Solid-state reaction synthesis of nanoscale materials: strategies and applications

A Kumar, S Dutta, S Kim, T Kwon, SS Patil… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanomaterials (NMs) with unique structures and compositions can give rise to exotic
physicochemical properties and applications. Despite the advancement in solution-based …

The golden age of transfer hydrogenation

D Wang, D Astruc - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Hydrogenation is one of the most fundamental transformations in organic synthesis, and its
industrial applications span from fine chemicals to pharmaceuticals synthesis. 1− 3 Direct …

Recent advances in catalytic transfer hydrogenation with formic acid over heterogeneous transition metal catalysts

R Nie, Y Tao, Y Nie, T Lu, J Wang, Y Zhang, X Lu… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Transition-metal-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation with an in situ hydrogen donor has
received a great deal of attention from both academia and industry as an alternative to the …

Functional mesoporous silica nanomaterials for catalysis and environmental applications

B Singh, J Na, M Konarova, T Wakihara… - Bulletin of the …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Silica materials are used in a wide range of applications such as catalysis, photocatalysis,
CO2 capture, and environmental remediation. These nanomaterials (NMs) have been …

Dendritic fibrous nanosilica for catalysis, energy harvesting, carbon dioxide mitigation, drug delivery, and sensing

A Maity, V Polshettiwar - ChemSusChem, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Morphology‐controlled nanomaterials such as silica play a crucial role in the development
of technologies for addressing challenges in the fields of energy, environment, and health …

A general post-synthetic modification approach of amino-tagged metal–organic frameworks to access efficient catalysts for the Knoevenagel condensation reaction

Y Luan, Y Qi, H Gao, RS Andriamitantsoa… - Journal of Materials …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
In this manuscript, four common transition-metal derived metal–organic frameworks have
been extensively investigated as heterogeneous catalyst supports for Knoevenagel …

Size and fiber density controlled synthesis of fibrous nanosilica spheres (KCC-1)

N Bayal, B Singh, R Singh, V Polshettiwar - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
We report a facile protocol for the synthesis of fibrous nano-silica (KCC-1) with controllable
size and fiber density. In this work, we have shown that the particle size, fiber density …

Atomic Layer Deposited (ALD) TiO2 on Fibrous Nano-Silica (KCC-1) for Photocatalysis: Nanoparticle Formation and Size Quantization Effect

R Singh, R Bapat, L Qin, H Feng, V Polshettiwar - Acs Catalysis, 2016 - ACS Publications
In this work we report the design and synthesis of high-surface-area photocatalysts by
coating TiO2 on fibrous nanosilica (KCC-1) using atomic layer deposition (ALD). Our …

Dendritic fibrous nano-particles (DFNPs): rising stars of mesoporous materials

Y Wang, X Du, Z Liu, S Shi, H Lv - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Dendritic fibrous nano-particles (DFNPs) with three-dimensional (3D) center-radial channels
and hierarchical pores have unique structural characteristics including open pore …

Multimetal-MOF-derived transition metal alloy NPs embedded in an N-doped carbon matrix: highly active catalysts for hydrogenation reactions

J Long, K Shen, L Chen, Y Li - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Transition metal NPs and their alloy NPs have attracted significant attention due to their low
cost and potential to replace noble-metal-based catalysts in many reaction systems; …