methanol synthesis over copper/zinc oxide/alumina, Nat Commun 11, 1615 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15445-z, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b03351

Andrea Zachariou, Alexander P. Hawkins, Paul Collier, Russell F. Howe, David Lennon, Stewart F. Parker, The Methyl Torsion in Unsaturated Compounds, ACS Omega 2020, 5, 6, 2755-2765, February 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b03351

Christopher Hardacre, Andrew M. Beale, Emma K. Gibson, Josephine B. M. Goodall, Alex Goguet, Simon A. Kondrat, Grazia Malta, Cristina Stere, Peter P. Wells, Graham J. Hutchings & C. Richard A. Catlow, Synchrotron Radiation and Catalytic Science, Synchrotron Radiation News, Technical Report, 33:1, 10-14, DOI: DOI: 10.1080/08940886.2020.1701368

Heenan, Thomas M. M.; Vamvakeros, Antonis; Tan, Chun; Finegan, Donal P.; Daemi, Sohrab R.; Jacques, Simon D. M.; Beale, Andrew M.; Di Michiel, Marco; Brett, Dan J. L.; Shearing, Paul R., The Detection of Monoclinic Zirconia and Non-Uniform 3D Crystallographic Strain in a Re-Oxidized Ni-YSZ Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Anode, Crystals 2020, 10(10), 941, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst10100941

M. Sankar, Q. He, R. V. Engel, M. A. Sainna, A. J. Logsdail, A. Roldan, D. J. Willock, N. Agarwal, C. J. Kiely, G. J. Hutchings(2020). Role of the Support in Gold-Containing Nanoparticles as Heterogeneous Catalysts, Chemical Reviews, vol. 120, issue 8, page 8. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00662.

A. Vamvakeros, A. A. Coelho, D. Matras, H. Dong, Y. Odarchenko, S. W. T. .Price, K. T. Butler, O. Gutowski, A. -C. Dippel, M. Zimmermann, I. Martens, J. Drnec, A. M. Beale, S. D. M. .Jacques(2020). DLSR: a solution to the parallax artefact in X-ray diffraction computed tomography data, Journal of Applied Crystallography, vol. 53, issue 6, page 6. DOI: 10.1107/s1600576720013576.

Bowker, Michael; Klink, Bjoern Udo; Lass, Kristian; Bennett, Roger A., A Simple Angle-Resolved Thermal Molecular Beam Reactor: Applied to CO Oxidation on Pt{110}, Catalysts 2020, 10(11), 1229; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10111229

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2025

Matam, Santhosh K., Boudjema, Lotfi, Quesne, Matthew G., Taylor, James D., Catlow, C. Richard A., A complementary experimental and computational study on methanol adsorption isotherms of H-ZSM-5, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2025, Advance Article, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CP03761H

Altus, Kristof M., Shi, Yiping, Probst, Patrick, Heaton, Jack H., Gyton, Matthew R., Lari, Leonardo, Buchmeiser, Michael R., Dyer, Philip W., Weller, Andrew S., Room Temperature Ethene to Propene (ETP) Tandem Catalysis using Single Crystalline Solid-State Molecular Pre-Catalysts, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202419923. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202419923

Matam, Santhosh K., Sharma, P. K., Yu, E. H., Drivas, C., Khan, M. D., Wilding, M., Ramanan, N., Gianolio, D., Isaacs, M. A., Guan, S., Davies, P. R., Catlow, C. Richard A., Operando X-ray absorption spectroscopic flow cell for electrochemical CO₂ reduction: new insight into the role of copper species, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2025,15, 1070-1081, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CY00602J

2024

Sun, Shijia, Higham, Michael D., Zhang, Xingfan, Catlow, C. Richard A., Multiscale Investigation of the Mechanism and Selectivity of CO₂Hydrogenation over Rh(111), ACS Catal. 2024, 14, XXX, 5503–5519, March 28, 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.3c05939

Jones, Elizabeth S., Drivas, Charalampos, Gibson, Joshua S., Swallow, Jack E. N., Jones, Leanne A. H., Bricknell, Thomas D. J., van Spronsen, Matthijs A., Held, Georg, Isaacs, Mark A., Parlett, Christopher M. A., Weatherup, Robert S., In Situ Formation of Suspended Graphene Windows for Lab-based XPS in Liquid and Gas Environments, ChemCatChem2024, e202400239. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202400239

Campbell, Emma, Sazanovich, Igor V., Towrie, Michael, Watson, Michael J., Lezcano-Gonzalez, Ines, Beale, Andrew M., Methanol-to-Olefins Studied by UV Raman Spectroscopy as Compared to Visible Wavelength: Capitalization on Resonance Enhancement, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2024, 15, XXX, 6826–6834, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00865

Mohammed, Khaled, Vakili, Reza, Decarolis, Donato, Xu, Shaojun, Keenan, Luke, Kordatos, Apostolos, Zhelev, Nikolay, Skylaris, Chris K., Carravetta, Marina, Gibson, Emma K., Manyar, Haresh, Goguet, Alexandre, Wells, Peter P., Structural selectivity of supported Pd nanoparticles: selective ethanol ammoxidation to acetonitrile, EES. Catal., 2024, Advance Article, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4EY00044G

Decarolis, Donato, Panchal, Monik, Quesne, Matthew, Mohammed, Khaled, Xu, Shaojun, Isaacs, Mark, Clark, Adam H., Keenan, Luke L., Wakisaka, Takuo, Kusada, Kohei, Kitagawa, Hiroshi, Catlow, C. Richard A., Gibson, Emma K., Goguet, Alexandre, Wells, Peter P., Localized thermal levering events drive spontaneous kinetic oscillations during CO oxidation on Rh/Al2O3, Nat Catal, 7, 829–837 (2024), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-024-01181-w

Florence J. Hardy, Matthew G. Quesne, Emilie F. Gérard, Jingming ZhaoMary Ortmayer, Christopher J. Taylor, Hafiz S. Ali, Jeffrey W. Slater, Colin W. Levy, Derren J. Heyes, J. Martin Bollinger Jr., Sam P. de Visser, Anthony P. Green, Probing Ferryl Reactivity in a Nonheme Iron Oxygenase Using an Expanded Genetic Code, ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 15, 11584–11590, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.4c02365

Abdul Nasir, Jamal, Beale, Andrew M., Catlow, C. Richard A., Understanding deNO_x mechanisms in transition metal exchanged zeolites, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024,53, 11657-11691, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CS00468F

2023

Abdul Nasir, Jamal, Guan, Jingcheng, Keal, Thomas W., Desmoutier, Alec W., Lu, You, Beale, Andrew M., Catlow, C. Richard A., Sokol, Alexey A., Influence of Solvent on Selective Catalytic Reduction of Nitrogen Oxides with Ammonia over Cu-CHA Zeolite, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 1, 247–259, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c09823

Gyton, Matthew R., Royle, Cameron G., Beaumont, Simon K., Duckett, Simon B., Weller, Andrew S., Mechanistic Insights into Molecular Crystalline Organometallic Heterogeneous Catalysis through Parahydrogen-Based Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 4, 2619–2629, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c12642

Bartoletti, Andrea, Gondolini, Angela, Sangiorgi, Nicola, Aramini, Matteo, Ardit, Matteo, Rancan, Marzio, Armelao, Lidia, Kondrat, Simon A., Sanson, Alessandra, Identification of structural changes in CaCu₃Ti₄O₁₂ on high energy ball milling and their effect on photocatalytic performance, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, Advance Article. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CY01299E

Zachariou, Andrea, Hawkins, Alexander P., Collier, Paul, Howe, Russell F., Parker, Stewart F., Lennon, David, Neutron scattering studies of the methanol-to-hydrocarbons reaction, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023,13, 1976-1990, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CY02154D

Higham, Michael D., Zeinalipour-Yazdi, Constantinos D., Hargreaves, Justin S. J., Catlow, C. Richard A.,Mechanism of ammonia synthesis on Fe₃Mo₃N, Faraday Discuss., 2023, Advance Article, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2FD00148A

Garvin, Matthew, Thompson, Warren A., Tan, Jeannie Z. Y., Kampouri, Stavroula, Ireland, Christopher P., Smit, Berend, Brookfield, Adam, Collison, David, Negahdar, Leila, Beale, Andrew M., Maroto-Valer, M. Mercedes, McIntosh, Ruaraidh D., Garcia, Susana, Highly selective CO₂ photoreduction to CO on MOF-derived TiO_2,RSC Sustain., 2023, Advance Article, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SU00082B

Gianolio, Diego, Higham, Michael D., Quesne, Matthew G., Aramini, Matteo, Xu, Ruoyu, Large, Alex I., Held, Georg, Velasco-Vélez, Juan-Jesús, Haevecker, Michael, Knop-Gericke, Axel, Genovese, Chiara, Ampelli, Claudio, Schuster, Manfred Erwin, Perathoner, Siglinda, Centi, Gabriele, Catlow, C. Richard A., Arrigo, Rosa, Interfacial Chemistry in the Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of CO₂ over C-Supported Cu-Based Systems, ACS Catal. 2023, 13, XXX, 5876–5895, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.3c01288

Schiaroli, Nicola, Negahdar, Leila, Lützen, Mads, Hoang Ho, Phuoc, Allen, Lisa J., Natoli, Alejandro, Ospitali, Francesca, Maluta, Francesco, Rodríguez-Castellón, Enrique, Damsgaard, Christian D., Fornasari, Giuseppe, Beale, Andrew M., Benito, Patricia, Efficient low-loaded ternary Pd-In₂O₃-Al₂O₃catalysts for methanol production, Journal of Catalysis, Volume 424, 2023, Pages 140-151, ISSN 0021-9517, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2023.05.012

Dong, Hongyang, Jacques, Simon D. M., Kockelmann, Winfried, Price, Stephen W. T., Emberson, Robert, Matras, Dorota, Odarchenko, Yaroslav, Middelkoop, Vesna, Giokaris, Athanasios, Gutowski, Olof, Dippel, Ann-Christin, von Zimmermann, Martin, Beale, Andrew M., Butler, Keith T., Vamvakeros, Antonis, A scalable neural network architecture for self-supervised tomographic image reconstruction, Digital Discovery, 2023, Advance Article, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2DD00105E

Matam, Santhosh K., Silverwood, Ian P., Boudjema, Lotfi, O’Malley, Alexander J., Catlow, C. Richard A., Methanol diffusion and dynamics in zeolite H-ZSM-5 probed by quasi-elastic neutron scattering and classical molecular dynamics simulations, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A.3812022033520220335, DOI: http://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2022.0335

Costley-Wood, Lucy G, Mohammed, Khaled, Carravetta, Marina, Decarolis, Donato, Goguet, Alexandre, Kordatos, Apostolos, Vakili, Reza, Manyar, Haresh, McPake, Erin, Skylaris, Chris-Kriton, Thompson, Paul, Gibson, Emma K, Wells, Peter P., Towards the Operational Window for Nitridic and Carbidic Palladium Nanoparticles for Directed Catalysis, ChemCatChem 2023, e202300870. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202300870

