Catalysis Science & Technology Blog

This month sees the following articles in Catalysis Science & Technology that are in the top ten most accessed:-

[Ru(bpy)3]2+ aided photocatalytic synthesis of 2-arylpyridines via Hantzsch reaction under visible irradiation and oxygen atmosphere 
Rajakumar Ananthakrishnan and Sarifuddin Gazi  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012,2, 1463-1471 DOI: 10.1039/C2CY20050C     

Conversion of lignocellulose into renewable chemicals by heterogeneous catalysis 
Hirokazu Kobayashi ,  Hidetoshi Ohta and Atsushi Fukuoka  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012,2, 869-883 DOI: 10.1039/C2CY00500J     

Role of mixed metal oxides in catalysis science – A versatile applications in organic synthesis 
Manoj B. Gawande ,  Rajesh K. Pandey and Radha V. Jayaram  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012,2, 1113-1125 DOI: 10.1039/C2CY00490A     

Hierarchical TiO2 spherical nanostructures with tunable pore size, pore volume, and specific surface area: facile preparation and high-photocatalytic performance  
Baoshun Liu ,  Kazuya Nakata ,  Munetoshi Sakai ,  Hidenori Saito ,  Tsuyoshi Ochiai ,  Taketoshi Murakami ,  Katsuhiko Takagi and Akira Fujishima  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012,2, 1933-1939 DOI: 10.1039/C2CY00509C     

Rational design of heterogeneous catalysts for biodiesel synthesis 
Karen Wilson and Adam F. Lee  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012,2, 884-897 DOI: 10.1039/C2CY20038D     

Catalytic activity of unsupported gold nanoparticles 
Yusuke Mikami ,  Amarajothi Dhakshinamoorthy ,  Mercedes Alvaro and Hermenegildo García  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CY20068F     

Latent ruthenium based olefin metathesis catalyst with a sterically demanding NHC ligand 
Anita Leitgeb ,  Mudassar Abbas ,  Roland C. Fischer ,  Albert Poater ,  Luigi Cavallo and Christian Slugovc  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012,2, 1640-1643 DOI: 10.1039/C2CY20311A    

A review of controllable synthesis and enhancement of performances of bismuth tungstate visible-light-driven photocatalysts 
Liwu Zhang and Yongfa Zhu  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012,2, 694-706 DOI: 10.1039/C2CY00411A     

Catalytic Enantioselective Alkyl and Aryl Addition to Aldehydes and Ketones with Organozinc Reagents Derived from Alkyl Grignard Reagents or Arylboronic Acids 
Manabu Hatano ,  Riku Gouzu ,  Tomokazu Mizuno ,  Hitoshi Abe ,  Toshihide Yamada and Kazuaki Ishihara  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2011,1, 1149-1158 DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00108F     

Gold, palladium and gold-palladium supported nanoparticles for the synthesis of glycerol carbonate from glycerol and urea
Mohd Hasbi Ab Rahim ,  Qian He ,  Jose A. Lopez-Sanchez ,  Ceri Hammond ,  Nikolaos Dimitratos ,  Meenakshisundaram Sankar ,  Albert F. Carley ,  Christopher J. Kiely ,  David W. Knight and Graham J. Hutchings  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012,2, 1914-1924 DOI: 10.1039/C2CY20288C     

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This month sees the following articles in Catalysis Science & Technology that are in the top ten most accessed:-

Graphene-based materials for catalysis
Bruno F. Machado and Philippe Serp
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012,2, 54-75    DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00361E

A review of controllable synthesis and enhancement of performances of bismuth tungstate visible-light-driven photocatalysts
Liwu Zhang and Yongfa Zhu
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012,2, 694-706    DOI: 10.1039/C2CY00411A

Conversion of lignocellulose into renewable chemicals by heterogeneous catalysis
Hirokazu Kobayashi ,  Hidetoshi Ohta and Atsushi Fukuoka
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012,2, 869-883    DOI: 10.1039/C2CY00500J

