• Her research group studies homogeneous, heterogeneous and biological catalysts in order to answer these questions, with a primary focus on enzymatic catalysis. (wikipedia.org)
  • Recent work of DeBeer's group has focused on developing the full information content of various X-ray spectroscopic methods and their application to biological catalysts. (wikipedia.org)
  • The use of heterogeneous catalysts in the transesterification reaction of vegetable oils has getting emphasis in recent years, mainly by the alternative of obtaining clean fuel derived from renewable sources. (scirp.org)
  • Additionally, heterogeneous catalysts can dissolve into the solution in a solid-liquid system or evaporate in a solid-gas system. (waystoworld.com)
  • Complementing enzymes in their native environment with either homogeneous or heterogeneous catalysts is challenging due to the sea of functionalities present within a cell. (ward-lab.ch)
  • Applications as catalysts, sorbents and drug carriers. (auth.gr)
  • Catalysis Research is an international peer-reviewed Open Access journal published quarterly online by LIDSEN Publishing Inc. This periodical is devoted to publishing high-quality papers that describe the most significant and cutting-edge research in all areas of catalysts and catalyzed reactions. (lidsen.com)
  • It explains, various hybrid wet scrubbing techniques can perform well under mild condition with possible improvements such as development of stable, heterogeneous catalysts, fast and in-situ regeneration for large scale applications. (afpm.org.my)
  • This chapter is focused on applications of fluorous tag methodology assisting in solution-phase oligosaccharide synthesis, revealing fluorous tag-assisted synthesis as a very powerful tool for carbohydrate chemists. (rsc.org)
  • Bai, H.-X., Shen, X.-Z., Liu, X.-H. and Liu, S.-Y. (2009) Synthesis of Porous CaO Microsphere and Its Application in Catalyzing Transesterification Reaction for Biodiesel. (scirp.org)
  • This involves the synthesis of new materials, the characterization of these, and the development of applications in areas such as adsorption, heterogeneous catalysis, and host:guest chemistry. (abdn.ac.uk)
  • We report on the synthesis of biotinylated (cyclopentadienone)iron tricarbonyl complexes, the in situ generation of the corresponding streptavidin conjugates and their application in asymmetric hydrogenation of imines and ketones. (ward-lab.ch)
  • The group conducts fundamental and applied research in the fields of biomassand waste valorization to fuels, chemicals and polymers, green chemistry and chemical technology, heterogeneous catalysis, adsorption/catalysis for environmental remediation, (nano)materials synthesis and characterization. (auth.gr)
  • His research focuses on the fundamental understanding of electrochemical reactions and organic electrosynthesis including various oxygen-atom functionalization catalysis, asymmetric synthesis, biochemical reactions. (rsc.org)
  • One can anticipate gaining experience in several areas of research, including inorganic synthesis, material characterization, heterogeneous catalysis, and enzymatic catalysis. (fanjielab.com)
  • In the next chapters, the latest findings on the development of chemical and biocatalysed strategies to transform unprotected glycosides are reviewed by Nadège Lubin-Germain and colleagues, and Sauthier and co-workers give an overview of anhydrohexitols, with diverse industrial applications as surfactants, plasticizers and solvents, focusing on strategies using both homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. (rsc.org)
  • The unit covers biomass reaction engineering including kinetics, reaction/mass transfer limitations, selectivity, improving reaction rates, and homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. (monash.edu)
  • She is an expert in the application of advanced X-ray spectroscopy to understand catalytic transformations. (wikipedia.org)
  • Clean production of levulinic acid from fructose and glucose in salt water by heterogeneous catalytic dehydration. (lu.se)
  • Catalysis is relevant to many aspects of environmental science, e.g. the catalytic converter in automobiles and the dynamics of the ozone hole. (waystoworld.com)
  • Improving the solar-to-thermal energy conversion efficiency of photothermal nanomaterials at no expense of other physicochemical properties, e.g. the catalytic reactivity of metal nanoparticles, is highly desired for diverse applications but remains a big challenge. (bvsalud.org)