Matthew E. Potter, Sofia Mediavilla Madrigal, Emma Campbell, Lisa J. Allen, Urvashi Vyas, Stephen Parry, Adrián García-Zaragova, Luis M. Martínez-Prieto, Pascual Oña-Burgos, Mads Lützen, Christian D. Damsgaard, Enrique Rodríguez-Castellón, Nicola Schiaroli, Giuseppe Fornasari, Patricia Benito, Andrew M. Beale, A High Pressure Operando Spectroscopy Examination of Bimetal Interactions in ‘Metal Efficient’ Palladium/In₂O₃/Al₂O₃Catalysts for CO₂ Hydrogenation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202312645. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202312645

Radley, Emily, Davidson, John, Foster, Jake, Obexer, Richard, Bell, Elizabeth L., Green, Anthony P., Engineering Enzymes for Environmental Sustainability, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202309305. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202309305

Di Carmine, Graziano, Leonardi, Costanza, Forster, Luke, Hu, Min, Lee, Daniel, Parlett, Christopher M. A., Bortolini, Olga, Isaacs, Mark A., Massi, Alessandro, D’Agostino, Carmine, Humin Formation on SBA-15-pr-SO₃H Catalysts during the Alcoholysis of Furfuryl Alcohol to Ethyl Levulinate: Effect of Pore Size on Catalyst Stability, Transport, and Adsorption, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2023, 15, 20, 24528–24540, May 15, 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c04613

Hawkins, Alexander P., Zachariou, Andrea, Parker, Stewart F., Collier, Paul, Barrow, Nathan S., Howe, Russell F., Lennon, David, On the transition to gasoline-to-olefins chemistry in the cracking reactions of 1-octene over H-ZSM-5 catalysts, Applied Catalysis A: General, Volume 667, 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2023.119442

Al Sobhi, Samia; AlShibane, Ihfaf; Catlow, C. Richard A.; Daisley, Angela; Hargreaves, Justin S. J.; Hector, Andrew L.; Higham, Michael D.; Zeinalipour-Yazdi, Constantinos D., A Comparison of the Reactivity of the Lattice Nitrogen in Tungsten Substituted Co₃Mo₃N and Ni₂Mo₃N, ChemSusChem 2023, 16, e202300945, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202300945

Isaacs, Mark A.; Drivas, Charalampos; Lee, Roxy; Palgrave, Robert; Parlett, Christopher M. A.; Morgan, David J., XPS surface analysis of ceria-based materials: Experimental methods and considerations, Applied Surface Science Advances, Volume 18, 2023, 100469, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsadv.2023.100469.

2022

Mohammad Reza Abbasi, Federico Galvanin, Andrew John Blacker, Eva Sorensen, Yiping Shi, Philip W.Dyer, Asterios Gavriilidis, Process-oriented approach towards catalyst design and optimisation, Catalysis Communications, Volume 163, March 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2021.106392

Yiping Shi, Andrew S. Weller, A. John Blacker, Philip W. Dyer, Conversion of butanol to propene in flow: A triple dehydration, isomerisation and metathesis cascade, Catalysis Communications, Volume 164, April 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2022.106421

I. B. Minova, M. Bühl, S. K. Matam, C. R. A. .Catlow, M. D. Frogley, G. Cinque, P. A. Wright, R. F. Howe, Carbene-like reactivity of methoxy groups in a single crystal SAPO-34 MTO catalyst, 2022, Catalysis Science & Technology DOI: 10.1039/d1cy02361f journal-article

A. J. .Porter, C. H. .Botchway, B. Kwakye-Awuah, C. Hernandez-Tamargo, S. K. Matam, S. L. .McHugh, I. P. Silverwood, N. H. de Leeuw, A. J. O’Malley, Local and nanoscale methanol mobility in different H-FER catalysts, 2022, Catalysis Science & Technology DOI: 10.1039/d1cy02001c journal-article

I. Lezcano-González, P. Cong, E. Campbell, M. Panchal, M. Agote-Arán, V. Celorrio, Q. He, R. Oord, B. M. Weckhuysen, A. M. Beale, Structure‐Activity Relationships in Highly Active Platinum‐Tin MFI‐type Zeolite Catalysts for Propane Dehydrogenation, 2022, ChemCatChem DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202101828 journal-article

Bowker, Michael, Lawes, Naomi, Gow, Isla, Hayward, James, Esquius, Jonathan Ruiz, Richards, Nia, Smith, Louise R., Slater, Thomas J. A., Davies, Thomas E, Dummer, Nicholas F., Kabalan, Lara, Logsdail, Andrew, Catlow, Richard C., Taylor, Stuart, Hutchings, Graham J, The Critical Role of βPdZn Alloy in Pd/ZnO Catalysts for the Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide to Methanol, ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 9, 5371–5379, Publication Date: April 20, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c00552

Silveri, Fabrizio, Quesne, Matthew G., Viñes, Francesc, Illas, Francesc, Catlow, C. Richard A., de Leeuw, Nora H., Catalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide on the (001), (011), and (111) Surfaces of TiC and ZrC: A Computational Study, J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126, 11, 5138–5150, Publication Date:March 13, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c10180

Lawes, Naomi, Gow, Isla E., Smith, Louise R., Aggett, Kieran J., Hayward, James S., Kabalan, Lara, Logsdail, Andrew J., Slater, Thomas J. A., Dearg, Malcolm, Morgan, David J., Dummer, Nicholas F., Taylor, Stuart H., Bowker, Michael, Catlow, C. Richard A., Hutchings, Graham J., Methanol synthesis from CO₂ and H₂ using supported Pd alloy catalysts, Faraday Discuss., 2022, Advance Article, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2FD00119E

Jones, Edward; Inns, Donald R.; Dann, Sandra E.; Silverwood, Ian P.; Kondrat, Simon A., Characterisation of ethylene adsorption on model skeletal cobalt catalysts by inelastic and quasi-elastic neutron scattering, Catalysis Communications, Volume 163, 2022, 106409, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2022.106409

Stacey, Edward; Quesne, Matthew G.; Catlow, C. Richard A., Computational investigation of the structures and energies of microporous materials, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2022, 112382, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2022.112382

Qi, Guodong; Davies, Thomas E.; Nasrallah, Ali; Sainna, Mala A.; Howe, Alexander G. R.; Lewis, Richard J.; Quesne, Matthew; Catlow, C. Richard A.; Willock, David J.; He, Qian; Bethell, Donald; Howard, Mark J.; Murrer, Barry A.; Harrison, Brian; Kiely, Christopher J.; Zhao, Xingling; Deng, Feng; Xu, Jun; Hutchings, Graham J., Au-ZSM-5 catalyses the selective oxidation of CH₄ to CH₃OH and CH₃COOH using O₂, Nat Catal 5, 45–54 (2022), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-021-00725-8

Mollner, Tim A., Giltrap, Andrew M., Zeng, Yibo, Demyanenko, Yana, Buchanan, Charles, Oehlrich, Daniel, Baldwin, Andrew J., Anthony, Daniel C., Mohammed, Shabaz, Davis, Benjamin G., Reductive site-selective atypical C,Z-type/N2-C2 cleavage allows C-terminal protein amidation, SCIENCE ADVANCES, 8 Apr 2022, Vol 8, Issue 14, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abl8675

Xu, Ruoyu, Kang, Liqun, Papanikolaou, Konstantinos G., Wang, Bolun, Marlow, Sushila, He, Qian, Zhang, Peng, Wang, Jianfang, Brett, Dan J.L., Stamatakis, Michail, Wang, Feng Ryan, Improving the ORR performance by enhancing the Pt oxidation resistance, Journal of Catalysis, Volume 416, 2022, Pages 311-321, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2022.10.025.

2021

Decarolis, Donato; Clark, Adam H.; Pellegrinelli, Tommaso; Nachtegaal, Maarten; Lynch, Evan W.; Catlow, C. Richard A.; Gibson, Emma K.; Goguet, Alexandre; Wells, Peter P., Spatial Profiling of a Pd/Al2O3 Catalyst during Selective Ammonia Oxidation, CS Catal. 2021, 11, 4, 2141–2149 Publication Date:February 3, 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c05356

Quesne, Matthew G.; Catlow, C. Richard A.; de Leeuw, Nora H., How bulk and surface properties of Ti4SiC3, V4SiC3, Nb4SiC3 and Zr4SiC3 tune reactivity: a computational study, Faraday Discuss., 2021, Advance Article, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1FD00004G

Kuan-Yu Lai, Sebastien R.G. Galan, Yibo Zeng, Tianhui Hina Zhou, Chang He, Ritu Raj, Jitka Ried, Shi Liu, K. Phin Chooi, Neha Garg, Min Zeng, Lyn H. Jones, Graham J.Hutchings, Shabaz Mohammed, Satish K. Nair, Jie Chen, Benjamin G. Davis and Wilfred A. van der Donk, LanCLs add glutathione to dehydroamino acids generated at phosphorylated sites in the proteome, Cell, April 2021, online, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2021.04.001

Mary Ortmayer, Florence J. Hardy, Matthew G. Quesne, Karl Fisher, Colin Levy, Derren J. Heyes, C. Richard A. Catlow, Sam P. de Visser, Stephen E. J. Rigby, Sam Hay, and Anthony P. Green, A Noncanonical Tryptophan Analogue Reveals an Active Site Hydrogen Bond Controlling Ferryl Reactivity in a Heme Peroxidase, JACS Au, May 2021, online, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.1c00145

Hawkins, Alexander P.; Zachariou, Andrea; Parker, Stewart F.; Collier, Paul; Howe, Russell F.; Lennon, David, Studies of propene conversion over H-ZSM-5 demonstrate the importance of propene as an intermediate in methanol-to-hydrocarbons chemistry, Catal. Sci. Technol., , 2021, 11, 2924-2938, online, DOI: 10.1039/D1CY00048A

Kennedy, Julia; Hayward, James; Davies, Philip R; Bowker, Michael, Hydrogen production by the photoreforming of methanol and the photocatalytic water–gas shift reaction, 2021 J. Phys. Energy 3 024007, online, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/abdd82

Ming Liu, Mariia Konstantinova, Leila Negahdar, James McGregor, The role of Zn in the sustainable one-pot synthesis of dimethyl carbonate from carbon dioxide, methanol and propylene oxide, 2021, Chemical Engineering Science, Volume 231, 116267, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2020.116267.

D. Matras, A. Vamvakeros, S. D. M. .Jacques, M. di Michiel, V. Middelkoop, I. Z. Ismagilov, E. V. Matus, V. V. Kuznetsov, R. J. Cernik, A. M. Beale(2021). Multi-length scale 5D diffraction imaging of Ni–Pd/CeO2–ZrO2/Al2O3 catalyst during partial oxidation of methane, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol. 9, issue 18, page 18. DOI: 10.1039/d1ta01464a.

S. K. Matam, C. R. A. .Catlow, I. P. Silverwood, A. J. O’Malley(2021). Methanol dynamics in H-ZSM-5 with Si/Al ratio of 25: a quasi-elastic neutron scattering (QENS) study, Topics in Catalysis, vol. 64, issue 9-12, page 9-12. DOI: 10.1007/s11244-021-01450-z.