Role of mixed metal oxides in catalysis science—versatile applications in organic synthesis
Manoj B. Gawande ,  Rajesh K. Pandey and Radha V. Jayaram
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012,2, 1113-1125    DOI: 10.1039/C2CY00490A

Design of hierarchical zeolite catalysts by desilication
Danny Verboekend and Javier Pérez-Ramírez
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2011,1, 879-890    DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00150G

Fischer–Tropsch reaction–diffusion in a cobalt catalyst particle: aspects of activity and selectivity for a variable chain growth probability
David Vervloet ,  Freek Kapteijn ,  John Nijenhuis and J. Ruud van Ommen
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012,2, 1221-1233    DOI: 10.1039/C2CY20060K

Rational design of heterogeneous catalysts for biodiesel synthesis
Karen Wilson and Adam F. Lee
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012,2, 884-897    DOI: 10.1039/C2CY20038D

Asymmetric catalytic carbon–carbon coupling reactions via C–H bond activation
Lei Yang and Hanmin Huang
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012,2, 1099-1112    DOI: 10.1039/C2CY20111A

Challenge and progress: palladium-catalyzed sp3 C–H activation
Hu Li ,  Bi-Jie Li and Zhang-Jie Shi
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2011,1, 191-206    DOI: 10.1039/C0CY00076K

Structure and catalytic properties of hexagonal molybdenum disulfide nanoplates
Carlos Fernando Castro-Guerrero ,  Francis Leonard Deepak ,  Arturo Ponce ,  Juan Cruz-Reyes ,  Mario Del Valle-Granados ,  Sergio Fuentes-Moyado ,  D. H. Galván and Miguel José-Yacamán
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2011,1, 1024-1031    DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00055A

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This month sees the following articles in Catalysis Science & Technology that are in the top ten most accessed:-

Graphene-based materials for catalysis 
Bruno F. Machado and Philippe Serp  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012,2, 54-75 DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00361E  

Conversion of lignocellulose into renewable chemicals by heterogeneous catalysis 
Hirokazu Kobayashi ,  Hidetoshi Ohta and Atsushi Fukuoka  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012,2, 869-883 DOI: 10.1039/C2CY00500J  

Preparation of Au/TiO2 exhibiting strong surface plasmon resonance effective for photoinduced hydrogen formation from organic and inorganic compounds under irradiation of visible light 
Atsuhiro Tanaka ,  Satoshi Sakaguchi ,  Keiji Hashimoto and Hiroshi Kominami  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012,2, 907-909 DOI: 10.1039/C2CY20108A  

Challenge and progress: palladium-catalyzed sp3 C–H activation 
Hu Li ,  Bi-Jie Li and Zhang-Jie Shi  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2011,1, 191-206 DOI: 10.1039/C0CY00076K  

Rational design of heterogeneous catalysts for biodiesel synthesis 
Karen Wilson and Adam F. Lee  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012,2, 884-897 DOI: 10.1039/C2CY20038D  

Metal-free photocatalytic degradation of 4-chlorophenol in water by mesoporous carbon nitride semiconductors 
Yanjuan Cui ,  Jianhui Huang ,  Xianzhi Fu and Xinchen Wang  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CY20036H  

Asymmetric catalytic carbon–carbon coupling reactions via C–H bond activation 
Lei Yang and Hanmin Huang  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012,2, 1099-1112 DOI: 10.1039/C2CY20111A  

A review of controllable synthesis and enhancement of performances of bismuth tungstate visible-light-driven photocatalysts 
Liwu Zhang and Yongfa Zhu  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012,2, 694-706 DOI: 10.1039/C2CY00411A  

Selective hydrogenation of acetophenone over nickel supported on titania 
K. Joseph Antony Raj ,  M. G. Prakash ,  R. Mahalakshmy ,  T. Elangovan and B. Viswanathan  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CY20134H  

