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A Fast XPS study of the surface chemistry of ethanol over Pt{111}

article published in 2004

A fast XPS investigation of NO-promoted acetylene cyclotrimerisation on Pd{}

A fast XPS study of sulphate promoted propene decomposition over Pt{}

A magnetically separable SO 4 /Fe-Al-TiO 2 solid acid catalyst for biodiesel production from waste cooking oil

article published in 2018

A new application for transition metal chalcogenides: WS2 catalysed esterification of carboxylic acids

A polyoxometallate–tethered Ru complex as a catalyst in solventless phenyl acetylene oligomerisation

A porous activated carbon supported Pt catalyst for the oxidative degradation of poly[(naphthaleneformaldehyde)sulfonate]

Acetic Acid Ketonization over Fe3O4/SiO2 for Pyrolysis Bio-Oil Upgrading

scientific article published on 18 January 2017

Acidity-Reactivity Relationships in Catalytic Esterification over Ammonium Sulfate-Derived Sulfated Zirconia

Ag Alloyed Pd Single-Atom Catalysts for Efficient Selective Hydrogenation of Acetylene to Ethylene in Excess Ethylene

Alkali- and nitrate-free synthesis of highly active Mg–Al hydrotalcite-coated alumina for FAME production

Alumina-grafted SBA-15 as a high performance support for Pd-catalysed cinnamyl alcohol selective oxidation

Amine-Functionalised Hexagonal Mesoporous Silica as Support for Copper(II) Acetylacetonate Catalyst

An XPS study of pulsed plasma polymerised allyl alcohol film growth on polyurethane

An energy-efficient route to the rapid synthesis of organically-modified SBA-15 via ultrasonic template removal

Anisotropic surface chemistry of aspirin crystals

scientific article (publication date: August 2007)

Anisotropic surface energetics and wettability of macroscopic form I paracetamol crystals

scientific article published in March 2006

Better by design: nanoengineered macroporous hydrotalcites for enhanced catalytic biodiesel production

Bifunctional Organorhodium Solid Acid Catalysts for Methanol Carbonylation

Bifunctional SO4/ZrO2catalysts for 5-hydroxymethylfufural (5-HMF) production from glucose

Bio-oil upgrading via vapor-phase ketonization over nanostructured FeO x and MnO x : catalytic performance and mechanistic insight

CO adsorption over Pd nanoparticles: A general framework for IR simulations on nanoparticles

Can surface energy measurements predict the impact of catalyst hydrophobicity upon fatty acid esterification over sulfonic acid functionalised periodic mesoporous organosilicas?

Carbon nanotube-supported metal catalysts for NOx reduction using hydrocarbon reductants. Part 1: Catalyst preparation, characterization and NOx reduction characteristics

article published in 2011

Catalyst design for biorefining

scientific article

Catalytic Hydrogenation and Hydrodeoxygenation of Furfural over Pt(111): A Model System for the Rational Design and Operation of Practical Biomass Conversion Catalysts

scientific article published on 28 March 2017

Catalytic applications of waste derived materials

article published in 2016

Catalytic hydrodeoxygenation of m-cresol over Ni 2 P/hierarchical ZSM-5

Catalytic upgrading of bio-oils by esterification

article published in 2015

Characterisation of electrospun polystyrene scaffolds for three-dimensional in vitro biological studies

scientific article published on 10 February 2006

Chemical reactions of double bonds in activated carbon: microwave and bromination methods

Citrate-mediated sol–gel synthesis of Al-substituted sulfated zirconia catalysts for α-pinene isomerization

Classical strong metal-support interactions between gold nanoparticles and titanium dioxide

scientific article published on 13 October 2017

Conformal sulfated zirconia monolayer catalysts for the one-pot synthesis of ethyl levulinate from glucose

article

Covalent attachment of chiral manganese(III) salen complexes onto functionalised hexagonal mesoporous silica and application to the asymmetric epoxidation of alkenes

Cs Promoted Triglyceride Transesterification Over MgO Nanocatalysts

Cs-doped H4SiW12O40 catalysts for biodiesel applications

Deactivation study of the hydrodeoxygenation of p -methylguaiacol over silica supported rhodium and platinum catalysts

Delaminated CoAl-Layered Double Hydroxide@TiO2 Heterojunction Nanocomposites for Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2

scholarly article by Santosh Kumar et al published 22 November 2017 in Particle & Particle Systems Characterization

Direct Observation of Extremely Low Temperature Catalytic Dehydrochlorination of 1,1,1-Trichloroethane over Platinum

Efficient 1,4-Addition of Enones and Boronic Acids Catalyzed by a Ni–Zn Hydroxyl Double Salt-Intercalated Anionic Rhodium(III) Complex

article

Efficient one-pot production of γ-valerolactone from xylose over Zr-Al-Beta zeolite: rational optimization of catalyst synthesis and reaction conditions

article

Electrocoating of carbon fibres: A route for interface control in carbon fibre reinforced poly methylmethacrylate?