A. J. Greer, S. F. . R. Taylor, H. Daly, M. G. Quesne, N. H. de Leeuw, C. R. A. .Catlow, J. Jacquemin, C. Hardacre(2021). Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Competitive Absorption of CO2 and NO2 by a Superbase Ionic Liquid, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, vol. 9, issue 22, page 22. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c01451.

A. Zachariou, A. P. Hawkins, Suwardiyanto(2021). New Spectroscopic Insight into the Deactivation of a ZSM-5 Methanol-to-Hydrocarbons Catalyst, ChemCatChem, vol. 13, issue 11, page 11. DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202100286.

Razali, Nurul, McGregor, James, Improving Product Yield in the Direct Carboxylation of Glycerol with CO2 through the Tailored Selection of Dehydrating Agents, Catalysts 2021, 11(1), 138; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11010138

Davies, Gareth, Driver, Justin, Ward, Andrew, Negahdar, Leila, McGregor, James, Operando Studies of Aerosol-Assisted Sol–Gel Catalyst Synthesis via Combined Optical Trapping and Raman Spectroscopy, J. Phys. Chem. C 2021, 125, 41, 22591–22602, Publication Date:October 13, 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c07517

Minova, Ivalina B.; Barrow, Nathan S.; Sauerwein, Andrea C.; Naden, Aaron B.; Cordes, David B.; Slawin, Alexandra M.Z.; Schuyten, Stephen J.; Wright, Paul A., Silicon redistribution, acid site loss and the formation of a core–shell texture upon steaming SAPO-34 and their impact on catalytic performance in the Methanol-to-Olefins (MTO) reaction, Journal of Catalysis, Volume 395, 2021, Pages 425-444, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2021.01.012

2020

B. Venezia, E. Cao, S. K. Matam, C. Waldron, G. Cibin, E. K. Gibson, S. Golunski, P. P. Wells, I. Silverwood, C. R. A. Catlow, G. Sankarh and A. Gavriilidis, Silicon microfabricated reactor for operando XAS/DRIFTS studies of heterogeneous catalytic reactions, Catal. Sci. Technol., Oct 2020, 10, 7842-7856, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CY01608J

Alexander J. O’Malley, Victoria García Sakai, Nikolaos Dimitratos, Wilm Jones, C. Richard A. Catlow and Stewart F. Parker, Octane isomer dynamics in H-ZSM-5 as a function of Si/Al ratio: a quasi-elastic neutron scattering study, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A., 24 July 2020, Volume 378, Issue 2176 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2020.0063

Michael D. Higham, Matthew G. Quesne and C. Richard A. Catlow, Mechanism of CO2 conversion to methanol over Cu(110) and Cu(100) surfaces, Dalton Trans., 2020, (Advance Article,), May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0DT00754D

Delarmelina, M., Quesne, M. G., & Catlow, C. R. A. , Modelling the bulk properties of ambient pressure polymorphs of zirconia., Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, (2019), 2020, 22, 6660-6676., DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CP00032A

Latifi, Reza, Jennifer L. Minnick, Matthew G. Quesne, Sam P. de Visser, and Laleh Tahsini, Computational studies of DNA base repair mechanisms by nonheme iron dioxygenases: selective epoxidation and hydroxylation pathways., Dalton Transactions, (2020), 49, 4266-4276. DOI: 10.1039/D0DT00007H

Alexander P. Hawkins, Andrea Zachariou, Stewart F. Parker, Paul Collier, Nathan Barrow, Ian P. Silverwood, Russell F. Howe and David Lennon, Effect of steam de-alumination on the interactions of propene with H-ZSM-5 zeolites, RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 23136-23147, DOI: 10.1039/D0RA03871G,

Leila Negahdar, Christopher M. A. Parlett, Mark A. Isaacs, Andrew M. Beale, Karen Wilson and Adam F. Le, Shining light on the solid–liquid interface: in situ/operando monitoring of surface catalysis, Catal. Sci. Technol., June 2020, DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00555J;

J. Z. Y. .Tan, S. Gavrielides, M. Belekoukia, W. A. Thompson, L. Negahdar, F. Xia, M. M. Maroto-Valer, A. M. Beale(2020). Synthesis of TiO2−x/W18O49 hollow double-shell and core–shell microspheres for CO2 photoreduction under visible light, Chemical Communications, vol. 56, issue 81, page 81. DOI: 10.1039/d0cc04036c.

R. H. Blackmore, M. E. Rivas, G. F. Tierney, K. M. H. .Mohammed, D. Decarolis, S. Hayama, F. Venturini, G. Held, R. Arrigo, M. Amboage, P. Hellier, E. Lynch, M. Amri, M. Casavola, T. Eralp Erden, P. Collier, P. P. Wells(2020). The electronic structure, surface properties, and in situ N2O decomposition of mechanochemically synthesised LaMnO3, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 22, issue 34, page 34. DOI: 10.1039/d0cp00793e.

J. Engel, E. Schwartz, C. R. A. .Catlow, A. Roldan(2020). The influence of oxygen vacancy and Ce3+ ion positions on the properties of small gold clusters supported on CeO2−x(111), Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol. 8, issue 31, page 31. DOI: 10.1039/d0ta01398f.

M. Higham, D. Mora-Fonz, A. A. Sokol, S. M. Woodley, C. R. A. .Catlow(2020). Morphology of Cu clusters supported on reconstructed polar ZnO (0001) and (0001̄) surfaces, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol. 8, issue 43, page 43. DOI: 10.1039/d0ta08351h.

K. Wangkawong, S. Phanichphant, B. Inceesungvorn, C. E. Stere, S. Chansai, C. Hardacre, A. Goguet(2020). Kinetics of Water Gas Shift Reaction on Au/CeZrO4: A Comparison Between Conventional Heating and Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) Plasma Activation, Topics in Catalysis, vol. 63, issue 3-4, page 3-4. DOI: 10.1007/s11244-020-01245-8.

Laura Quintana Gomez, Amal K. Shehab, Ali Al-Shathr, William Ingram, Mariia Konstantinova, Denis Cumming, James McGregor, H2-free Synthesis of Aromatic, Cyclic and Linear Oxygenates from CO2, ChemSusChem, Volume13, Issue3, February 7, 2020, Pages 647-658 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201902340.

Collett, Catherine, Ondřej Mašek, Nurul Razali, and James McGregor, Influence of Biochar Composition and Source Material on Catalytic Performance: The Carboxylation of Glycerol with CO2 as a Case Study, Catalysts 2020, 10(9), 1067; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10091067

2019

Thulani M. Nyathi, Nico Fischer, Andrew P. E. York, David J. Morgan, Graham J. Hutchings, Emma K. Gibson, Peter P. Wells, C. Richard A. Catlow, Michael Claeys, Impact of Nanoparticle–Support Interactions in Co3O4/Al2O3 Catalysts for the Preferential Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide, ACS Catal. 2019, 9, XXX, 7166-7178, Publication Date:June 28, 2019, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acscatal.9b00685

Wilm Jones, Peter. P. Wells, Emma K. Gibson, Arunabhiram Chutia, Ian P. Silverwood, C. Richard A. Catlow, Michael Bowker, Carbidisation of Pd Nanoparticles by Ethene Decomposition with Methane Production, ChemCatChem., 17 June 2019, doi:10.1002/cctc.201900795

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2025

Butler, Frederica, Fiorentini, Francesca, Eisenhardt, Katharina H. S., Williams, Charlotte K., Structure-Activity Relationships for s-Block Metal/Co(III) Heterodinuclear Catalysts in Cyclohexene Oxide Ring-Opening Copolymerizations, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202422497. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202422497

Concilio, Matilde, Sulley, Gregory S., Vidal, Fernando, Brown, Steven, Williams, Charlotte K., Precise Carboxylic Acid-Functionalized Polyesters in Reprocessable Vitrimers, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 8, 6492–6502, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c14032

2024

Cao, Qun, Diefenbach, Martin, Maguire, Calum, Krewald, Vera, Muldoon, Mark J., Hintermair, Ulrich, Water co-catalysis in aerobic olefin epoxidation mediated by ruthenium oxo complexes, Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SC05516G

Yeo, Holly, Gregory, Georgina L., Gao, Hui, Yiamsawat, Kanyapat, Rees, Gregory J., McGuire, Thomas, Pasta, Mauro, Bruce, Peter G., Williams, Charlotte K., Alternatives to fluorinated binders: recyclable copolyester/carbonate electrolytes for high-capacity solid composite cathodes, Chem. Sci., 2024,15, 2371-2379, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SC05105F

Dr. Shepherd Siangwata, Dr. Alex Hamilton, Dr. Graham J. Tizzard, Prof. Simon J. Coles, Prof. Gareth R. Owen, Room Temperature Hydrogenation of CO₂ Utilizing a Cooperative Phosphorus Pyridone-Based Iridium Complex, ChemCatChem 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202301627

Athavan, Gayathri, Coudert, François-Xavier, Bedford, Robin B., A re-examination of claims of aminoferrocene–graphene-based molecular magnets, Appl. Phys. Lett. 124, 111903 (2024), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0202197

Rosetto, Gloria, Vidal, Fernando, McGuire, Thomas M., Kerr, Ryan W. F., Williams, Charlotte K., High Molar Mass Polycarbonates as Closed-Loop Recyclable Thermoplastics, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 12, 8381–8393, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c14170

Leishman, Claire, García-Vázquez, Miguel, Bekris, Leonidas, Alvarez Ruiz, Diana Talia, Doustdar, Omid, Zeraati Rezaei, Soheil, Martin Herreros, Jose, Tsolakis, Athanasios, Papaioannou, Evangelos I., Li, Kang, García-García, Francisco R., Non-PGM hollow fibre-based after-treatment for emission control under real diesel engine exhaust gas conditions, Materials Today Sustainability, Volume 27, 2024,, 100870, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtsust.2024.100870.