  • In nature, almost all the reactions in cells are catalyzed by cooperation of various enzymes and enzyme catalysis also has a primal role in biochemical industrial processes. (u-szeged.hu)
  • For more information on the efficiency of enzymatic catalysis, see the article on enzymes . (wikipedia.org)
  • Biotechnology for production of platform and speciality chemicals and biomaterials, biotechnological conversion of renewable feedstocks into value added products, novel enzymes for application in oxidation reactions, downstream processing of proteins and small molecules, in situ product recovery in bioprocesses, protein stabilization methods and mechanisms, etc. (lu.se)
  • Exploring the enzymatic and antibacterial activities of novel mycobacteriophage lysin B enzymes. (lu.se)
  • Enzymes, on the other hand, are sensitive biocatalysts that can partially or totally lose their enzymatic activity as a consequence of any major changes occurring in their surrounding environment. (u-szeged.hu)
  • Nanostructured materials provide ideal characteristics for the co-immobilization of different enzymes to obtain multi-enzymatic systems. (u-szeged.hu)
  • Since they can be reused continuously, immobilized enzymes have found wide application in the industrial, medical and research fields. (lookformedical.com)
  • The role of biotechnology including enzymatic reactions, fermentation, selectivity will also be studied together with common separation liquid and liquid-solid separation processes. (monash.edu)
  • During this time he also took part in the IAESTE training network at the Technical University of Delft , Delft, The Netherlands, under the supervision of Professor Ulf Hanefeld working on enzymatic catalysis of organic reactions. (hw.ac.uk)
  • Heterogeneous manufacturing processes based on chemical reactions, biochemical transformations and adsorption, which inherently involve both a solid and a liquid phase, are associated with several technical challenges. (spinchem.com)
  • Nature has evolved a number of enzymatic reactions to produce aldehydes, and this review provides an overview of aldehyde-forming reactions in biological systems and beyond. (tuwien.ac.at)
  • Ngamcharussrivichai, C., Totarat, P. and Bunyakiat, K. (2008) Ca and Zn Mixed Oxide as a Heterogeneous Base Catalyst for Transesterification of Palm Kernel Oil. (scirp.org)
  • Catalysis is the change in rate of a chemical reaction due to the participation of a substance called a catalyst. (waystoworld.com)
  • In heterogeneous catalysis, typical secondary processes include coking where the catalyst becomes covered by polymeric side products. (waystoworld.com)
  • The most common catalyst is the hydrogen ion (H + ). Many transition metals and transition metal complexes are used in catalysis as well. (waystoworld.com)
  • In this Review the authors present a systematic literature analysis aimed at identifying generalized deactivation modes and their prevalence in different areas of catalysis to offer a comprehensive descriptive framework of catalyst deactivation. (nature.com)
  • Preparation of oligosaccharides on soluble support, the topic presented and discussed by Jean-Pierre Mallet and colleague in Chapter 11, is followed by the state of the art on glycomacrocycles built on disaccharides, which are chiral macrocyclic receptors with various applications, including in catalysis, authored by Slawomir Jarosz and co-worker. (rsc.org)
  • The required labeled building blocks ( 13 C 2 - l -allylglycine and a related hydroxylated derivative) were prepared via enantioselective phase-transfer catalysis and enantio- and diastereoselective aldol condensation with a chiral auxiliary, respectively, both potentially valuable themselves for other synthetic routes toward labeled (natural) products. (tuwien.ac.at)
  • An example of heterogeneous catalysis is the reaction of oxygen and hydrogen on the surface of titanium dioxide (TiO 2 , or titania ) to produce water. (wikipedia.org)
  • Accordingly, manganese dioxide catalyses this reaction. (waystoworld.com)
  • Theory and applications of solution thermodynamics, vapor-liquid and liquid-liquid equilibrium for ideal and non-ideal systems, and chemical reaction equilibrium. (uaeu.ac.ae)
  • For most applications, the STR thus introduces a need for filtration after the reaction is completed. (spinchem.com)
  • Confining the Sol‐Gel Reaction at the Water/Oil Interface: Creating Compartmentalized Enzymatic Nano‐Organelles for Artificial Cells. (mpg.de)
