Metal oxide catalysts have numerous industrial applications. 1− 7 In addition, oxides
catalyze many important reactions whose conversion or selectivity is too low to be …

Catalytic oxidation is a key technology for converting petroleum-based feedstocks to useful
chemicals of a high oxidation state such as alcohols, carbonyl compounds, and epoxides …

Making most of our fuels and chemicals from fossil hydrocarbons is unsustainable. However,
until costeffective renewable sources are developed, natural gas could provide a secure …

Advances in fossil fuel exploration have continued to drive availability of lower alkane
feedstocks for the chemical industry. Lower alkanes are potential precursors to the plethora …

A microwave-assisted sol-gel method was employed for the preparetion of nano-sized MgO
particles using Mg (NO3) 2· 6H2O as precursor and deionized water as solvent. The sample …

High surface area magnesium oxide (∼ 250–300 m 2 g− 1) was synthesized via the thermal
decomposition of different precursors including (MgCO 3) 4 Mg (OH) 2, Mg (OH) 2, MgCO 3 …

MgO-CeO 2 catalysts were investigated for selective synthesis of glycerol carbonate by
glycerol transesterification with dimethyl carbonate as carbonating source. Co-precipitation …

Cyclopentanone is a promising building block in the conversion of biomass to fuels. It can be
readily obtained from furanics derived from biomass and can be converted to intermediate …

Shaped MgO support of high surface area (307–397 m2g− 1), mesoporous texture and good
hardness was prepared by hydration/calcination of commercial, low surface area MgO. For …

A surfactant assisted precipitation method was employed for the preparation of
nanocrystalline magnesium oxide with high specific surface area and plate-like shape …