Poon, Kam C., Smith, Madeleine L., Williams, Charlotte K., Controlled Carbon Dioxide Terpolymerizations to Deliver Toughened yet Recyclable Thermoplastics, Macromolecules 2024, 57, 9, 4199–4207, Publication Date:April 24, 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.4c00455

Eisenhardt, Katharina H. S., Fiorentini, Francesca, Lindeboom, Wouter, Williams, Charlotte K., Quantifying CO₂Insertion Equilibria for Low-Pressure Propene Oxide and Carbon Dioxide Ring Opening Copolymerization Catalysts, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 15, 10451–10464, 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c13959

Wang, Kang, Davies-Jones, Josh, Graf, Arthur, Carravetta, Marina, Davies, Philip R., Pera-Titus, Marc, Amphiphilic Janus Particles for Aerobic Alcohol Oxidation in Oil Foams, ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 15, 11545–11553, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.4c00909

ul Haq, Atta, Fanelli, Fiorenza, Bekris, Leonidas, Martin, Alex Martinez, Lee, Steve, Khalid, Hessan, Savaniu, Cristian D., Kousi, Kalliopi, Metcalfe, Ian S., Irvine, John T. S., Maguire, Paul, Papaioannou, Evangelos I., Mariotti, Davide, Dielectric Barrier Plasma Discharge Exsolution of Nanoparticles at Room Temperature and Atmospheric Pressure, Adv. Sci. 2024, 2402235. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202402235

Kerr, Ryan W. F., Craze, Alexander R., Williams, Charlotte K., Cyclic ether and anhydride ring opening copolymerisation delivering new ABB sequences in poly(ester-alt-ethers), Chem. Sci., 2024,15, 11617-11625, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4SC02051K

Smart, Jennifer E., Emerson-King, Jack, Jeans, Rebekah J., Hood, Thomas M., Lau, Samantha, Bara-Estaún, Alejandro, Hintermair, Ulrich, Pringle, Paul G., Chaplin, Adrian B., A Resorcin[4]arene-Based Phosphite-Phosphine Ligand for the Branched-Selective Hydroformylation of Alkyl Alkenes, ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 15, 11803–11807, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.4c03510

Rowsell, Benjamin J. S., O’Brien, Harry M., Athavan, Gayathri, Daley-Dee, Patrick R., Krieger, Johannes, Richards, Emma, Heaton, Karl, Fairlamb, Ian J. S., Bedford, Robin B., The iron-catalysed Suzuki coupling of aryl chlorides, Nat Catal(2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-024-01234-0

Liam A. McNeil, Guannan Chen, Wenting Hu, Evangelos I. Papaioannou, Ian S. Metcalfe and Greg A. Mutch, Metallic sealants increase flux and change selectivity in supported molten-salt membranes, eact. Chem. Eng., 2025, Advance Article. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4RE00449C

Cullen, Matthew J., Davidson, Matthew G., Jones, Matthew D., Stewart, Jack A., Valorization of polyoxymethylene (POM) waste as a C₁synthon for industrially relevant dialkoxymethanes and cyclic aminals, RSC Sustain., 2025, Advance Article, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4SU00547C

Poon, Kam C., Segal, Maddison, Bahnick, Alexander J., Chan, Yin Mei, Gao, Chang, Becker, Matthew L., Williams, Charlotte K., Digital Light Processing to Afford High Resolution and Degradable CO₂-Derived Copolymer Elastomers, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2024, 63, e202407794. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202407794

Kamran, Muhammad, Kay, Andrew, Davidson, Matthew G., Facile Synthesis of a Novel Furanic Monomer and Its ADMET Polymerization toward Fully Renewable Functional Polymers, CS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2024, 12, 37, 13798–13809, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c03498

Fiorentini, Francesca, Eisenhardt, Katharina H. S., Deacy, Arron C., Williams, Charlotte K., Synergic Catalysis: the Importance of Intermetallic Separation in Co(III)K(I) Catalysts for Ring Opening Copolymerizations, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 33, 23517–23528, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c07405

2023

Leishman, C.; Mazzone, S.; Sun, Y.; Bekris, L.; Papaioannou, E.I.; Li, K.; F.R. García-García, Manganese-based catalysts supported on carbon xerogels for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx using a hollow fibre-based reactor, Catalysis Today, 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2023.01.026

Diment, Wilfred T., Rosetto, Gloria, Ezaz-Nikpay, Noura, Kerr, Ryan W. F., Williams, Charlotte K., A highly active, thermally robust iron(iii)/potassium(i) heterodinuclear catalyst for bio-derived epoxide/anhydride ring-opening copolymerizations, Green Chem., 2023,25, 2262-2267, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2GC04580J

Ziarko, Aleksandra, Slater, Thomas J. A., Isaacs, Mark A., Durndell, Lee J., Parlett, Christopher M. A., Isolated PdO sites on SiO₂-supported NiO nanoparticles as active sites for allylic alcohol selective oxidation, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023,13, 3483-3488, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CY00198A

Poon, Kam C., Gregory, Georgina L., Sulley, Gregory S., Vidal, Fernando, Williams, Charlotte K., Toughening CO₂-Derived Copolymer Elastomers Through Ionomer Networking, Adv. Mater. 2023, 35, 2302825. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202302825

Lindeboom, Wouter, Deacy, Arron C., Phanopoulos, Andreas, Buchard, Antoine, Williams, Charlotte K., Correlating Metal Redox Potentials to Co(III)K(I) Catalyst Performances in Carbon Dioxide and Propene Oxide Ring Opening Copolymerization, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202308378. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202308378

McGuire, Thomas M., Buchard, Antoine, Williams, Charlotte, Chemical Recycling of Commercial Poly(l-lactic acid) to l-Lactide Using a High-Performance Sn(II)/Alcohol Catalyst System, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 36, 19840–19848, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c05863

Fiorentini, Francesca, Diment, Wilfred T., Deacy, Arron C., Kerr, Ryan W. F., Faulkner, Stephen, Williams, Charlotte K., Understanding catalytic synergy in dinuclear polymerization catalysts for sustainable polymers, Nat Commun 14, 4783 (2023). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40284-z

Wang, Mei, Papaioannou, Evangelos I., Metcalfe, Ian S., Naden, Aaron, Savaniu, Cristian D., Irvine, John T. S., The Exsolution of Cu Particles from Doped Barium Cerate Zirconate via Barium Cuprate Intermediate Phases, Adv. Funct. Mater.2023, 33, 2302102. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202302102

Blair, Matthew N., Murray-Williams, Meadhbh, Maguire, Calum, Brown, Clare L., Cao, Qun, Chai, Hongxin, Li, Yitong, O’Hagan, Róisín L., Dingwall, Paul, Manesiotis, Panagiotis, Lyall, Catherine L., Lowe, John P., Hintermair, Ulrich, Knipe, Peter C., Muldoon, Mark J., Enhancing the performance for palladium catalysed tert-butyl hydroperoxide-mediated Wacker-type oxidation of alkenes, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023,13, 6224-6232, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CY01046E

Kimber, Richard L., Elizondo, Gretta, Jedyka, Klaudia, Boothman, Christopher, Cai, Rongsheng, Bagshaw, Heath, Haigh, Sarah J., Coker, Victoria S., Lloyd, Jonathan R., Copper bioreduction and nanoparticle synthesis by an enrichment culture from a former copper mine, Environmental Microbiology, 1–12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16488

Qu, Jie, Elgendy, Amr, Cai, Rongsheng, Buckingham, Mark A., Papaderakis, Athanasios A., de Latour, Hugo, Hazeldine, Kerry, Whitehead, George F. S., Alam, Firoz, Smith, Charles T., Binks, David J., Walton, Alex, Skelton, Jonathan M., Dryfe, Robert A. W., Haigh, Sarah J., Lewis, David J., A Low-Temperature Synthetic Route Toward a High-Entropy 2D Hexernary Transition Metal Dichalcogenide for Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalysis, Adv. Sci. 2023, 10, 2204488, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202204488

Xie, Jinxin, Coker, Victoria S., O’Driscoll, Brian, Cai, Rongsheng, Haigh, Sarah J., Lloyd, Jonathan R., Microbial Reduction of Antimony(V)-Bearing Ferrihydrite by Geobacter sulfurreducens, Appl Environ Microbiol. 2023 Mar 29;89(3):e0217522. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.02175-22.

Wang, Hu, Wang, Caiyun, Wang, Xiaoxia, Chen, Qian, Liu, Shuai, Cai, Rongsheng, Haigh, Sarah J., Sun, Yuanyuan, Yang, Dongjiang, Cobalt atom sites anchored on sulfhydryl decorated UiO-66 to activate peroxymonosulfate for norfloxacin degradation, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Volume 11, Issue 1, 2023, 108972, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2022.108972.

Hare, Luka V., Parveen, Firdaus, Cookson, James, Ellis, Peter R., Hellgardt, Klaus, Hii, King Kuok (Mimi), Using the Colloidal Method to Prepare Au Catalysts for the Alkylation of Aniline by Benzyl Alcohol, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24(19), 14779; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms241914779

Price, Cameron-Alexander H., Torres-Lopez, Antonio, Evans, Robert, Hondow, Nicole S., Isaacs, Mark A., Jamal, Aina Syahida, Parlett, Christopher M. A., Impact of Porous Silica Nanosphere Architectures on the Catalytic Performance of Supported Sulphonic Acid Sites for Fructose Dehydration to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural, ChemPlusChem 2023, 88, e202300413, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cplu.202300413

Aljohani, Meshal, Daly, Helen, Lan, Lan, Mavridis, Aristarchos, Lindley, Matthew, Haigh, Sarah J., D’Agostino, Carmine, Fan, Xiaolei, Hardacre, Christopher, Enhancing Hydrogen Production from the Photoreforming of Lignin, ChemPlusChem 2023, e202300411, DOI: https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cplu.202300411

Smith, Madeleine L., McGuire, Thomas M., Buchard, Antoine, Williams, Charlotte K., Evaluating Heterodinuclear Mg(II)M(II) (M = Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, and Zn) Catalysts for the Chemical Recycling of Poly(cyclohexene carbonate), ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 24, 15770–15778, November 23, 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.3c04208

Wahart, Alice J. C.; Dolan, Jonathan P.; Anderson, Simon D.; Cheallaigh, Aisling Ni; Staniland, Jessica; Lima, Marcelo A.; Skidmore, Mark A.; Miller, Gavin J.; Cosgrove, Sebastian C., Harnessing a Biocatalyst to Bioremediate the Purification of Alkylglycosides, ChemBioChem 2024, 25, e202300625. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.202300625

2022

M. Erans, E. S. Sanz-Pérez, D. P. Hanak, Z. Clulow, D. M. Reiner, G. A. Mutch, Direct air capture: process technology, techno-economic and socio-political challenges, 2022, Energy & Environmental Science, DOI: 10.1039/d1ee03523a journal-article

N. V. Reis, A. C. Deacy, G. Rosetto, C. B. Durr, C. K. Williams, Heterodinuclear Mg(II)M(II) (M=Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu and Zn) Complexes for the Ring Opening Copolymerization of Carbon Dioxide/Epoxide and Anhydride/Epoxide, 2022, Chemistry – A European Journal, DOI: 10.1002/chem.202104198 journal-article

J. Guo, R. Cai, E. Cali, G. E. Wilson, G. Kerherve, S. J. Haigh, S. J. Skinner, Low‐Temperature Exsolution of Ni–Ru Bimetallic Nanoparticles from A‐Site Deficient Double Perovskites, 2022, Small DOI: 10.1002/smll.202107020 journal-article

A. A. Tedstone, A. Bin Jumah, E. Asuquo, A. A. Garforth, Transition metal chalcogenide bifunctional catalysts for chemical recycling by plastic hydrocracking: a single-source precursor approach, 2022, Royal Society Open Science DOI: 10.1098/rsos.211353 journal-article

G. L. Gregory, C. K. Williams, Exploiting Sodium Coordination in Alternating Monomer Sequences to Toughen Degradable Block Polyester Thermoplastic Elastomers, 2022, Macromolecules DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00068 journal-article

Kerr, Ryan W. F., Williams, Charlotte K., Zr(IV) Catalyst for the Ring-Opening Copolymerization of Anhydrides (A) with Epoxides (B), Oxetane (B), and Tetrahydrofurans (C) to Make ABB- and/or ABC-Poly(ester-alt-ethers), J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 15, 6882–6893, Publication Date:April 7, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c01225

Mutch, Greg A., Electrochemical separation processes for future societal challenges, Cell Reports, Physical Science, Volume 3, Issue 4, 2022, 100844, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2022.100844.

