Molecular views on mechanisms of Brønsted acid-catalyzed reactions in zeolites

C Chizallet, C Bouchy, K Larmier… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The Brønsted acidity of proton-exchanged zeolites has historically led to the most impactful
applications of these materials in heterogeneous catalysis, mainly in the fields of …

Make it clean, make it safe: A review on virus elimination via adsorption

L Sellaoui, M Badawi, A Monari, T Tatarchuk… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recently, the potential dangers of viral infection transmission through water and air have
become the focus of worldwide attention, via the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. The …

Structural characterization of protonated water clusters confined in HZSM-5 zeolites

JH Hack, JP Dombrowski, X Ma, Y Chen… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A molecular description of the structure and behavior of water confined in aluminosilicate
zeolite pores is a crucial component for understanding zeolite acid chemistry under hydrous …

Modular Pd/zeolite composites demonstrating the key role of support hydrophobic/hydrophilic character in methane catalytic combustion

P Losch, W Huang, O Vozniuk, ED Goodman… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Complete catalytic oxidation of methane in the presence of steam at low temperatures (T<
400° C) is a crucial reaction for emission control, yet it presents profound challenges. The …

Increasing the Number of Aluminum Atoms in T3 Sites of a Mordenite Zeolite by Low‐Pressure SiCl4 Treatment to Catalyze Dimethyl Ether Carbonylation

R Liu, B Fan, W Zhang, L Wang, L Qi… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Controlling the location of aluminum atoms in a zeolite framework is critical for
understanding structure–performance relationships of catalytic reaction systems and …

A review of atomistic simulation methods for surface physical-chemistry phenomena applied to froth flotation

Y Foucaud, M Badawi, L Filippov, I Filippova… - Minerals …, 2019 - Elsevier
The froth flotation method, which is used for the processing of most non-ferrous ores,
involves the adsorption of both organic and inorganic reagents at the mineral/water …

Charge-separation driven mechanism via acylium ion intermediate migration during catalytic carbonylation in mordenite zeolite

W Chen, KA Tarach, X Yi, Z Liu, X Tang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
By employing ab initio molecular dynamic simulations, solid-state NMR spectroscopy, and
two-dimensional correlation analysis of rapid scan Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy …

Toward the atomic scale simulation of intricate acidic aluminosilicate catalysts

C Chizallet - Acs Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
Zeolites are nanoporous aluminosilicates with well-defined crystalline structures, considered
key assets in heterogeneous catalysis, with a broad range of industrial applications …

Spectroscopic expression of the external surface sites of H-ZSM-5

L Treps, C Demaret, D Wisser… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The nature and spectroscopic expression of external surface sites of zeolites, in particular
ZSM-5, is a long-debated question. Herein, we use three cutting-edge techniques: Fourier …

Hydrogen bond formation of Brønsted acid sites in zeolites

C Schroeder, V Siozios, C Mück-Lichtenfeld… - Chemistry of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Brønsted acid sites (BAS) in dry aluminosilicate zeolites, also known as bridging OH–H
groups, may form hydrogen bonds with other framework oxygen atoms, O, in addition to BAS …