Lanthanide modified semiconductor photocatalysts 
Amanda S. Weber ,  Anne M. Grady and Ranjit T. Koodali  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012,2, 683-693 DOI: 10.1039/C2CY00552B  

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This month sees the following articles in Catalysis Science & Technology that are in the top ten most accessed:-

Graphene-based materials for catalysis 
Bruno F. Machado and Philippe Serp  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, 2, 54-75 DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00361E   
  
Conversion of lignocellulose into renewable chemicals by heterogeneous catalysis 
Hirokazu Kobayashi ,  Hidetoshi Ohta and Atsushi Fukuoka  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, 2, 869-883 DOI: 10.1039/C2CY00500J   
  
Rational design of heterogeneous catalysts for biodiesel synthesis 
Karen Wilson and Adam F. Lee  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, 2, 884-897 DOI: 10.1039/C2CY20038D     

Nanostructured Titania: the current and future promise of Titania nanotubes 
Kevin C. Schwartzenberg and Kimberly A. Gray  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CY00538G    
 
Selective oxidation of glycerol to dihydroxyacetone over a Pd–Ag catalyst 
Shota Hirasawa ,  Yoshinao Nakagawa and Keiichi Tomishige  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CY20062G  
   
Metal–organic frameworks as heterogeneous catalysts for oxidation reactions 
Amarajothi Dhakshinamoorthy ,  Mercedes Alvaro and Hermenegildo Garcia
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2011, 1, 856-867 DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00068C   
  
Glycerol utilization: solvent-free acetalisation over niobia catalysts 
G. S. Nair ,  E. Adrijanto ,  A. Alsalme ,  I. V. Kozhevnikov ,  D. J. Cooke ,  D. R. Brown and N. R. Shiju  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CY00335J     

Shape-controlled synthesis of Cu2O microparticles and their catalytic performances in the Rochow reaction 
Zailei Zhang ,  Hongwei Che ,  Jiajian Gao ,  Yingli Wang ,  Xilin She ,  Jin Sun ,  Poernomo Gunawan ,  Ziyi Zhong and Fabing Su  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CY20070H     

Metal–organic frameworks for catalysis: the Knoevenagel reaction using zeolite imidazolate framework ZIF-9 as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst 
Lien T. L. Nguyen ,  Ky K. A. Le ,  Hien X. Truong and Nam T. S. Phan  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, 2, 521-528 DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00386K   
  
Fischer–Tropsch reaction–diffusion in a cobalt catalyst particle: aspects of activity and selectivity for a variable chain growth probability 
David Vervloet ,  Freek Kapteijn ,  John Nijenhuis and J. Ruud van Ommen  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CY20060K     

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This month sees the following articles in Catalysis Science & Technology that are in the top ten most accessed:-

Graphene-based materials for catalysis 
Bruno F. Machado and Philippe Serp  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, 2, 54-75 DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00361E    
 
CdS–graphene and CdS–CNT nanocomposites as visible-light photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution and organic dye degradation 
Aihua Ye ,  Wenqing Fan ,  Qinghong Zhang ,  Weiping Deng and Ye Wang 
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CY20027A     

Metal–organic frameworks as heterogeneous catalysts for oxidation reactions 
Amarajothi Dhakshinamoorthy ,  Mercedes Alvaro and Hermenegildo Garcia  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2011, 1, 856-867 DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00068C    
 
Asymmetric catalysis using iron complexes –‘Ruthenium Lite’? 
Muftah Darwish and Martin Wills  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, 2, 243-255 DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00390A     

Lanthanide modified semiconductor photocatalysts 
Amanda S. Weber ,  Anne M. Grady and Ranjit T. Koodali  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CY00552B    
 
Challenge and progress: palladium-catalyzed sp3 C–H activation 
Hu Li ,  Bi-Jie Li and Zhang-Jie Shi  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2011, 1, 191-206 DOI: 10.1039/C0CY00076K    
 