  • Research into catalysis is a major field in applied science and involves many areas of chemistry, notably in organometallic chemistry and materials science. (waystoworld.com)
  • Moreover, each fluid parcel will have many passages through the RBR, providing the reagents with plenty of time to react with the solid phase in applications limited by chemical kinetics. (spinchem.com)
  • The overall enzymatic biological fuel cell's electrochemical activity (BECA) depends on efficient OCV generation and optimized kinetics. (scielo.org.za)
  • It includes applications on reactive and non-reactive chemical processes. (uaeu.ac.ae)
  • Students will be introduced to the applications of software packages such as such as Hysys, Aspen Plus or PRO/II for simulating main unit operations related to chemical engineering processes. (uaeu.ac.ae)
  • Oxygen atom functionalization has played an indispensable role in industrial applications and biological processes. (rsc.org)
  • This novel, binder-free, MnO2-MoS2 composite based electrode material paves a new way for the development of simple, non-enzymatic and inexpensive electrochemical sensors for analytical applications. (iith.ac.in)
  • Her research interests include the advanced materials processing of ideal electrode materials for electrochemical energy storage system applications such as supercapacitor, water splitting process, direct methanol fuel cells, and hydrogen generation. (rsc.org)
  • These materials will be designed for distinct applications within solar energy conversion, with emphasis on: (i) organic photovoltaics (OPVs) and (ii) heterogeneous photocatalysis, both of which are in line with sustainable chemistry. (hw.ac.uk)
  • 6.Inner transition elements: spectral and magnetic properties, redox chemistry, analytical applications. (studygeeta.com)
  • Generally, in redox catalysis, one is concerned with lowering the kinetic barrier to electron transfer from one molecule (or a surface) to another molecule. (justia.com)
  • and on the application of the principles in understanding macromolecular structure and function. (utmb.edu)
  • However, the lack of understanding about the basic principles and fundamental requirements are great hurdles for its commercial scale application, which is aim of this review article. (afpm.org.my)
  • Faculty in chemistry and biochemistry explore a variety of topics such as developing novel compounds for medicinal applications, such as cancer and Alzheimers, transportation of contaminants in aquatic environments, bioremediation, multi-functional inorganic solid-state materials, nanoparticles, new materials for energy storage and conversion. (gmu.edu)
  • We constructed the web application CoNSEnsX (Consistency of NMR-derived Structural Ensembles with eXperimental data) allowing fast, simple and convenient assessment of the correspondence of the ensemble as a whole with diverse independent NMR parameters available. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Our research interests focuses on the development of Conjugated microporous polymers (CMPs) for application in heterogeneous photocatalysis. (hw.ac.uk)
  • Lignin is the second most abundant polymer in nature as a part of lignocellulose with a heterogeneous aromatic nature. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Hairy Conjugated Microporous Polymer Nanoparticles Facilitate Heterogeneous Photoredox Catalysis with Solvent-Specific Dispersibility. (mpg.de)
  • EN] N-substituted furfuryl amines are an important class of compounds due to their pharmaceutical activities that can be produced by reductive amination of furfuraldehydes derived from biomass. (upv.es)
  • These polymeric materials offer the same advantages of conventional conjugated polymers, with extended p-systems where the electronic levels can be controlled rendering materials that are semiconducting and have a wealth of applications. (hw.ac.uk)
  • The production of most industrially important chemicals involves catalysis. (waystoworld.com)
  • However, standardization of conversion methods for the valorization of industrial lignins into materials and chemicals is hampered by the heterogeneous chemical structure and polydispersity of these lignins, which are highly dependent on the plant source and the lignin extraction process [ 4 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Chapter 9 covers the enzymatic production of pentose-based molecules by Richard Plantier Royon and co-workers. (rsc.org)
