Mesoporous non-siliceous oxides have attracted great interest due to their unique properties
and potential applications. Since the discovery of mesoporous silicates in 1990s, organic …

The oxidation and corrosion of metals are fundamental problems in materials science and
technology that have been studied using a large variety of experimental and computational …

The oxides of copper (CuxO) are fascinating materials due to their remarkable optical,
electrical, thermal and magnetic properties. Nanostructuring of CuxO can further enhance …

Propylene oxide (PO) is a versatile chemical, mainly used in the synthesis of polyurethane
plastics. Propylene epoxidation using molecular oxygen could replace the tedious current …

1.1. Background Copper proteins that bind and/or activate dioxygen perform a variety of
critical biological functions. 1-3 These include O2 transport (hemocyanin, Hc), 4 aromatic …

This paper describes a vapor-phase approach to the facial synthesis of cupric oxide (CuO)
nanowires supported on the surfaces of various copper substrates that include grids, foils …

The electronic structure of Cu 2 O and CuO thin films grown on Cu (110) was characterized
by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). The …

Copper active sites play a major role in biological and abiological dioxygen activation.
Oxygen intermediates have been studied in detail for the proteins and enzymes involved in …

Propylene epoxidation with O2 to propylene oxide is a very valuable reaction but remains as
a long-standing challenge due to unavailable efficient catalysts with high selectivity. Herein …

The present investigation reports, the novel synthesis of nanoparticles Cu and Cu2O using
thermal decomposition and its physicochemical characterization. The nanoparticles copper …