One-pot synthesis of CuO nanoflower-decorated reduced graphene oxide and its application to photocatalytic degradation of dyes 
Sen Liu ,  Jingqi Tian ,  Lei Wang ,  Yonglan Luo and Xuping Sun  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, 2, 339-344 DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00374G   
 
A review of controllable synthesis and enhancement of performances of bismuth tungstate visible-light-driven photocatalysts 
Liwu Zhang and Yongfa Zhu  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CY00411A    
 
Recent progress in the electrochemical conversion and utilization of CO2 
Neil S. Spinner ,  Jose A. Vega and William E. Mustain  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, 2, 19-28 DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00314C     

Large-scale synthesis of ceria-based nano-oxides with high CO oxidation activity 
Pankaj Bharali ,  Pranjal Saikia and Benjaram M. Reddy  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CY20024D     

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This month sees the following articles in Catalysis Science & Technology that are in the top ten most accessed:-

Graphene-based materials for catalysis 
Bruno F. Machado and Philippe Serp  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, 2, 54-75 DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00361E     

Iron(iii) metal?organic frameworks as solid Lewis acids for the isomerization of a-pinene oxide 
Amarajothi Dhakshinamoorthy ,  Mercedes Alvaro ,  Hubert Chevreau ,  Patricia Horcajada ,  Thomas Devic ,  Christian Serre  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, 2, 324-330 DOI: 10.1039/C2CY00376G     

Challenge and progress: palladium-catalyzed sp3 C?H activation 
Hu Li ,  Bi-Jie Li and Zhang-Jie Shi
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2011, 1, 191-206 DOI: 10.1039/C0CY00076K     

Asymmetric catalysis using iron complexes ??Ruthenium Lite?? 
Muftah Darwish and Martin Wills  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, 2, 243-255 DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00390A     

Synthesis of N-heterocyclic compounds over zeolite molecular sieve catalysts: an approach towards green chemistry 
V. V. Krishna Mohan Kandepi and Nama Narender  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CY00162D     

Material science for the support design: a powerful challenge for catalysis 
Alberto Villa ,  Marco Schiavoni and Laura Prati  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CY00355D     

Recent progress in the electrochemical conversion and utilization of CO2 
Neil S. Spinner ,  Jose A. Vega and William E. Mustain  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, 2, 19-28 DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00314C     

Ag nanoparticles decorated polyaniline nanofibers: synthesis, characterization, and applications toward catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol and electrochemical detection of H2O2 and glucose 
Guohui Chang ,  Yonglan Luo ,  Wenbo Lu ,  Xiaoyun Qin ,  Abdullah M. Asiri ,  Abdulrahman O. Al-Youbi and Xuping Sun  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CY00454B    
 
Mimicking nature’s strategies for the design of nanocatalysts 
Rohit Bhandari ,  Ryan Coppage and Marc R. Knecht  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, 2, 256-266 DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00350J     

A review of controllable synthesis and enhancement of performances of bismuth tungstate visible-light-driven photocatalysts 
Liwu Zhang and Yongfa Zhu  
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CY00411A     

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This month sees the following articles in Catalysis Science and Technology that are in the top ten most accessed:-

Graphene-based materials for catalysis 
Bruno F. Machado and Philippe Serp 
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, 2, 54-75 DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00361E    

Recent progress in the electrochemical conversion and utilization of CO2 
Neil S. Spinner, Jose A. Vega and William E. Mustain 
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, 2, 19-28 DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00314C    

Challenge and progress: palladium-catalyzed sp3 C–H activation 
Hu Li, Bi-Jie Li and Zhang-Jie Shi 
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2011, 1, 191-206 DOI: 10.1039/C0CY00076K    

Metal–organic frameworks for catalysis: the Knoevenagel reaction using zeolite imidazolate framework ZIF-9 as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst 
Lien T. L. Nguyen, Ky K. A. Le, Hien X. Truong and Nam T. S. Phan 
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00386K    

Design of hierarchical zeolite catalysts by desilication 
Danny Verboekend and Javier Pérez-Ramírez 
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2011, 1, 879-890 DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00150G   