Di Carmine, Graziano, Pesciaioli, Fabio, Wang, Simeng, Sinibaldi, Arianna, Giorgianni, Giuliana, Parlett, Christopher M. A., Carlone, Armando, D’Agostino, Carmine, Insights into Substituent Effects of Benzaldehyde Derivatives in a Heterogeneous Organocatalyzed Aldol Reaction, Chem Cat Chem, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202200405

Kamran, Muhammad, Davidson, Matthew G., de Vos, Sicco, Tsanaktsis, Vasilios, Yeniad, Bahar, Synthesis and characterisation of polyamides based on 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid as a sustainable building block for engineering plastics, Polym. Chem., 2022,13, 3433-3443, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2PY00189F

Singer, Frances N., Deacy, Arron C., McGuire, Thomas M., Williams, Charlotte K., Buchard, Antoine, Chemical Recycling of Poly(Cyclohexene Carbonate) Using a Di-Mg^II Catalyst, Angewandte Chemie, Volume 61, Issue 26, June 27, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202201785

Holda, Agnieszka K., Perera, Semali, Emanuelsson Patterson, Emma A., Photocatalytic membranes containing homocoupled conjugated microporous poly(phenylene butadiynylene) for chemical-free degradation of organic micropollutants, Catalysis Communications, Volume 168, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2022.106463

Elgendy, Amr, Papaderakis, Athanasios A., Cai, Rongsheng, Polus, Kacper, Haigh, Sarah J., Walton, Alex S., Lewis, David J., Dryfe, Robert A. W., Nanocubes of Mo₆S₈ Chevrel phase as active electrode material for aqueous lithium-ion batteries, Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 10125-10135, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2NR02014A

Diment, Wilfred T., Lindeboom, Wouter, Fiorentini, Francesca, Deacy, Arron C., Williams, Charlotte K., Synergic Heterodinuclear Catalysts for the Ring-Opening Copolymerization (ROCOP) of Epoxides, Carbon Dioxide, and Anhydrides, Acc. Chem. Res. 2022, 55, 15, 1997–2010, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.2c00197

Diment, Wilfred T., Williams, Charlotte K., Chain end-group selectivity using an organometallic Al(iii)/K(i) ring-opening copolymerization catalyst delivers high molar mass, monodisperse polyesters, Chem. Sci., 2022,13, 8543-8549, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SC02752F

Khalid, Hessan, Haq, Atta ul, Alessi, Bruno, Wu, Ji, Savaniu, Cristian D., Kousi, Kalliopi, Metcalfe, Ian S., Parker, Stephen C., Irvine, John T. S., Maguire, Paul, Papaioannou, Evangelos I., Mariotti, Davide, Rapid Plasma Exsolution from an A-site Deficient Perovskite Oxide at Room Temperature, Advanced Energy Materials, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202201131

Gregory, Georgina L., Sulley, Gregory S., Kimpel, Joost, Matylda Łagodzińska, Lisa Häfele, Leticia Peña Carrodeguas, Williams, Charlotte K., Block Poly(carbonate-ester) Ionomers as High-Performance and Recyclable Thermoplastic Elastomers, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, e202210748; Angew. Chem. 2022, e202210748. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202210748

Ward-O’Brien, Brendan; McNaughter, Paul D.; Cai, Rongsheng; Chattopadhyay, Amrita; Flitcroft, Joseph M.; Smith, Charles T.; Binks, David J.; Skelton, Jonathan M.; Haigh, Sarah J.; Lewis, David J., Quantum Confined High-Entropy Lanthanide Oxysulfide Colloidal Nanocrystals, Nano Lett. 2022, 22, 20, 8045–8051, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01596

Mokhtar, Muhamad Z.; Altujjar, Amal; Wang, Bing; Chen, Qian; Ke, Jack Chun-Ren; Cai, Rongsheng; Zibouche, Nourdine; Spencer, Ben F.; Jacobs, Janet; Thomas, Andrew G.; Hall, David; Haigh, Sarah J.; Lewis, David J.; Curry, Richard; Islam, M. Saiful; Saunders, Brian R., Spherical hydroxyapatite nanoparticle scaffolds for reduced lead release from damaged perovskite solar cells, Commun Mater 3, 77 (2022), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-022-00299-3

Lan, Lan, Chen, Huanhao, Lee, Daniel, Xu, Shaojun, Skillen, Nathan, Tedstone, Aleksander, Robertson, Peter, Garforth, Arthur, Daly, Helen, Hardacre, Christopher, Fan, Xiaolei, Effect of Ball-Milling Pretreatment of Cellulose on Its Photoreforming for H₂ Production, CS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2022, 10, 15, 4862–4871, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c07301

Luo, Hui, Yukuhiro, Victor Y., Fernández, Pablo S., Feng, Jingyu, Thompson, Paul, Rao, Reshma R., Cai, Rongsheng, Favero, Silvia, Haigh, Sarah J., Durrant, James R., Stephens, Ifan E. L., Titirici, Maria-Magdalena, Role of Ni in PtNi Bimetallic Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen and Value-Added Chemicals Coproduction via Glycerol Electrooxidation, ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 23, 14492–14506, November 10, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c03907

Kamran, Muhammad, Davidson, Matthew G., Tsanaktsis, Vasilios, van Berkel, Stefan, de Vos, Sicco, Structure-property insights of semi-aromatic polyamides based on renewable furanic monomer and aliphatic diamines, European Polymer Journal, Volume 178, 2022, 111496, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2022.111496.

Charalambous, Christina, Xu, Shanshan, Ding, Shengzhe, Chansai, Sarayute, Asuquo, Edidiong, Torres Lopez, Antonio, Parlett, Christopher M. A., Gilmour, Jamie D., Garforth, Arthur, Hardacre, Christopher, Non-thermal plasma activated CO₂ hydrogenation over K- and La- promoted layered-double hydroxide supported Ni catalysts, Front. Chem. Eng., November 2022, Sec. Catalytic Engineering, Volume 4, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fceng.2022.1027167

2021

A. C. Deacy, G. L. Gregory, G. S. Sulley, T. T. D. .Chen, C. K. Williams(2021). Sequence Control from Mixtures: Switchable Polymerization Catalysis and Future Materials Applications, Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 143, issue 27, page 27. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c03250.

W. T. Diment, T. Stößer, R. W. F. .Kerr, A. Phanopoulos, C. B. Durr, C. K. Williams(2021). Ortho-vanillin derived Al(iii) and Co(iii) catalyst systems for switchable catalysis using ε-decalactone, phthalic anhydride and cyclohexene oxide, Catalysis Science & Technology, vol. 11, issue 5, page 5. DOI: 10.1039/d0cy02164d.

C. K. Williams, A. Plajer(2021). Heterocycle/Heteroallene Ring Opening Copolymerisation: Selective Catalysis Delivering Alternating Copolymers, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202104495.

A. Plajer, C. K. Williams(2021). Heterotrimetallic Carbon Dioxide Copolymerization and Switchable Catalysts: Sodium is the Key to High Activity and Unusual Selectivity, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol. 60, issue 24, page 24. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202101180.

W. Lindeboom, D. A. X. .Fraser, C. B. Durr, C. K. Williams(2021). Heterodinuclear Zn(II), Mg(II) or Co(III) with Na(I) Catalysts for Carbon Dioxide and Cyclohexene Oxide Ring Opening Copolymerizations, Chemistry – A European Journal, vol. 27, issue 47, page 47. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202101140.

N. Yuntawattana, G. L. Gregory, L. P. ñA. Carrodeguas, C. K. Williams(2021). Switchable Polymerization Catalysis Using a Tin(II) Catalyst and Commercial Monomers to Toughen Poly(l-lactide), ACS Macro Letters, vol. 10, issue 7, page 7. DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.1c00216.

Hindson, Sarah A., Bunzel, H. Adrian, Frank, Bettina, Svistunenko, Dimitri A., Williams, Christopher, van der Kamp, Marc W., Mulholland, Adrian J., Pudney, Christopher R., Anderson, J. L. Ross, Rigidifying a De Novo Enzyme Increases Activity and Induces a Negative Activation Heat Capacity, ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 18, 11532–11541, Publication Date:September 1, 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.1c01776

Peñafiel, Itziar; Dryfe, Robert A. W.; Turner, Nicholas J.; Greaney, Michael F., Integrated Electro-Biocatalysis for Amine Alkylation with Alcohols, ChemCatChem 2021, 13, 864. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202001757

Bin Jumah, Abdulrahman; Malekshahian, Maryam; Tedstone, Aleksander A.; Garforth, Arthur A., Kinetic Modeling of Hydrocracking of Low-Density Polyethylene in a Batch Reactor, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2021, 9, 49, 16757–16769, 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c06231

Avanthay, Mickaël, Bedford, Robin B., Begg, Callum S., Böse, Dietrich, Clayden, Jonathan, Davis, Sean A., Eloi, Jean-Charles, Goryunov, Georgy P., Hartung, Ingo V., Heeley, Joseph, Khaikin, Kirill A., Kitching, Matthew O., Krieger, Johannes, Kulyabin, Pavel S., Lennox, Alastair J. J., Nolla-Saltiel, Roberto, Pridmore, Natalie E., Rowsell, Benjamin J. S., Sparkes, Hazel A., Uborsky, Dmitry V., Voskoboynikov, Alexander Z., Walsh, Mark P., Wilkinson, Harry J., Identifying palladium culprits in amine catalysis, Nat Catal 4, 994–998 (2021). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-021-00710-1

Jumah, Abdulrahman bin, Tedstone, Aleksander A., Garforth, Arthur A., Hydrocracking of virgin and post-consumer polymers, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, Volume, 2021, 315, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2021.110912

2020

C. Richard Catlow, Matthew Davidson, Graham J. Hutchings and Adrian Mulholland, Science to enable the circular economy, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A., DOI: 37820200060

A. J. O’Malley, V. García-Sakai, N. Dimitratos, W. Jones, C. R. A. .Catlow, S. F. Parker(2020). Octane isomer dynamics in H-ZSM-5 as a function of Si/Al ratio: a quasi-elastic neutron scattering study, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, vol. 378, issue 2176, page 2176. DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2020.0063.

L. P. ñA. Carrodeguas, T. T. D. .Chen, G. L. Gregory, G. S. Sulley, C. K. Williams(2020). High elasticity, chemically recyclable, thermoplastics from bio-based monomers: carbon dioxide, limonene oxide and ε-decalactone, Green Chemistry, vol. 22, issue 23, page 23. DOI: 10.1039/d0gc02295k.

A. C. Deacy, E. Moreby, A. Phanopoulos, C. K. Williams(2020). Co(III)/Alkali-Metal(I) Heterodinuclear Catalysts for the Ring-Opening Copolymerization of CO2 and Propylene Oxide, Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 142, issue 45, page 45. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c07980.

