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Celebrating Catalysis Science & Technology’s 10th Anniversary

The inaugural journal cover from early 2011

 

This year, we are delighted to celebrate 10 years of Catalysis Science & Technology. Our inaugural issue was published in early 2011, and since then we have continued to publish a variety of content from across the wide-ranging research areas of our diverse community.

We are pleased to introduce a number of new initiatives in celebration of the journal’s 10th anniversary. This includes broadening our journal’s scope to be inclusive of the wide-ranging interests of the catalysis science community; relaunching themed collections including a new ongoing Emerging Investigators series highlighting up-and-coming scientists in the early stages of their independent careers and a 2-day virtual symposium on 16-17 November. Sign up to the journal’s e-alerts for upcoming updates on these initiatives and further information about our activities can be found below.

 

Emerging Investigators Series

Catalysis Science & Technology is pleased to present its inaugural Emerging Investigator Series, showcasing the work being conducted by Emerging Investigators in all areas of catalysis science across the globe. It highlights up-and-coming scientists in the early stages of their independent careers, who have been identified as having the potential to influence future directions in the field.

More details about the Emerging Investigator Series can be found on the blog, including information on eligibility and how to apply for consideration as well as more information about the corresponding authors featured in this collection. Check out the collection here: rsc.li/cst-emerging

Refreshed journal scope

We are pleased to launch our refreshed journal scope, which aims to be inclusive of all types of research work carried out by the catalysis community at large.

Themed Collection: operando & in-situ spectroscopy

This themed collection Guest Edited by Professor Angelika Brueckner (Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse, Germany), Professor Jian-Feng Li (Xiamen University, China) and Catalysis Science & Technology Associate Editor Professor Bin Liu (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) will showcase cutting-edge advances in the areas of in situ and operando spectroscopy. The research works featured in this collection will cover the broad spectrum of catalytic science research as well as a variety of spectroscopic techniques and methodologies.

Contact the Editorial Office at catalysis-rsc@rsc.org with an abstract if you are interested in submitting a paper for consideration as part of this collection, which will be available online in early 2022.

Catalysis Science & Technology 10th year anniversary Symposium

Join us for this exciting 2-day virtual symposium, sponsored by Catalysis Science & Technology, to celebrate the journal’s 10-year anniversary. The event will showcase cutting edge research across all areas of catalysis and provides an opportunity for the broad catalysis community to come together in honour of the journal’s important milestone.

The programme will feature invited speakers from a wide variety of research areas, including some fantastic emerging investigators, a panel discussion as well as a poster session. We hope the event will give you lots of opportunities to network and engage with other attendees. Join us for some exciting discussions and to share your ideas with key members of the catalysis science community.

Submit your abstract and save the date here: rsc.li/CST10

Please join us in celebrating the journal’s important milestone and we hope you enjoy our upcoming initiatives and activities. We hope to see you at the Symposium later this year!

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Introducing the Catalysis Science & Technology Emerging Investigators Series

We are excited to announce the launch of the Catalysis Science & Technology Emerging Investigators Series.

With this initiative we aim to highlight cutting edge research from members of the catalysis community in the earlier stages of their research careers.

To best meet the needs of contributing authors, there will be no fixed deadlines. Papers accepted for publication in the Emerging Investigators Series will be published in the earliest available issue and collated together in a dedicated Emerging Investigators page on the journal website which can be found here: rsc.li/cst-emerging. We hope this allows for continual exposure of exciting work from early-career members of the community, with focus and emphasis on individual authors and research groups.

The Emerging Investigators Series has an overall objective to showcase the full diversity of cutting-edge research carried out by newer voices from across the worldwide catalysis research community. We will consider additional applications and nominations on their own merit; please contact catalysis-rsc@rsc.org if you are interested in being considered for the series or nominating an exceptional early-career colleague.

All submissions to the Emerging Investigators Series will be subject to the journal’s high standards in peer review.

What happens now?