Metal–organic frameworks as heterogeneous catalysts for oxidation reactions 
Amarajothi Dhakshinamoorthy, Mercedes Alvaro and Hermenegildo Garcia 
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2011, 1, 856-867 DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00068C    

Highly efficient and selective reduction of nitroarenes with hydrazine over supported rhodium nanoparticles 
Pingfei Luo, Kunling Xu, Rui Zhang, Lei Huang, Jun Wang, Weihong Xing and Jun Huang 
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, 2, 301-304 DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00358E    

Recent advances in organocatalytic asymmetric Michael reactions 
Yong Zhang and Wei Wang 
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, 2, 42-53 DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00334H    

A magnetically recoverable γ-Fe2O3 nanocatalyst for the synthesis of 2-phenylquinazolines under solvent-free conditions  
Narani Anand, Kannapu Hari Prasad Reddy, Tirumalasetty Satyanarayana, Kamaraju Seetha Rama Rao and David Raju Burri 
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2011, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00341K    

Shape-dependent catalytic activity of palladium nanocrystals for the oxidation of carbon monoxide 
Rui Wang, Hong He, Li-Cheng Liu, Hong-Xing Dai and Zhen Zhao 
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CY00417H    

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This month sees the following articles in Catalysis Science & Technology that are in the top ten most accessed:-

Synthesis of palladium nanocatalysts with cucurbit[n]uril as both a protecting agent and a support for Suzuki and Heck reactions 
Minna Cao, Ye Wei, Shuiying Gao and Rong Cao 
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, 2, 156-163 DOI:10.1039/c1cy00324k 

Graphene-based materials for catalysis 
Bruno F. Machado and Philippe Serp 
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, 2, 54-75 DOI:10.1039/c1cy00361e 

Synthesis of xanthene derivatives by employing Fe3O4 nanoparticles as an effective and magnetically recoverable catalyst in water 
Bahador Karami, S. Jafar Hoseini, Khalil Eskandari, Abdolmohammad Ghasemi and Hassan Nasrabadi 
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, Advance Article DOI:10.1039/c1cy00289a 

Heterogeneous catalysis for fine chemicals 
Mario Pagliaro and Graham J. Hutchings 
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2011, 1, 1543-1543 DOI:10.1039/c1cy90035h 

Recent progress in the electrochemical conversion and utilization of CO2 
Neil S. Spinner, Jose A. Vega and William E. Mustain 
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, 2, 19-28 DOI:10.1039/c1cy00314c 

One-pot synthesis of CuO nanoflower-decorated reduced graphene oxide and its application to photocatalytic degradation of dyes 
Sen Liu, Jingqi Tian, Lei Wang, Yonglan Luo and Xuping Sun 
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, Advance Article DOI:10.1039/c1cy00374g 

Challenge and progress: palladium-catalyzed sp3 C?H activation 
Hu Li, Bi-Jie Li and Zhang-Jie Shi 
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2011, 1, 191-206 DOI:10.1039/c0cy00076k 

PS-Pd-NHC: an efficient and heterogeneous recyclable catalyst for direct reductive amination of carbonyl compounds with primary/secondary amines in aqueous medium 
Dattatraya B. Bagal, Rahul A. Watile, Mayur V. Khedkar, Kishor P. Dhake and Bhalchandra M. Bhanage 
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, Advance Article DOI:10.1039/c1cy00392e 

Metal-organic frameworks as heterogeneous catalysts for oxidation reactions 
Amarajothi Dhakshinamoorthy, Mercedes Alvaro and Hermenegildo Garcia 
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2011, 1, 856-867 DOI:10.1039/c1cy00068c 

Selective synthesis of dimethyl carbonate from urea and methanol over Fe2O3/HMCM-49 
Cheng Zhang, Bin Lu, Xiaoguang Wang, Jingxiang Zhao and Qinghai Cai 
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, Advance Article DOI:10.1039/c1cy00216c 

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