N. Yuntawattana, T. M. McGuire, C. B. Durr, A. Buchard, C. K. Williams(2020). Indium phosphasalen catalysts showing high isoselectivity and activity in racemic lactide and lactone ring opening polymerizations, Catalysis Science & Technology, vol. 10, issue 21, page 21. DOI: 10.1039/d0cy01484b.

2019

Abdulrahman Bin Jumah, Vanithasri Anbumuthu, Aleksander A. Tedstone, Arthur A. Garforth, Catalyzing the Hydrocracking of Low Density Polyethylene, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b04263

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2024

Li, Jianwei; Burnett, Joseph W. H.; Macias, Claudia Martinez; Howe, Russell F.; Wang, Xiaodong, Oxide-supported metal catalysts for anaerobic NAD plus regeneration with concurrent hydrogen production, Chinese Chemical Letters, Volume 35, Issue 2, 2024, 108737, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cclet.2023.108737.

Cowie, Bradley E., Mears, Kristian L., S’ari, Mark, Lee, Ja Kyung, Briceno de Gutierrez, Martha, Kalha, Curran, Regoutz, Anna, Shaffer, Milo S. P., Williams, Charlotte K., Exploiting Organometallic Chemistry to Functionalize Small Cuprous Oxide Colloidal Nanocrystals, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 6, 3816–3824, February 1, 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c10892

Inrirai, Patcharaporn, Keogh, John, Centeno-Pedrazo, Ander, Artioli, Nancy, Manyar, Haresh, Recent advances in processes and catalysts for glycerol carbonate production via direct and indirect use of CO2, Journal of CO2 Utilization, Volume 80, 2024, 102693, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcou.2024.102693

Keogh, John, Inrirai, Patcharaporn, Artioli, Nancy, Manyar, Haresh, Nanostructured Solid/Liquid Acid Catalysts for Glycerol Esterification: The Key to Convert Liability into Assets, Nanomaterials 2024, 14(7), 615; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14070615

Feidenhans’l, Anders A., Regmi, Yagya N., Wei, Chao, Xia, Dong, Kibsgaard, Jakob, King, Laurie A., Precious Metal Free Hydrogen Evolution Catalyst Design and Application, Chem. Rev. 2024, 124, 9, 5617–5667, Publication Date:April 25, 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00712

Belami, Debora, Lindley, Matthew, Jonnalagadda, Umesh S., Goncalves Bullock, Annie Mae, Fan, Qianwenhao, Liu, Wen, Haigh, Sarah J., Kwan, James, Regmi, Yagya N., King, Laurie A., Active and highly durable supported catalysts for proton exchange membrane electrolysers, EES. Catal., 2024, Advance Article, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4EY00026A

Mane, Rasika, Hui, Li, Centeno-Pedrazo, Ander, Goguet, Alexandre, Artioli, Nancy, Manyar, Haresh, α-Alkylation of Aliphatic Ketones with Alcohols: Base Type as an Influential Descriptor, Catalysts 2024, 14(7), 463; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/catal14070463

Ding, S., Fernandez Ainaga, D.L., Hu, M. et al. Spatial segregation of catalytic sites within Pd doped H-ZSM-5 for fatty acid hydrodeoxygenation to alkanes. Nat Commun 15, 7718 (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51925-2

Doherty, Simon, Knight, Julian G., Alharbi, Hussam Y., Paterson, Reece, Wills, Corinne, Dixon, Casey, Chamberlain, Thomas W., Yan, Han, Griffiths, Anthony, Daly, Helen, Chansai, Sarayute, Hardacre, Christopher, Gold Nanoparticle-Catalyzed Solvent Switchable Selective Partial Reduction of Nitrobenzene to N-Phenylhydroxylamine and Azoxybenzene, ChemCatChem 2024, e202401702. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202401702

Eisenhardt, Katharina H.S., Fiorentini, Francesca, Williams, Charlotte K., Understanding the Effect of M(III) Choice in Heterodinuclear Polymerization Catalysts, Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 49, 23438–23449, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c04430

An, Bing, Ma, Yujie, Han, Xue, Schröder, Martin, Yang, Sihai, Activation and Catalysis of Methane over Metal–Organic Framework Materials, Accounts of Materials Research 2025 6 (1), 77-88 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/accountsmr.4c00279

Ibraliu, Armando, Fan, Xiaolei, Keenan, Luke, Kokumai, Tathiana M., Aramini, Matteo, Celorrio, Veronica, Greer, Adam J., Bowron, Daniel T., Hardacre, Christopher, Diaz-Moreno, Sofia, Tracking Minority Species in Redox Reactions: A Quantitative Combined XAS and Modulation Excitation Study, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202401888. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202401888

Falsaperna, Mario, Arrigo, Rosa, Marken, Frank, Freakley, Simon J., Alkali Metal Iridates as Oxygen Evolution Catalysts ViaThermal Transformation of Amorphous Iridium (oxy)hydroxides, ChemCatChem 2024, 16, e202401326. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202401326

Stere, Cristina E., Delarmelina, Maicon, Dlamini, Mbongiseni W., Chansai, Sarayute, Davies, Philip R., Hutchings, Graham J., Catlow, C. Richard A., Hardacre, Christopher, Removal and Oxidation of Low Concentration tert-Butanol from Potable Water using Nonthermal Plasma Coupled with Metal Oxide Adsorption, ACS EST Engg. 2024, 4, 9, 2121–2134, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.4c00166

2023

Delarmelina, Maicon, Dlamini, Mbongiseni W., Pattisson, Samuel, Davies, Philip R., Hutchings, Graham J., Catlow, C. Richard A., The effect of dissolved chlorides on the photocatalytic degradation properties of titania in wastewater treatment, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023,25, 4161-4176. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CP03140J

Alofi, Saleh; O’Rourke, Christopher; Mills, Andrew, Photocatalytic destruction of stearic acid by TiO₂ films: Evidence of highly efficient transport of photogenerated electrons and holes, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, Volume 435, 2023, 114273, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2022.114273.

Sun, Shuzhuang, Zhang, Chen, Chen, Sining, Zhao, Xiaotong, Wang, Yuanyuan, Xu, Shaojun, Wu, Chunfei, Integrated CO₂ capture and reverse water–gas shift reaction over CeO₂-CaO dual functional materials, R. Soc. open sci.10230067230067, DOI: http://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230067

Hasan T. Imam, Kyle Hill, Andrew Reid, Stefan Mix, Patricia C. Marr, Andrew C. Marr, Supramolecular Ionic Liquid Gels for Enzyme Entrapment, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2023, 11, 18, 6829–6837, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c00517

Cowie, Bradley E., Häfele, Lisa, Phanopoulos, Andreas, Said, Said A., Lee, Ja Kyung, Regoutz, Anna, Shaffer, Milo S. P., Williams, Charlotte K., Matched Ligands for Small, Stable Colloidal Nanoparticles of Copper, Cuprous Oxide and Cuprous Sulfide,Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202300228, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202300228

Pandit, Krutarth, Jeffrey, Callum, Keogh, John, Tiwari, Manishkumar S., Artioli, Nancy, Manyar, Haresh G., Techno-Economic Assessment and Sensitivity Analysis of Glycerol Valorization to Biofuel Additives via Esterification, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2023, 62, 23, 9201–9210, May 31, 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.3c00964

Alofi, Saleh, O’Rourke, Christopher, Mills, Andrew, Study and Modeling of the Kinetics of the Photocatalytic Destruction of Stearic Acid Islands on TiO₂ Films, J. Phys. Chem. C 2023, 127, 25, 12194–12205, June 20, 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c00952

Lan, Lan, Daly, Helen, Sung, Rehana, Tuna, Floriana, Skillen, Nathan, Robertson, Peter K. J., Hardacre, Christopher, Fan, Xiaolei, Mechanistic Study of Glucose Photoreforming over TiO₂-Based Catalysts for H₂ Production, CS Catal.2023, 13, 13, 8574–8587, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.3c00858

Ma, Yujie, Han, Xue, Xu, Shaojun, Li, Zhe, Lu, Wanpeng, An, Bing, Lee, Daniel, Chansai, Sarayute, Sheveleva, Alena M., Wang, Zi, Chen, Yinlin, Li, Jiangnan, Li, Weiyao, Cai, Rongsheng, da Silva, Ivan, Cheng, Yongqiang, Daemen, Luke L., Tuna, Floriana, McInnes, Eric J. L., Hughes, Lewis, Manuel, Pascal, Ramirez-Cuesta, Anibal J., Haigh, Sarah J., Hardacre, Christopher, Schröder, Martin, Yang, Sihai, Direct Conversion of Methane to Ethylene and Acetylene over an Iron-Based Metal–Organic Framework, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 38, 20792–20800, September 18, 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c03935

Qu, Liu, Papaioannou, Evangelos I., Study of CO₂ permeation in Zn²⁺-modified Al₂O₃-carbonate membrane, J Am Ceram Soc. 2023; 106: 6244–6254. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.19216

Johnston, James, O’Rourke, Christopher, Mills, Andrew, Photoinduced absorption spectroscopy (PIAS) study of water and chloride oxidation by a WO₃photoanode in acidic solution, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023,25, 31825-31835, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CP03167E

Shah, Sagarkumar Rajendrakumar, Mazumdar, Nayan Jyoti, Centeno-Pedrazo, Ander, Deka, Dhanapati, Artioli, Nancy, Manyar, Haresh, Recent Advances in Catalyst Design for Carboxylation Using CO₂ as the C1 Feedstock, Catalysts2023, 13(12), 1489; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/catal13121489

Maddaloni, Marina, Centeno-Pedrazo, Ander, Avanzi, Simone, Mazumdar, Nayan Jyoti, Manyar, Haresh, Artioli, Nancy, Novel Ionic Liquid Synthesis of Bimetallic Fe–Ru Catalysts for the Direct Hydrogenation of CO₂ to Short Chain Hydrocarbons, Catalysts 2023, 13(12), 1499; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/catal13121499

Mazumdar, Nayan Jyoti, Kumar, Praveen, Arredondo-Arechavala, Miryam, Artioli, Nancy, Manyar, Haresh, Structure sensitivity of Cu supported on manganese oxide catalysts in levulinic acid hydrogenation, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14, 840-849, DOI: 10.1039/D3CY01064C

2022

Maicon Delarmelina, José Walkimar de M. Carneiro, C. Richard A. Catlow, Michael Bühl, Design of CO2 hydrogenation catalysts based on phosphane/borane frustrated Lewis pairs and xanthene-derived scaffolds, Catalysis Communications, Volume 162, 2022, 106385, ISSN 1566-7367, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2021.106385.