Electrografting of poly (carbazole-co-acrylamide) onto highly oriented pyrolytic graphite. A cyclovoltammetric, atomic force microscopic and ellipsometric study

article

Epitaxial growth and magnetic properties of half-metallicFe3O4on GaAs(100)

scholarly article in Physical Review B, vol. 70 no. 23, December 2004

Evaluation of the activity and stability of alkali-doped metal oxide catalysts for application to an intensified method of biodiesel production

Facile route to conformal hydrotalcite coatings over complex architectures: a hierarchically ordered nanoporous base catalyst for FAME production

Fast x-ray spectroscopy study of ethene on clean and SO4 precovered Pt{111}

scholarly article by Adam F. Lee & Karen Wilson published May 2003 in Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A

Functionalized Periodic Mesoporous Organosilicas: Tunable Hydrophobic Solid Acids for Biomass Conversion

Heterogeneous catalysis for sustainable biodiesel production via esterification and transesterification

scientific article

Heterogeneous catalysis in an oscillatory baffled flow reactor

Heterogeneously Catalyzed Hydrothermal Processing of C5-C6 Sugars

scientific article

Hierarchical Macroporous Mesoporous Materials for Biodiesel Synthesis

Hierarchical macroporous–mesoporous SBA-15 sulfonic acidcatalysts for biodiesel synthesis

article published in 2010

Hierarchical mesoporous Pd/ZSM-5 for the selective catalytic hydrodeoxygenation of m-cresol to methylcyclohexane

Hierarchical porous materials: catalytic applications

scientific article

Hierarchically Ordered Nanoporous Pd/SBA-15 Catalyst for the Aerobic Selective Oxidation of Sterically Challenging Allylic Alcohols

High activity magnetic core-mesoporous shell sulfonic acid silica nanoparticles for carboxylic acid esterification

High activity, templated mesoporous SO4/ZrO2/HMS catalysts with controlled acid site density for α-pinene isomerisation

article published in 2005

High-Pressure XPS of Crotyl Alcohol Selective Oxidation over Metallic and Oxidized Pd(111)

High-activity, single-site mesoporous Pd/Al2O3 catalysts for selective aerobic oxidation of allylic alcohols

scientific article published in January 2007

Highly selective hydrogenation of furfural over supported Pt nanoparticles under mild conditions

Hydrodebromination of Bromobenzene over Pt(111)

Hydrophenylation of internal alkynes with boronic acids catalysed by a Ni–Zn hydroxy double salt-intercalated anionic rhodium(iii) complex

Hydrothermal Saline Promoted Grafting of Periodic Mesoporous Organic Sulfonic Acid Silicas for Sustainable FAME Production

scientific article published on June 10th 2010

Hydrothermally Stable, Conformal, Sulfated Zirconia Monolayer Catalysts for Glucose Conversion to 5-HMF

Hydroxyapatite supported antibacterial Ag3PO4 nanoparticles

Hydroxyl radical generation by cactus-like copper oxide nanoporous carbon catalysts for microcystin-LR environmental remediation

Identifying the active phase in Cs-promoted MgO nanocatalysts for triglyceride transesterification

Impact of Hydrophobic Organohybrid Silicas on the Stability of Ni2 P Catalyst Phase in the Hydrodeoxygenation of Biophenols

scientific article published on 13 March 2018

Impact of Macroporosity on Catalytic Upgrading of Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oil by Esterification over Silica Sulfonic Acids.

scientific article published on 30 June 2017

Impact of co-adsorbed oxygen on crotonaldehyde adsorption over gold nanoclusters: a computational study.

scientific article

In Situ Observation of a Surface Chemical Reaction by Fast X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

scientific article published in 1999

In situ Aberration Corrected-Transmission Electron Microscopy of Magnesium Oxide Nanocatalysts for Biodiesels

article

In situ X-ray studies of crotyl alcohol selective oxidation over Au/Pd(111) surface alloys

In situ studies of structure–reactivity relations in biodiesel synthesis over nanocrystalline MgO

In situ studies of titania-supported Au shell–Pd core nanoparticles for the selective aerobic oxidation of crotyl alcohol

In-situ X-ray Studies of Clean Catalytic Technologies

In-situ XPS Study on the Reducibility of Pd-Promoted Cu/CeO2 Catalysts for the Oxygen-assisted Water-gas-shift Reaction

