Pickering emulsion catalysis: interfacial chemistry, catalyst design, challenges, and perspectives

L Ni, C Yu, Q Wei, D Liu, J Qiu - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Pickering emulsions are particle‐stabilized surfactant‐free dispersions composed of two
immiscible liquid phases, and emerge as attractive catalysis platform to surpass traditional …

Multiphase microreactors based on liquid–liquid and gas–liquid dispersions stabilized by colloidal catalytic particles

D Dedovets, Q Li, L Leclercq… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Pickering emulsions, foams, bubbles, and marbles are dispersions of two immiscible liquids
or of a liquid and a gas stabilized by surface‐active colloidal particles. These systems can …

Water-mediated heterogeneously catalyzed reactions

G Li, B Wang, DE Resasco - Acs Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
Nature takes advantage of the pervasive presence of water to control many enzymatic
reactions by utilizing the unique properties of water, which in turn help regulating reaction …

Genesis and stability of hydronium ions in zeolite channels

M Wang, NR Jaegers, MS Lee, C Wan… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The catalytic sites of acidic zeolite are profoundly altered by the presence of water changing
the nature of the Brønsted acid site. High-resolution solid-state NMR spectroscopy shows …

Chemical insights into the design and development of face-centered cubic ruthenium catalysts for Fischer–Tropsch synthesis

WZ Li, JX Liu, J Gu, W Zhou, SY Yao, R Si… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Ruthenium is a promising low-temperature catalyst for Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS).
However, its scarcity and modest specific activity limit its widespread industrialization. We …

Heterogeneous catalysis in water

L Lin, Y Ge, H Zhang, M Wang, D Xiao, D Ma - JACS Au, 2021 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous catalytic processes produce the majority of the fuels and chemicals in the
chemical industry and have kept improving the welfare of human beings for centuries …

Speciation of ruthenium as a reduction promoter of silica-supported Co catalysts: a time-resolved in situ XAS investigation

J Hong, E Marceau, AY Khodakov, L Gaberová… - ACS …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Complete reduction of the metal phase in cobalt-containing catalysts is often difficult to reach
and can be promoted by a small amount of noble metals. Because these costly promoters …

Water‐Induced Micro‐Hydrophobic Effect Regulates Benzene Methylation in Zeolite

C Wang, Y Chu, D Xiong, H Wang, M Hu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Water is a ubiquitous component in heterogeneous catalysis over zeolites and can
significantly influence the catalyst performance. However, the detailed mechanism insights …

Multiwalled carbon nanotubes at the interface of Pickering emulsions

NM Briggs, JS Weston, B Li, D Venkataramani… - Langmuir, 2015 - ACS Publications
Carbon nanotubes exhibit very unique properties in biphasic systems. Their interparticle
attraction leads to reduced droplet coalescence rates and corresponding improvements in …

The promotional role of water in heterogeneous catalysis: mechanism insights from computational modeling

CR Chang, ZQ Huang, J Li - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Water is the key to life in our planet. As one of the most abundant resources on the earth,
water may play important roles in chemical reactions in addition to being a reaction medium …