In order to be eligible to feature as an Emerging Investigator, contributors must:

  • Publish research within the journal scope
  • Currently be an independent research leader
  • Have not been featured as an Emerging Investigator in a previous Catalysis Science & Technology Emerging Investigators Series article.
  • Have either a) received their PhD no earlier than 01 January of the year 12 years prior to the year of submission, or b) have no more than 12 years of post-PhD research experience on 01 January in the year of submission when taking into account any career breaks.

(For example: for submission in 2021 an eligible contributor must have either a) a PhD awarded on or after 01 January 2009, or b) no more than 12 years of post-PhD research experience by 01 January 2021)

Authors previously featured as Catalysis Science & Technology Emerging Investigators may with no restriction be co-authors on subsequent papers in the Catalysis Science & Technology Emerging Investigators Series, but they may not be the sole eligible corresponding author, and will not be featured as Emerging Investigators more than once.

Contributors will be required to confirm their eligibility by sending their CV to the journal editors at catalysis-rsc@rsc.org. 

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Catalytic reactivity of surfaces: in recognition of François Gault

We are delighted to announce that the Catalysis Science & Technology themed collection Catalytic reactivity of surfaces: in recognition of François Gault is now online and free to access until the end of February 2018.

Guest Editors Ioana Fechete, Hicham Idriss, Geoffrey Bond, Graham Hutchings and François Garin are delighted to introduce this themed issue on catalytic reactivity of surfaces in recognition of the scientific contributions of François G. Gault, a French scientist, whose 85th birthday was celebrated in 2017. The issue includes original research papers and review articles regarding relevant aspects of catalysis across many areas, including the elucidation of the mechanistic details of catalytic reactions and understanding nano effects in catalysis.

Read the full collection online

It includes:

Editorial
Catalytic reactivity of surfaces: in recognition of François Gault
Ioana Fechete, Hicham Idriss, Graham Hutchings, Geoffrey Bond and François Garin
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2017, 7, 5181-5181. DOI: 10.1039/C7CY90088K

Perspective 
Grand challenges for catalysis in the Science and Technology Roadmap on Catalysis for Europe: moving ahead for a sustainable future
Lanzafame, S. Perathoner, G. Centi, S. Gross and E. J. M. Hensen
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2017, 7, 5182-5194. DOI: 10.1039/C7CY01067B

Paper 
Influence of Re–M interactions in Re–M/C bimetallic catalysts prepared by a microwave-assisted thermolytic method on aqueous-phase hydrogenation of succinic acid
Xin Di, Chuang Li, Gwendoline Lafaye, Catherine Especel, Florence Epron and Changhai Liang
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2017, 7, 5212-5223. DOI: 10.1039/C7CY01039G

Paper 
Ab initio coverage-dependent microkinetic modeling of benzene hydrogenation on Pd(111)
Maarten K. Sabbe, Gonzalo Canduela-Rodriguez, Jean-François Joly, Marie-Françoise Reyniers and Guy B. Marin
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2017, 7, 5267-5283. DOI: 10.1039/C7CY00962C

Paper 
Participation of interfacial hydroxyl groups in the water-gas shift reaction over Au/MgO catalysts
Yanran Cui, Zhenglong Li, Zhijian Zhao, Viktor J. Cybulskis, Kaiwalya D. Sabnis, Chang Wan Han, Volkan Ortalan, William F. Schneider, Jeffrey Greeley, W. Nicholas Delgass and Fabio H. Ribeiro
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2017, 7, 5257-5266. DOI: 10.1039/C7CY01020F

We hope you enjoy reading the articles. Please get in touch if you have any questions about this themed collection or Catalysis Science & Technology.

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Congratulations to Professor Javier Pérez-Ramírez: Winner of the RSC Sustainable Energy Award 2017

Catalysis Science & Technology is delighted to congratulate our Associate Editor and Board Member Professor Javier Pérez-Ramírez on winning the RSC Sustainable Energy Award 2017.