Influence of alkyl chain length on sulfated zirconia catalysed batch and continuous esterification of carboxylic acids by light alcohols

article published in 2016

Interdependent lateral interactions, hydrophobicity and acid strength and their influence on the catalytic activity of nanoporous sulfonic acid silicas

Kinetic Modeling Studies of Heterogeneously Catalyzed Biodiesel Synthesis Reactions

Lipase immobilised on silica monoliths as continuous-flow microreactors for triglyceride transesterification

Li–CaO catalysed tri-glyceride transesterification for biodiesel applications

Low temperature 1,1,1-trichloroethane dehydrochlorination over Pt catalysts: from model surfaces to the real world

scientific article published on 22 October 2004

Magnetically-separable Fe 3 O 4 @SiO 2 @SO 4 -ZrO 2 core-shell nanoparticle catalysts for propanoic acid esterification

Mechanistic Aspects of Hydrodeoxygenation of p-Methylguaiacol over Rh/Silica and Pt/Silica

Mesoporous Silicas as Versatile Supports to Tune the Palladium-Catalyzed Selective Aerobic Oxidation of Allylic Alcohols

scholarly article published 17 September 2012

Mesoporous sulfonic acid silicas for pyrolysis bio-oil upgrading via acetic acid esterification

Metal-Acid Synergy: Hydrodeoxygenation of Anisole over Pt/Al-SBA-15

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

Metastable De-excitation Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory Study of the Selective Oxidation of Crotyl Alcohol over Pd(111)

Microwave-Assisted Decarbonylation of Biomass-Derived Aldehydes using Pd-Doped Hydrotalcites

scientific article published on 30 October 2019

Multiscale modelling of heterogeneously catalysed transesterification reaction process: an overview

scholarly article in RSC Advances, vol. 3 no. 18, 2013

Nb 2 O 5 /SBA-15 catalyzed propanoic acid esterification

scholarly article by Ângela Silva et al published May 2017 in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

New insights in the deactivation of sulfonic modified SBA-15 catalysts for biodiesel production from low-grade oleaginous feedstock

NiO/nanoporous carbon heterogeneous Fenton catalyst for aqueous microcystine-LR decomposition

Niobic acid nanoparticle catalysts for the aqueous phase transformation of glucose and fructose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

Octyl Co-grafted PrSO3 H/SBA-15: Tunable Hydrophobic Solid Acid Catalysts for Acetic Acid Esterification

On the Impact of the Preparation Method on the Surface Basicity of Mg–Zr Mixed Oxide Catalysts for Tributyrin Transesterification

On the Mn promoted synthesis of higher alcohols over Cu derived ternary catalysts

On the active site in H3PW12O40/SiO2 catalysts for fine chemical synthesis

On the active site in heterogeneous palladium selox catalysts

On the influence of Si:Al ratio and hierarchical porosity of FAU zeolites in solid acid catalysed esterification pretreatment of bio-oil

Operando synchronous DRIFTS/MS/XAS as a powerful tool for guiding the design of Pd catalysts for the selective oxidation of alcohols

Optimization of ruthenium based catalysts for the aqueous phase hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol

P25@CoAl layered double hydroxide heterojunction nanocomposites for CO 2 photocatalytic reduction

scholarly article by Santosh Kumar et al published July 2017 in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Phenol methylation over nanoparticulate CoFe2O4 inverse spinel catalysts: The effect of morphology on catalytic performance

Physicochemical properties of Pt-SO4/Al2O3 alkane oxidation catalysts

Physicochemical properties of WO x /ZrO 2 catalysts for palmitic acid esterification

Plasma-Generated Poly(allyl alcohol) Antifouling Coatings for Cellular Attachment

Platinum catalysed aerobic selective oxidation of cinnamaldehyde to cinnamic acid

Platinum-Catalyzed Aqueous-Phase Hydrogenation of d-Glucose to d-Sorbitol

Platinum-catalysed cinnamaldehyde hydrogenation in continuous flow

scholarly article in RSC Advances, vol. 5 no. 97, 2015

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Preparation of a microporous silicon oximide gel from the reaction of tris(dimethylamino)silylamine with formamide and its pyrolytic conversion into a silicon oxynitride based glass

Preservation of York Minster historic limestone by hydrophobic surface coatings

scientific article

Propene combustion over a model Pt/Al2O3/NiAl{110} catalyst

Rational design of heterogeneous catalysts for biodiesel synthesis

article by Karen Wilson & Adam F. Lee published 2012 in Catalysis Science & Technology

