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Hot Article: Photocatalysis with hexagonal boron nitride

In this Catalysis Science & Technology Hot article Liqiang Xu and co-workers from Shandong University, China, make hexagonal boron nitride submicro-boxes and test their photocatalytic properties.

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High yield synthesis of novel boron nitride submicro-boxes and their photocatalytic application under visible light irradiation
Meng Wang, Menghua Li, Liqiang Xu, Liancheng Wang, Zhicheng Ju, Guangda Li and Yiti Qian
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00111F

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Catalysis Science & Technology is now on LinkedIn

If you’re on LinkedIn you’ll be delighted to hear that we are too!

Catalysis Science & Technology now have our own LinkedIn group, so come join us, to keep in touch with what is going on in the journal.

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Hot Article: Iridium clusters in ethene hydrogenation

This Catalysis Science & Technology Hot paper looks at how species like ethylidyne, ethyne, vinylidene and ethane are formed during ethene hydrogenation on iridium clusters.

The authors look at the structure and stability of the bare and hydrogenated iridium tetramers involved in the process.

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Interaction of ethene and ethyne with bare and hydrogenated Ir4 clusters. A density functional study
Galina P. Petrova, Georgi N. Vayssilov and Notker Rösch
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00114K

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Catalysis Science & Technology at Europacat X

Jamie Humphrey, Managing Editor for Catalysis Science & Technology will be at Europacat X, in Glasgow at the end of August.

Keynote speakers include Istvan Horvath, Matthias Beller, Rutger van Santen and Charles Campbell. Find out more about the conference by visiting the Europacat website, or contact us if you’re going to be there.

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Hot Article: Making phenol with vanadium silicalite zeolites

Changwei Hu and colleagues from Sichuan University, investigate vanadium silicalite zeolite catalysts in this Catalysis Science & Technology Hot article.

The authors particularly look at the selective oxidation of benzene to phenol with hydrogen peroxide in acetic acid as the solvent.

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Nature of vanadium species on vanadium silicalite-1 zeolite and their stability in hydroxylation reaction of benzene to phenol
Bin Guo, Liangfang Zhu, Xiaoke Hu, Qian Zhang, Dongmei Tong, Guiying Li and Changwei Hu
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00105A

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Hot Review Article: Syngas generations using gas to liquid processes

This Perspective article by Eduardo Falabella Sousa-Aguiar, from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and colleagues, has been chosen as a Catalysis Science & Technology Hot article.

The review focuses on gas to liquid processes, which are used in the conversion of natural gas to hydrocarbons (either to form a synthetic version of crude oil, or more specific higher molecular weight hydrocarbons)

The authors look at the gas to liquid process for making syngas, catalytic partial oxidation of methane, membrane reactors, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and also the technological aspects of a GTL plant.

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The main catalytic challenges in GTL (gas-to-liquids) processes
Eduardo Falabella Sousa-Aguiar, Fabio Bellot Noronha and Arnaldo Faro, Jr.
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00116G

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ICIQ Summer School on organometallic catalysis

The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Tarragonna, Spain, is hosting a summer school on organometallic catalysis in July.

The idea of the meeting is to bring together young researchers and distinguished chemists working in organometallic catalysis.

Dr Jamie Humphrey, Catalysis Science & Technology Managing Editor, will be attending and speaking on how best to prepare an article for publication. Jamie will be joining a range of notable speakers including Profs Amos B. Smith III, John Hartwig, Paul Knochel and Polly Arnold. To find out more, visit the ICIQ Summer School website…

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Graham Hutchings featured in Chemistry World

Catalysis Science & Technology Advisory Board member Graham Hutchings, from Cardiff University, has had his recent research highlighted in Chemistry World. His paper, published in Nature Chemistry, looks at improving the catalytic activity of gold nanoparticles, by removing the ligands used in the initial synthesis.

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Interested in catalysis with gold? Upcoming Faraday Discussion 152 is focused on the precise nature of the catalysed reactions of gold, register now!!

Faraday Discussion 152: Gold – Last chance to register!

4 – 6 July 2011, Cardiff, UK

www.rsc.org/fd152

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Partially hydrolysed beta-glucan from yeast cells

In this recently published Catalysis Science & Technology article, Tatiana Felix Ferreira and colleagues from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro extract beta-glucan from yeast cell walls.

Glucans are an important part of a good diet as they help keep the immune system healthy and are important in glycemia control. Glucans are a type of polysaccharide, and include substances like cellulose.

Ferreira’s team wanted to obtain partially hydrolysed beta-glucan as this is more easily absorbed by the digestive system. Read the full article to find out how they did this…

A new method to obtain β-glucan from Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells
Tatiana Felix Ferreira, Leonardo Rodrigues de Andrade, Maria Alice Zarur Coelho and Maria Helena Miguez da Rocha-Leão
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0CY00057D

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North American Catalysis Society meeting, Detroit

Dr Jamie Humphrey, Catalysis Science & Technology‘s Managing Editor, will be attending the North American Catalysis Society meeting next week in Detroit.

If you’d like to meet up with Jamie while he is there, please contact us.

To see which other conferences the team will be attending visit our earlier blog post…

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