 

The RSC Prizes and awards celebrate the outstanding achievements by the members of the diverse chemical sciences community.

The Sustainable Energy Award is for the contributions of chemical sciences to sustainable energy. This includes development or understanding of materials and processes and the improvement of existing technologies through the application of the chemical sciences.

 

The 2017 Award to Professor Javier Pérez-Ramírez was awarded for his discovery of disruptive catalytic technologies for valorization of carbon dioxide and natural gas that can be applied at a practical scale and for the creation of stable single atom precious metal catalyst materials.

 

A full commemoration of the RSC 2017 Prizes and awards can be found here: www.rsc.org/news-events/articles/2017/may/awards-and-prizes-2017/

Read the themed collection: Celebrating the 2017 RSC Prize and Award Winners – showcasing articles authored by the winners from across the Royal Society of Chemistry’s journals portfolio – is currently free to access until 1st August 2017.

 

Submit your best sustainable energy catalytic sciences and technology to Professor Javier Pérez-Ramírez now: rsc.li/catalysis

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Themed Collection now online – Catalysis in Flow Chemistry

The themed issue, Catalysis in Flow Chemistry, guest-edited by Steven Ley (University of Cambridge), features key contributions on the use of catalysis in flow chemistry applications. This important developing area of science encompasses homogeneous, heterogeneous and enigmatic systems, with an emphasis on using continuous flow based technologies.

Read the full themed collection here. It includes:

Editorial – Flow Chemistry and Catalysis
Steven V. Ley
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2016,6, 4676-4677
DOI: 10.1039/C6CY90064J

Fine chemical syntheses under flow using SiliaCat catalysts
Rosaria Ciriminna, Valerica Pandarus, François Béland and Mario Pagliaro
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2016,6, 4678-4685
DOI: 10.1039/C6CY00038J

Synthesis in mesoreactors: Ru(porphyrin)CO-catalyzed aziridination of olefins under continuous flow conditions
S. Rossi, A. Puglisi, M. Benaglia, D. M. Carminati, D. Intrieri and E. Gallo
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2016,6, 4700-4704
DOI: 10.1039/C6CY00207B

You can read similar articles on this topic published in our new journal Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, including:

A convenient numbering-up strategy for the scale-up of gas–liquid photoredox catalysis in flow
Yuanhai Su, Koen Kuijpers, Volker Hessel and Timothy Noël
React. Chem. Eng., 2016,1, 73-81
DOI: 10.1039/C5RE00021A, Paper

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Themed collection now online – Catalysis on Zeolites

Zeolites are the most important heterogeneous catalysts with numerous large-scale applications including cracking, petrochemistry, fine chemical synthesis, and environmental protection. This themed issue evidences the significant impact of zeolites in catalysis, new trends in catalytic applications of zeolites and, in particular, their potential in catalysis. The Guest Editors of the issue are Jiri Čejka, David Serrano and Russell Morris.

Read the full themed collection here. It includes:

Catalysis on Zeolites – Catalysis Science & Technology
Jiří Čejka, Russell E. Morris and David P. Serrano
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2016,6, 2465-2466
DOI: 10.1039/C6CY90042A

Improvement in the catalytic properties of ZSM-5 zeolite nanoparticles via mechanochemical and chemical modifications
Satoshi Inagaki, Shoma Shinoda, Shunsuke Hayashi, Toru Wakihara, Hiroshi Yamazaki, Junko N. Kondo and Yoshihiro Kubota
Journal Article
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2016,6, 2598-2604
DOI: 10.1039/C5CY01644D, Paper

Selective dehydrogenation of bioethanol to acetaldehyde over basic USY zeolites
G. M. Lari, K. Desai, C. Mondelli and J. Pérez-Ramírez
Journal Article
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2016,6, 2706-2714
DOI: 10.1039/C5CY02020D, Paper

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Unfogging metathesis catalyst deactivation

Grubbs catalyst deactivationD. Fogg et al. have discovered a powerful means to observe the behaviour of Grubbs metathesis catalysts.