Reactivity of crotonaldehyde and propene over Au/Pd(111) surfaces

scientific article published on 27 January 2010

Recent advances in the heterogeneously catalysed aerobic selective oxidation of alcohols

Recent advances in the production of γ-valerolactone from biomass-derived feedstocks via heterogeneous catalytic transfer hydrogenation

Recent developments in heterogeneous catalysis for the sustainable production of biodiesel

article

Redox-Controlled Crotyl Alcohol Selective Oxidation: In Situ Oxidation and Reduction Dynamics of Catalytic Pd Nanoparticles via Synchronous XANES/MS

Selective Oxidation of Crotyl Alcohol over Pd(111)

Selective oxidation of allylic alcohols over highly ordered Pd/meso-Al2O3 catalysts

Selectivity control in Pt-catalyzed cinnamaldehyde hydrogenation

scientific article published on 24 March 2015

Silver carbonate nanoparticles stabilised over alumina nanoneedles exhibiting potent antibacterial properties

scientific article published on 17 July 2008

Single atom Cu(I) promoted mesoporous titanias for photocatalytic Methyl Orange depollution and H 2 production

scholarly article by Rima Trofimovaite et al published September 2018 in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Size-Dependent Visible Light Photocatalytic Performance of Cu2 O Nanocubes

scholarly article by Sekar Karthikeyan et al published 11 July 2018 in ChemCatChem

Sol-gel synthesis of SBA-15: Impact of HCl on surface chemistry

Solid base catalysed 5-HMF oxidation to 2,5-FDCA over Au/hydrotalcites: fact or fiction?

Spatially orthogonal chemical functionalization of a hierarchical pore network for catalytic cascade reactions

scientific article

Structure and reactivity of sol–gel sulphonic acid silicas

article published in 2002

Structure and stability of the platinum/aluminium interface: alloying and substrate vacancy formation on Pt{111}/Al

Structure-reactivity correlations in MgAl hydrotalcite catalysts for biodiesel synthesis

Structure-sensitive biodiesel synthesis over MgO nanocrystals

Sulfate-enhanced catalytic destruction of 1,1,1-trichlorethane over Pt(111).

scientific article published in January 2006

Sulfated Zirconia Catalysts for D-Sorbitol Cascade Cyclodehydration to Isosorbide: Impact of Zirconia Phase

Sulphate-promotion and structure-sensitivity in hydrocarbon combustion over Rh/Al2O3 catalysts

Support enhanced α-pinene isomerization over HPW/SBA-15

Support-Enhanced Selective Aerobic Alcohol Oxidation over Pd/Mesoporous Silicas

Surface X-ray studies of catalytic clean technologies

scientific article

Surface catalysed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling by Pd nanoparticles: an operando XAS study

scientific article published on 4 October 2010

Surface modification of natural fibers using bacteria: depositing bacterial cellulose onto natural fibers to create hierarchical fiber reinforced nanocomposites

scientific article published on 21 May 2008

Synthesis and characterization of nanoporous phospho-tungstate organic–inorganic hybrid materials

Tailored mesoporous silica supports for Ni catalysed hydrogen production from ethanol steam reforming

article

The application of calcined natural dolomitic rock as a solid base catalyst in triglyceride transesterification for biodiesel synthesis

The influence of surface functionalization of activated carbon on palladium dispersion and catalytic activity in hydrogen oxidation

The surface chemistry of nanocrystalline MgO catalysts for FAME production: An in situ XPS study of H2O, CH3OH and CH3OAc adsorption

True liquid crystal templating of SBA-15 with reduced microporosity

article by Stephen G. Wainwright et al published May 2013 in Microporous and Mesoporous Materials

Tunable Ag@SiO2 core–shell nanocomposites for broad spectrum antibacterial applications

scholarly article in RSC Advances, vol. 7 no. 38, 2017

Tunable KIT-6 Mesoporous Sulfonic Acid Catalysts for Fatty Acid Esterification

Tunable Silver-Functionalized Porous Frameworks for Antibacterial Applications

scholarly article by Mark A Isaacs et al published 3 July 2018 in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)

Valorisation of Vietnamese Rice Straw Waste: Catalytic Aqueous Phase Reforming of Hydrolysate from Steam Explosion to Platform Chemicals

XPS and XMCD study of Fe/sub 3/O/sub 4//GaAs interface

Zirconia catalysed acetic acid ketonisation for pre-treatment of biomass fast pyrolysis vapours

Zirconium phosphate supported tungsten oxide solid acid catalysts for the esterification of palmitic acid

scholarly article by Katabathini Narasimha Rao et al published 2006 in Green Chemistry

Zr-Containing Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Mesoporous Materials: Hydrophobic Acid Catalysts for Biodiesel Production