J. W. H. .Burnett, J. Li, A. J. McCue, P. N. Kechagiopoulos, R. F. Howe, X. Wang, Directing the H2-driven selective regeneration of NADH via Sn-doped Pt/SiO2, 2022, Green Chemistry, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c06920 journal-article

J. Ethiraj, D. Wagh, H. G. Manyar, Advances in Upgrading Biomass to Biofuels and Oxygenated Fuel Additives Using Metal Oxide Catalysts, 2022, Energy & Fuels, DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c03346 journal-article

M. Delarmelina, C. R. A. .Catlow, Cation-doping strategies for tuning of zirconia acid–base properties, 2022, Royal Society Open Science DOI: 10.1098/rsos.211423 journal-article

X. Ou, H. Daly, S. Chansai, S. K. Beaumont, X. Fan, C. Hardacre, Effect of concentrated NaCl on catalytic wet oxidation (CWO) of short chain carboxylic acids, 2022, Catalysis Communications DOI: 10.1016/j.catcom.2021.106395 journal-article

Burnett, Joseph W.H., Chen, Hui, Li, Jianwei, Li, Ying, Huang, Shouying, Shi, Jiafu, McCue, Alan J., Howe, Russell F., Minteer, Shelley D., Wang, Xiaodong, Supported Pt Enabled Proton-Driven NAD(P)⁺ Regeneration for Biocatalytic Oxidation, CS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14, 18, 20943–20952, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c01743

Skillen, Nathan, Daly, Helen, Lan, Lan, Aljohani, Meshal, Murnaghan, Christopher W. J., Fan, Xiaolei, Hardacre, Christopher, Sheldrake, Gary N., Robertson, Peter K. J., Photocatalytic Reforming of Biomass: What Role Will the Technology Play in Future Energy Systems, Top Curr Chem (Z) 380, 33 (2022). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41061-022-00391-9

Ou, Xiaoxia, Daly, Helen, Fan, Xiaolei, Beaumont, Simon, Chansai, Sarayute, Garforth, Arthur, Xu, Shanshan, Hardacre, Christopher, High-Ionic-Strength Wastewater Treatment via Catalytic Wet Oxidation over a MnCeO_xCatalyst, ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 13, 7598–7608, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c01952

Xu, Shanshan, Slater, Thomas J.A., Huang, Hong, Zhou, Yangtao, Jiao, Yilai, Parlett, Christopher M.A., Guan, Shaoliang, Chansai, Sarayute, Xu, Shaojun, Wang, Xinrui, Hardacre, Christopher, Fan, Xiaolei, Developing silicalite-1 encapsulated Ni nanoparticles as sintering-/coking-resistant catalysts for dry reforming of methane, Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume 446, Part 5, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.137439

King, Laurie A., Regmi, Yagya N., Precious-metal-free catalyst could afford cost-effective green hydrogen, Chem, Volume 8, Issue 6, 2022, Pages 1539-1540, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2022.05.012 Mazumdar Nayan J.

Mazumdar, Nayan J., Deshmukh, Gunjan, Rovea, Anna, Kumar, Praveen, Arredondo-Arechavala, Miryam, Manyar, Haresh, Insights into selective hydrogenation of levulinic acid using copper on manganese oxide octahedral molecular sieves, R. Soc. open sci., 9, 220078, 220078, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220078

Alofi, S., O’Rourke, C. & Mills, A., Kinetics of stearic acid destruction on TiO₂ ‘self-cleaning’ films revisited, Photochem Photobiol Sci (2022). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43630-022-00278-0

Keogh, John, Jeffrey, Callum, Tiwari, Manishkumar S., Manyar, Haresh, Kinetic Analysis of Glycerol Esterification Using Tin Exchanged Tungstophosphoric Acid on K-10, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.2c01930

Yadav, Ganapati D., Mewada, Rajubhai K., Wagh, Dipti P., Manyar, Haresh G., Advances and future trends in selective oxidation catalysis: a critical review, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2022, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/D2CY01322C

Ou, Xiaoxia, Tomatis, Marco, Payne, Billy, Daly, Helen, Chansai, Sarayute, Fan, Xiaolei, D’Agostino, Carmine, Azapagic, Adisa, Hardacre, Christopher, Fracking wastewater treatment: Catalytic performance and life cycle environmental impacts of cerium-based mixed oxide catalysts for catalytic wet oxidation of organic compounds, Science of The Total Environment, Volume 860, 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160480.

Wang, Xiaodong, In the Lab: Heterogeneous Catalysis Mediated Interconversion between NAD(P)+ and NAD(P)H Accompanied by Consumption and Generation of Hydrogen, Johnson Matthey Technology Review, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1595/205651323X16686913816837

Hutchings, Graham J.; Davies, Philip R.; Pattisson, Samuel; Davies, Thomas E.; Morgan, David J.; Dlamini, Mbongiseni W., Facile synthesis of a porous 3D g-C₃N₄photocatalyst for the degradation of organics in shale gas brines, Catalysis Communications, Volume 169, 2022, 106480, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2022.106480

John Keogh, Gunjan Deshmukh, Haresh Manyar, Green synthesis of glycerol carbonate via transesterification of glycerol using mechanochemically prepared sodium aluminate catalysts,
Fuel, Volume 310, Part C, 2022, 122484, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2021.122484

Marr, Andrew Craig; Imam, Hasan Tanvir; Marr, Patricia Catherine, Biocatalysis in ionic liquids for a low carbon future, Chapter 11 – Biocatalysis in ionic liquids for a low carbon future, Editor(s): Pedro Lozano, In Foundations and Frontiers in Enzymology, Biocatalysis in Green Solvents, Academic Press, 2022, Pages 299-316, ISBN 9780323913065, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-91306-5.00016-9

Johnston, James; O’Rourke, Christopher; Mills, Andrew, Photo-induced absorption spectroscopy (PIAS) study of the kinetics of water oxidation by P25 TiO2 using periodate as an electron acceptor, Applied Catalysis A: General, Volume 644, 2022, 118817, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2022.118817

Alofi, Saleh; O’Rourke, Christopher; Mills, Andrew, Modelling the kinetics of stearic acid destruction on TiO₂ ‘self-cleaning’ photocatalytic films, Applied Catalysis A: General, Volume 647, 2022, 118899, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2022.118899

Zhou, Ruicheng; Han, Ri; Bingham, Michael; O’Rourke, Christopher; Mills, Andrew, 3D printed, plastic photocatalytic flow reactors for water purification, Photochem Photobiol Sci 21, 1585–1600 (2022), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43630-022-00242-y

Bell, Elizabeth L., Smithson, Ross, Kilbride, Siobhan, Foster, Jake, Hardy, Florence J., Ramachandran, Saranarayanan, Tedstone, Aleksander A., Haigh, Sarah J., Garforth, Arthur A., Day, Philip J. R., Levy, Colin, Shaver, Michael P., Green, Anthony P., Directed evolution of an efficient and thermostable PET depolymerase, Nat Catal 5, 673–681 (2022). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-022-00821-3

2021

Xu, Shanshan; Chen, Huanhao; Hardacre, Christopher; Fan, Xiaolei, Non-thermal plasma catalysis for CO₂ conversion and catalyst design for the process, 2021, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 54 233001, online, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/abe9e1

A. J. Greer, S. F. . R. Taylor, H. Daly, M. G. Quesne, N. H. de Leeuw, C. R. A. .Catlow, J. Jacquemin, C. Hardacre(2021). Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Competitive Absorption of CO2 and NO2 by a Superbase Ionic Liquid, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, vol. 9, issue 22, page 22. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c01451.

Hasan Tanvir Imam, Vladimír Krasňan, Martin Rebroš and Andrew Craig Marr, Applications of Ionic Liquids in Whole-Cell and Isolated Enzyme Biocatalysis, Molecules 2021, 26(16), 4791; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26164791

Imam, Hasan T., Marr, Patricia C., Marr, Andrew C., Enzyme entrapment, biocatalyst immobilization without covalent attachment, Green Chem., 2021,23, 4980-5005

M. Delarmelina, G. Deshmukh, A. Goguet, C. R. A. .Catlow, H. G. Manyar, Role of Sulfation of Zirconia Catalysts in Vapor Phase Ketonization of Acetic Acid, 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c06920

Li, Xinyuan, Xu, Yikai, Greer, Adam J., Yue, Mingjian, Ye, Ziwei, McNeill, Aaron, Li, Chunchun, Mills, Andrew, Hu, Peijun, Hardacre, Christopher, Bell, Steven E. J., A Simple and Ligand-Free Synthesis of Light and Durable Metal-TiO₂Polymer Films with Enhanced Photocatalytic Properties, Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 8, 2101241. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202101241

2020

Zhang, Rongxin; Chen, Huanhao; Mu, Yibing; Chansai, Sarayute; Ou, Xiaoxia; Hardacre, Christopher; Jiao, Yilai; Fan, Xiaolei, Structured Ni@NaA zeolite supported on silicon carbide foam catalysts for catalytic carbon dioxide methanation, AIChE Journal, Volume 66, Issue 11, November 2020, e17007, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.17007

Peter McNeice, Andrew Reid, Hasan T. Imam, Carol McDonagh, Joel D. Walby, Terrence J. Collins, Andrew C. Marr, and Patricia C. Marr, Designing Materials for Aqueous Catalysis: Ionic Liquid Gel and Silica Sphere Entrapped Iron-TAML Catalysts for Oxidative Degradation of Dyes, Environ. Sci. Technol. 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c04279

T. Caswell, M.W. Dlamini, P.J. Miedziak, S. Pattisson, P.R. Davies, S.H. Taylor, G.J. Hutchings, Enhancement in the rate of nitrate degradation on Au- and Ag-decorated TiO2 photocatalysts, Catalysis Science & Technology 2020, 10, 2082–2091, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CY02473E

K. Wangkawong, S. Phanichphant, B. Inceesungvorn, C. E. Stere, S. Chansai, C. Hardacre, A. Goguet(2020). Kinetics of Water Gas Shift Reaction on Au/CeZrO4: A Comparison Between Conventional Heating and Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) Plasma Activation, Topics in Catalysis, vol. 63, issue 3-4, page 3-4. DOI: 10.1007/s11244-020-01245-8.

S. Xu, S. Chansai, S. Xu, C. E. Stere, Y. Jiao, S. Yang, C. Hardacre, X. Fan(2020). CO Poisoning of Ru Catalysts in CO2 Hydrogenation under Thermal and Plasma Conditions: A Combined Kinetic and Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy–Mass Spectrometry Study, ACS Catalysis, vol. 10, issue 21, page 21. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c03620.

X. Ou, F. Pilitsis, N. Xu, S. F. . R. Taylor, J. Warren, A. A. Garforth, J. Zhang, C. Hardacre, Y. Jiao, X. Fan(2020). On developing ferrisilicate catalysts supported on silicon carbide (SiC) foam catalysts for continuous catalytic wet peroxide oxidation (CWPO) reactions, Catalysis Today, vol. 356, page . DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2018.06.033.

S. Xu, S. Chansai, Y. Shao, S. Xu, Y. -C. Wang, S. J. Haigh, Y. Mu, Y. Jiao, C. E. Stere, H. Chen, X. Fan, C. Hardacre(2020). Mechanistic study of non-thermal plasma assisted CO2 hydrogenation over Ru supported on MgAl layered double hydroxide, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, vol. 268, page . DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.118752.

W. Jones, J. W. H. .Burnett, J. Shi, R. F. Howe, X. Wang(2020). Improving Photocatalytic Energy Conversion via NAD(P)H, Joule, vol. 4, issue 10, page 10. DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2020.07.024.

