Hydronium ion and water complexes vs. methanol on solid catalyst surfaces: how confinement influences stability and reactivity

Z Li, D Dittmann, C Rieg, M Benz… - Catalysis Science & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Water and alcohols like methanol are key substrates in catalysis. Thus, adsorption on
catalysts plays a key role in chemical reactions. Herein we investigate how surface sites and …

Correlating Surface Chemistry to Surface Relaxivity via TD-NMR Studies of Polymer Particle Suspensions

MT Suekuni, AM Allgeier - JACS Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
This study elucidates the impact of surface chemistry on solvent spin relaxation rates via
time-domain nuclear magnetic resonance (TD-NMR). Suspensions of polymer particles of …

Catalytic Cracking of 1, 3, 5‐Triisopropylbenzene and Low‐Density Polyethylene over Hierarchical Y Zeolites and Al‐SBA‐15

J Mensah, P Yan, A Rawal, AF Lee, K Wilson… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Catalytic cracking of high molecular weight hydrocarbons underpins the production of fossil
fuels from petroleum vapour and the recycling of polyolefin waste plastic. However, thermal …

NMR surface relaxivity in a time-dependent porous system

N Robinson, R Nasharuddin, EO Fridjonsson… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We demonstrate an unexpected decay-recovery behavior in the time-dependent H 1 NMR
relaxation times of water confined within a hydrating porous material. Our observations are …

[HTML][HTML] Petrophysical evaluation of the Lower Permian formation as a potential reservoir for CO2-EGS–Case study from NW Poland

A Sowiżdżał, G Machowski, A Krzyżak… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Petrophysical evaluation of the Lower Permian formation was performed on the basis of the
results of laboratory tests of rocks including pore space investigations using the Mercury …

[HTML][HTML] Adsorbate/adsorbent interactions in microporous zeolites: Mechanistic insights from NMR relaxation and DFT calculations

C D'Agostino, P Bräuer, J Zheng, N Robinson… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxation is an effective and non-invasive technique
for probing guest-host interactions in porous materials. In particular, the ratio of longitudinal …

[HTML][HTML] Heteropolyacids supported on zirconia-doped γ, θ and α alumina: A physicochemical assessment and characterisation of supported solid acids

L Forster, Z Qie, M Hu, A Mavridis, C Price… - Applied Surface …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper we carry out a surface study of promising supported solid acid catalysts
commonly used for the production of high value chemicals derived from glycerol. In …

Host-guest interactions and confinement effects in HZSM-5 and chabazite zeolites studied by low-field NMR spin relaxation

C D'Agostino, APE York, P Bräuer - Materials Today Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
The characterization of fluid/solid interactions in porous materials is crucial for their design
and optimization, most notably in applications such as adsorption and catalysis. Yet, probing …

Generalized Cross-Validation as a Method of Hyperparameter Search for MTGV Regularization

JBB Beckmann, A Sparks, JA Ward-Williams… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
The concept of generalized cross-validation (GCV) is applied to modified total generalized
variation (MTGV) regularization. Current implementations of the MTGV regularization rely on …

Characterizing solid–liquid interactions in a mesoporous catalyst support using variable-temperature fast field cycling NMR

J Ward-Williams, JP Korb, L Rozing… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Variable-temperature fast field cycling NMR measurements are used to probe the surface
dynamics of different liquids imbibed within a γ-alumina catalyst support material. The …