  • Modern Research in Catalysis , 3 , 117-127. (scirp.org)
  • The theme of the research is the understanding and application of materials and surface chemistry at the molecular level. (abdn.ac.uk)
  • A Feature Paper should be a substantial original Article that involves several techniques or approaches, provides an outlook for future research directions and describes possible research applications. (mdpi.com)
  • Stay up to date with the latest in catalysis news and research. (nature.com)
  • These short articles reflect on historical developments in the fields of catalysis and their impact on contemporary research. (nature.com)
  • Our research interests are primarily associated with Catalysis Concept in life science, physical chemistry, materials chemistry and their practical importance in the development of energy-efficient, environment-protecting, and healthcare systems. (fanjielab.com)
  • Moreover, the application of high-resolution XAS spectroscopy supported with theoretical calculations, allowed her group to succeed in the assignment of the oxidation state of the Mo atom in the FeMoco as Mo(III). (wikipedia.org)
  • My main interests are in Materials Chemistry, Surface Chemistry and Catalysis. (abdn.ac.uk)
  • In September 2013 Filipe was appointed as Lecturer in Chemistry at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, UK, continuing to develop materials for photocatalytic applications. (hw.ac.uk)
  • The molecular apparatus behind biological photosynthesis retains its long-term functionality through enzymatic repair. (nature.com)
  • A specific overview regarding synthetic methodologies and properties of 6′-lactose-based surfactants is presented herein, particularly all the synthetic approaches to this class of lactose esters, such as enzymatic and traditional organic syntheses. (researchgate.net)
  • Enhanced catalysis with the hybrid BECA-ECA's open circuit voltage favours compatibility of a hybrid-powered nano-drug delivery system for internal electroporation. (scielo.org.za)
  • enzymatic/acid hydrolysis of cellulose to glucose for the production of bioethanol or sugar-derived furans, acids, etc. (auth.gr)
  • The envisaged in vivo application was in blood containing glucose and GOx that would pass through a flow field (channel) in the NDDS with a residence time that would allow the free electrons and protons to stimulate an OCV once these were in the anode. (scielo.org.za)
  • Lam, M.K., Lee, K.T. and Mohamed, A.R. (2010) Homogeneous, Heterogeneous and Enzymatic Catalysis for Transesterification of High Free Fatty Acid Oil (Waste Cooking Oil) to Biodiesel: A Review. (scirp.org)
  • He is currently investigating the biological roles, mechanism and biotechnological applications of the fatty acid photodecarboxylase he has discovered a few years ago in microalgae. (rsc.org)
  • A sustainable synthetic route for biobased 6-hydroxyhexanoic acid, adipic acid and ε-caprolactone by integrating bio- and chemical catalysis. (lu.se)
  • This major drawback of their environmental response can be overcome by immobilization on solid supports, which also offers several technical advantages in the industrial applications. (u-szeged.hu)
  • Further, the development of cryo-electron microscopy tomographic techniques (cryo-ET) has made it possible to image structurally heterogeneous objects such as cells and organelles to nanometer resolution. (utmb.edu)
  • Through applications of advanced X-ray spectroscopic studies like high-resolution XAS they characterized the key intermediate in biological methane oxidation as an open-core diiron structure (with FeIV=O motif). (wikipedia.org)
  • The concept of catalysis was invented by chemist Elizabeth Fulhame , based on her novel work in oxidation-reduction experiments. (wikipedia.org)
  • Her expertise lies in the application and development of X-ray based spectroscopic methods as probes of electronic structure in biological and chemical catalysis. (wikipedia.org)
  • Biological applications with a focus on permeability enhancing, antimicrobial activity, and antibiofilm properties of 6′-lactose-based esters are also reported. (researchgate.net)
  • One area of interest is electron-reduction of materials, particularly biological materials, at surfaces, which surfaces may be conducting, semiconducting or insulating depending on the application. (justia.com)
  • In addition, the potential biotechnological applications of bacterial CEs are also encompassed. (afpm.org.my)