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2023

Sharma, Pankaj; Sharma, Monika; Dearg, Malcolm; Wilding, Martin; Slater, Thomas J.A.; Catlow, C. Richard A., Cd/Pt Precursor Solution for Solar H2 Production and in-situ Photochemical Synthesis of Pt Single-atom Decorated CdS Nanoparticles, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202301239; Angew. Chem. 2023, e202301239. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202301239

2022

Pankaj Sharma, Thomas J. A. Slater, Monika Sharma, Michael Bowker, and C. Richard A. Catlow, Enhanced H₂O₂Production via Photocatalytic O₂ Reduction over Structurally-Modified Poly(heptazine imide), Chem. Mater. 2022, 34, 12, 5511–5521, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c00528

Paul, Ratul, Sarkar, Chitra, Jain, Manjari, Xu, Shaojun, Borah, Kashmiri, Dao, Duy Quang, Pao, Chih-Wen, Bhattacharya, Saswata, Mondal, John, Ferrocene-derived Fe-metalated porous organic polymer for the core planarity-triggered detoxification of chemical warfare agents, Chem. Commun., 2022,58, 7789-7792, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CC01785G

Manuel Alejandro Ávila-López, Jeannie Z.Y. Tan, E. Luévano-Hipólito, Leticia M. Torres-Martínez, M. Mercedes Maroto-Valer, Production of CH4 and CO on CuxO and NixOy coatings through CO2 photoreduction, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Volume 10, Issue 4, 2022,
108199, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2022.108199

2021

C. Richard A. Catlow, Concluding remarks: Reaction mechanisms in catalysis: perspectives and prospects, Faraday Discuss., 2021,229, 502-513, https://doi.org/10.1039/D1FD00027F

Arjun Cherevotan, Jithu Raj, Lakshay Dheer, Soumyabrata Roy, Shreya Sarkar, Risov Das, Chathakudath P. Vinod, Shaojun Xu, Peter Wells, Umesh V. Waghmare, and Sebastian C. Peter, Operando Generated Ordered Heterogeneous Catalyst for the Selective Conversion of CO₂ to Methanol, ACS Energy Lett. 2021, 6, 2, 509–516, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.0c02614

Z. Ye, C. Li, M. Celentano, M. Lindley, T. O’Reilly, A. J. Greer, Y. Huang, C. Hardacre,S. J. Haigh, Y. Xu, S. E. J. .Bell, Surfactant-free Synthesis of Spiky Hollow Ag–Au Nanostars with Chemically Exposed Surfaces for Enhanced Catalysis and Single-Particle SERS, 2021, JACS Au DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.1c00462 journal-article

R. Arrigo, R. Blume, V. Streibel, C. Genovese, A. Roldan, M. E. Schuster, C. Ampelli, S. Perathoner, J. J. Velasco-Velez, M. Hävecker, A. Knop-Gericke, R. Schlögl, G. Centi, Dynamics at Polarized Carbon Dioxide–Iron Oxyhydroxide Interfaces Unveil the Origin of Multicarbon Product Formation, 2021, ACS Catalysis DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c04296 journal-article

Ding, Shengzhe; Ganesh, Muhammad; Jiao, Yilai; Ou, Xiaoxia; Isaacs, Mark A.; S'ari, Mark; Torres Lopez, Antonio; Fan, Xiaolei; Parlett, Christopher M. A., Palladium-doped hierarchical ZSM-5 for catalytic selective oxidation of allylic and benzylic alcohols, R. Soc. open sci.8211086211086 DOI: http://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.211086

Nastase, Stefan A. F.; Catlow, C. Richard A.; Logsdail, Andrew J., QM/MM study of the stability of dimethyl ether in zeolites H-ZSM-5 and H-Y, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021,23, 2088-2096, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CP05392A

2020

C. Richard A. Catlow, Peter Wells and Diego Gianolio, Synchrotron radiation techniques in catalytic science, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020,22, 18745-18746, https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CP90186E

Christopher Hardacre, Andrew M. Beale, Emma K. Gibson, Josephine B. M Goodall, Alex Goguet, Simon A. Kondrat, Grazia Malta, Cristina Stere, Peter P. Wells, Graham J. Hutchings, C. Richard A. Catlow, SYNCHROTRON RADIATION and CATALYTIC SCIENCE, Synchrotron Radiation News, 2020, 33:1, 10-14, https://doi.org/10.1080/08940886.2020.1701368

Dr. Rosa Arrigo, Simone Gallarati, Dr. Manfred E. Schuster, Jake M. Seymour, Dr. Diego Gianolio, Dr. Ivan da Silva, Dr. June Callison, Haosheng Feng, Dr. John E. Proctor, Dr. Pilar Ferrer, Dr. Federica Venturini, Dr. David Grinter, Prof. Georg Held, Influence of Synthesis Conditions on the Structure of Nickel Nanoparticles and their Reactivity in Selective Asymmetric Hydrogenation, Chem Cat Chem, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.20190195

2019

Dr. Rosa Arrigo, Simone Gallarati, Dr. Manfred E. Schuster, Jake M. Seymour, Dr. Diego Gianolio, Dr. Ivan da Silva, Dr. June Callison, Haosheng Feng, Dr. John E. Proctor, Dr. Pilar Ferrer, Dr. Federica Venturini, Dr. David Grinter, Prof. Georg Held, Influence of Synthesis Conditions on the Structure of Nickel Nanoparticles and their Reactivity in Selective Asymmetric Hydrogenation, Chem Cat Chem, December 2019, https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201901955

Samuel D. Cosham, Veronica Celorrio, Alexander N. Kulak, Geoffrey Hyett, Observation of visible light activated photocatalytic degradation of stearic acid on thin films of tantalum oxynitride synthesized by aerosol assisted chemical vapour deposition, Dalton Trans., 2019,48, 10619-10627, DOI: 10.1039/C8DT04638G

Moritz Wolf, Stephen J. Roberts, Wijnand Marquart, Ezra J. Olivier, Niels T. J. Luchters, Emma K. Gibson, C. Richard A. Catlow, Jan. H. Neethling, Nico Fischer and Michael Claeys, Synthesis, characterisation and water–gas shift activity of nano-particulate mixed-metal (Al, Ti) cobalt oxides, Dalton Trans., 2019,48, 13858-13868, DOI: 10.1039/C9DT01634A

Ruoyu Xu, Liqun Kang, Johannes Knossalla, Jerrik Mielby, Qiming Wang, Bolun Wang, Junrun Feng, Guanjie He, Yudao Qin, Jijia Xie, Ann-Christin Swertz, Qian He, Søren Kegnæs, Dan J. L. Brett, Ferdi Schüth, Feng Ryan Wang, Nanoporous Carbon: Liquid-Free Synthesis and Geometry-Dependent Catalytic Performance, ACS Nano 2019, 13, 2, 2463-2472, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b09399

Moritz Wolf, Emma K.Gibson, Ezra J.Olivier, Jan H. Neethling, C. Richard A.Catlow, Nico Fischer, Michael Claeys, In-depth characterisation of metal-support compounds in spent Co/SiO2 Fischer-Tropsch model catalysts, Catalysis Today, 2019, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2019.01.065

Moritz Wolf, Emma K. Gibson, Ezra J. Olivier, Jan H. Neethling, C. Richard A. Catlow, Nico Fischer, Michael Claeys, Water-Induced Formation of Cobalt-Support Compounds under Simulated High Conversion Fischer–Tropsch Environment, ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 6, 4902-4918, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.9b00160

Twigg, Martyn V., Preface for the Issue of Topics in Catalysis Dedicated to the Memory of Professor Frank S. Stone, Topics in Catalysis, 2019, 62, 17-20, 1097-1099, DOI: 10.1007/s11244-019-01204-y

Design

Carvalho, Y.; Almeida, J. M. A. R.; Romano, P. N.; et al., Nanosilicalites as Support for beta-Glucosidases Covalent Immobilization, APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY Volume: 182 Issue: 4 Pages: 1619- 1629

Su, Ren, Dimitratos, Nikolaos, Liu, Jinjia, Carter, Emma, Althahban, Sultan, Wang, Xueqin, Shen, Yanbin, Wendt, Stefan, Wen, Xiaodong, (Hans) Niemantsverdriet, J. W., Iversen, Bo B., Kiely, Christopher J., Hutchings, Graham J., Besenbacher, Flemming, Mechanistic Insight into the Interaction Between a Titanium Dioxide Photocatalyst and Pd Cocatalyst for Improved Photocatalytic Performance, ACS Catalysis, 6, 7, 4239-4247, Published 2016, DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b00982

Gould, A. L., Heard, C. J., Logsdail, A. J., Catlow, C. Richard A., Segregation effects on the properties of (AuAg)147, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 16, 39, 21049-21061, Published 2014. DOI: 10.1039/c4cp00753k

Fischer, Nico, Manyar, Haresh G., Roldan, Alberto, Highlights from Faraday Discussion: Designing New Heterogeneous Catalysts, London, UK, April 2016, Chemical Communications, 52, 54, 8335-8341, DOI: 10.1039/c6cc90273a

Al-Nayili, Abbas, Yakabi, Keiko, Hammond, Ceri, Hierarchically porous BEA stannosilicates as unique catalysts for bulky ketone conversion and continuous operation, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016, 4, 4, 1373-1382, DOI: 10.1039/c5ta08709k

Padovan, Daniele, Parsons, Charlie, Simplicio Grasina, Manuel, Hammond, Ceri, Intensification and deactivation of Sn-beta investigated in the continuous regime, Green Chemistry, 2016, 18, 18, 5041-5049, DOI: 10.1039/c6gc01288d

Transformations

O’Malley, Alexander J.; Parker, Stewart F.; Catlow, C. Richard A., Neutron spectroscopy as a tool in catalytic science, CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS Volume: 53 Issue: 90 Pages: 12164-12176 Published: NOV 21 2017

Biocatalysis

Potter, Matthew E.; Chapman, Stephanie; O’Malley, Alexander J.; et al. , Understanding the Role of Designed Solid Acid Sites in the Low-Temperature Production of E-Caprolactam, CHEMCATCHEM Volume: 9 Issue: 11 Pages: 1897-1900 Published: JUN 8 2017

Bouxin, F. P.; Zhang, X.; Kings, I. N.; et al. , Deactivation study of the hydrodeoxygenation of p-methylguaiacol over silica supported rhodium and platinum catalysts, APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL Volume: 539 Pages: 29-37 Published: JUN 5 2017

Energy

Suwardiyanto; Howe, Russell F.; Gibson, Emma K.; et al., An assessment of hydrocarbon species in the methanol-to-hydrocarbon reaction over a ZSM-5 catalyst, FARADAY DISCUSSIONS Volume: 197 Pages: 447-471 Published: APR 1 2017

Subramanian, Nachal D.; Callison, June; Catlow, C. Richard A.; et al., Optimised hydrogen production by aqueous phase reforming of glycerol on Pt/Al2O3, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY Volume: 41 Issue: 41 Pages: 18441-0

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