When: 9 May 2023, 15:00 BSTWhere: Online The UK Catalysis Hub are hosting a webinar on opportunities in chemical sciences with a next generation XFEL. In this webinar we will briefly overview the questions: what is an XFEL and what can they do in chemical sciences? We will discuss how…
The use of supported Pd nanoparticles is ubiquitous in hydrogenation chemistry. From synthetic organic transformations towards high-value products in the pharmaceutical or fragrance industries to crude biomass processing towards commodity chemicals such as monomers often the first choice of catalyst is Pd/C. In this talk, I will highlight two of…
The UK Catalysis Hub have published a new edition of Modern Developments in Catalysis 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…
Transformative innovations in the science and technology of personalized medicine, energy storage, and clean growth start from achieving atomic and molecular understanding, and then control, of the fundamental (bio)-chemical interactions that determine each process. To generate the required level of understanding and control, the UK is currently investing in the…
Johnson Matthey, a FTSE 100 company, is a global leader in sustainable technologies specialising in catalysis, precious metal products, chemicals and process technology. With operations in over 30 countries, we employ more than 13,000 people. Johnson Matthey uses science to make the world cleaner and healthier. Over the past two…
The development of operando spectroscopic methods and controlled catalyst preparation are both essential tools in understanding the complex properties of catalysts. Heterogeneous catalysts, for example supported metal nanoparticles, are exceedingly dynamic and although unconsumed by the process of catalysis they adapt to the evolving chemical environment. Elsewhere, the chemical steps involved within…
In this work, methanol-to-hydrocarbons, biomass-upgrading reactions and plastic conversion are studied over zeolite catalysts, using vibrational spectroscopy to give mechanistic insight. Raman Spectroscopy can identify carbonaceous surface species during catalysis, though in many cases strong emission from the laser interacting with the sample causes intense fluorescence which prevents collection of…
All cells use sugar, but a consequence of unbalanced sugar usage is disease through hexosamine sugar biosynthetic pathways. To precisely define the roles of hexosamine sugar-driven effects, we designed chemical tools sensitive for live-cell applications, for example our light-controlled photo-sugars and our cell compartment-specific “GlycoID” biorthogonal labeling strategy. These precision…
Transition metal atoms isolated in the surface of nitrogen-doped carbon have demonstrated excellent thermocatalytic and electrocatalytic performance, most notably in reactions involving oxygen. In the current work, the low temperature thermocatalytic oxidation of carbon monoxide was studied over Co atoms isolated in a nitrogen-doped carbon support. Steady-state isotopic transient kinetic…
I will present selected examples of our efforts in the use of NMR for the analysis of the kinetics and mechanism of processes catalysed by Lewis / Bronsted acids and bases, by transition metals, and by halide ions. The examples are chosen to give an overview of our the development…
