A theory/experience description of support effects in carbon-supported catalysts

IC Gerber, P Serp - Chemical Reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
The support plays an important role for supported metal catalysts by positioning itself as a
macromolecular ligand, which conditions the nature of the active site and contributes …

Supramolecular luminescent sensors

TL Mako, JM Racicot, M Levine - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
There is great need for stand-alone luminescence-based chemosensors that exemplify
selectivity, sensitivity, and applicability and that overcome the challenges that arise from …

Surface patterning of two-dimensional nanostructure-embedded photothermal hydrogels for high-yield solar steam generation

Y Lu, D Fan, Y Wang, H Xu, C Lu, X Yang - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Improving evaporation rate is extremely important to promote the application of solar steam
generation in clean water production through seawater desalination. However, the …

Nanoconfinement-mediated water treatment: from fundamental to application

J Qian, X Gao, B Pan - Environmental Science & Technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
Safe and clean water is of pivotal importance to all living species and the ecosystem on
earth. However, the accelerating economy and industrialization of mankind generate water …

Spatial confinement: A green pathway to promote the oxidation processes for organic pollutants removal from water

H Yi, E Almatrafi, D Ma, X Huo, L Qin, L Li, X Zhou… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Organic pollutants removal from water is pressing owing to the great demand for clean
water. Oxidation processes (OPs) are the commonly used method. However, the efficiency of …

The shape of water in zeolites and its impact on epoxidation catalysis

DT Bregante, MC Chan, JZ Tan, EZ Ayla… - Nature Catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
Solvent structures that surround active sites reorganize during catalysis and influence the
stability of surface intermediates. Within zeolite pores, H2O molecules form hydrogen …

Unique reactivity of nanoporous cellulosic materials mediated by surface-confined water

M Beaumont, P Jusner, N Gierlinger, AWT King… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The remarkable efficiency of chemical reactions is the result of biological evolution, often
involving confined water. Meanwhile, developments of bio-inspired systems, which exploit …

[HTML][HTML] Confinement boosted heterogeneous advanced oxidation processes

H Dai, N Li, J Ye, J Zhao, X He, X Duan, B Yan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Confined catalysts with large surface areas and adjustable pore and channel sizes have
been recently used in advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) for water and wastewater …

Ordered hydrogen-bonded alcohol networks confined in Lewis acid zeolites accelerate transfer hydrogenation turnover rates

JR Di Iorio, BA Johnson… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The disruption of ordered water molecules confined within hydrophobic reaction pockets
alters the energetics of adsorption and catalysis, but a mechanistic understanding of how …

Nanoconfined fluids: What can we expect from them?

C Sun, R Zhou, Z Zhao, B Bai - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nanoconfined fluids (NCFs), which are confined in nanospaces, exhibit distinctive
nanoscale effects, including surface effects, small-size effects, quantum effects, and others …