A critical review of different prominent nanotechnologies adapted to catalysis is provided,
with focus on how they contribute to the improvement of selectivity in heterogeneous …

Zeolites are a class of materials that are of great relevance for industrial catalysis. Several
fundamental questions relating to the structure and role of the Lewis acid sites in these …

Producing chemicals and energy from renewable biomass is critical in tackling the energy
crisis. As a by-product of biomass conversion, biochar with its low price, extensive sources …

In the past decade or so, small-pore zeolites have received greater attention than large-and
medium-pore molecular sieves that have historically dominated the literature. This is …

Increasing demand for sustainable chemicals and fuels has pushed academia and industry
to search for alternative feedstocks replacing crude oil in traditional refineries. As a result, an …

Increasing demand for renewable chemicals and fuels has stimulated the search for
alternative feedstocks and is driving the ongoing transition to a more renewables-based …

Zeolites are versatile and fascinating materials which are vital for a wide range of industries,
due to their unique structural and chemical properties, which are the basis of applications in …

This review addresses the most relevant aspects of vibrational spectroscopies (IR, Raman
and INS) applied to zeolites and zeotype materials. Surface Brønsted and Lewis acidity and …

Nanosized faujasite (FAU) crystals have great potential as catalysts or adsorbents to more
efficiently process present and forthcoming synthetic and renewable feedstocks in oil …

Liquid reductive processing of birch wood in the presence of commercial Ru/C or Pd/C
catalysts yields about 50% of a select set of phenolic monomers and a variety of phenolic di …