The University of Ottawa researchers tagged first- and second-generation ruthenium catalysts with a 13C label at the alkylidene site using straightforward synthesis routes. This isotopic enrichment allowed 13C NMR spectroscopy to serve as a sensitive probe for the amine-initiated decomposition pathway.

A surprising preference for nucleophilic attack by phosphine was clearly revealed in the 13C NMR spectrum. This demonstrates the diagnostic utility of 13C-enriched complexes relative to both their unlabelled and deuterium-labelled analogues.

This article is featured amongst many other excellent contributions in the latest Catalysis Science & Technology themed issue, Mechanistic Studies in Catalysis.

Take a look at the original article online now!

Isotopic Probes for Ruthenium-Catalyzed Olefin Metathesis
Justin A. M. Lummiss, Adrian G. G. Botti, and Deryn E. Fogg*
Catal. Sci. Technol. 2014, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C4CY01118J

Jenna Flogeras obtained her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of New Brunswick (Fredericton), Canada. She is currently a Ph.D. student at Memorial University in Newfoundland, where she studies aluminum-based catalysts under the supervision of Dr. Francesca Kerton.

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Mechanistic studies in catalysis themed issue – now online

We are delighted to present a themed issue on ‘Mechanistic studies in catalysis’, which encompasses novel and diverse research in both homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. The guest editors for this themed issue are Professors John Brown (University of Oxford), Andreas Pfaltz (University of Basel), and Rutger van Santen (Eindhoven University of Technology).

Here’s a few highlights from the issue:

Many more great contributions have been received, so make sure to have a look at the rest of the themed collection online now!

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Sustainable catalytic conversions of renewable substrates themed issue online now!

The latest issue of Catalysis Science and Technology contains a themed collection on Sustainable catalytic conversions of renewable substrates. The issue was guest edited by Pieter C. A. Bruijnincx (Utrecht University) and Yuriy Román-Leshkov (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

This issue contains contributions on topics related to catalytic biomass conversion methods, including homogeneous, heterogeneous and enzymatic processes. The themed issue will cover contributions concerned with chemical or chemical engineering aspects of the selective catalytic conversion of renewable feedstocks, for instance lignocellulosic biomass or its (hemi)cellulose or lignin components, or with the catalytic conversion of renewable platform molecules that can be derived from these feedstocks.

Here’s a small taster of the excellent content in this themed issue:Themed issue cover

Check out the rest of the articles in this exciting and timely themed issue on the website now!

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Call for Papers: 2014 themed issues

Catalysis Science & Technology We are delighted to announce that Catalysis Science & Technology will be publishing two themed issues focusing on environmental catalysis in 2014. We welcome your submissions, so read on for details:

Catalytic Conversion and Use of Carbon Dioxide for Value-Added Organics–deadline 1st December 2013

Sustainable Catalytic Conversions of Renewable Substrates–deadline 11th February 2014

Issue scopes

Catalytic Conversion and Use of Carbon Dioxide for Value-Added Organics
Guest edited by Professor Arjan Kleij, this issue will highlight developments in the field of catalytic conversion and use of carbon dioxide into higher value organic compounds.

Sustainable Catalytic Conversions of Renewable Substrates
Guest edited by Professor Yuriy Román-Leshkov and Professor Pieter Bruijnincx, this issue will contain contributions on topics related to catalytic biomass conversion methods, including homogeneous, heterogeneous and enzymatic processes.

Want to submit?

All types of manuscript—communications, full papers, Minireviews and Perspectives, will be considered for publication. The manuscript should be prepared according to our article guidelines and submitted via our online system.

All manuscripts will be subject to the normal refereeing procedure and inclusion in the themed issue will be at the discretion of the Guest Editors. Please indicate in your submission that you would like the manuscript to be considered for this themed issue.

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