A critical review of different prominent nanotechnologies adapted to catalysis is provided,
with focus on how they contribute to the improvement of selectivity in heterogeneous …

Mesoporous solid bases are extremely desirable in green catalytic processes, due to their
advantages of accelerated mass transport, negligible corrosion, and easy separation. Great …

Deoxygenation is an important reaction in the conversion of biomass-derived oxygenates to
fuels and chemicals. A key route for biomass refining involves the production of pyrolysis oil …

Silica-supported metal complex catalysts have been developed and used for organic
transformations. The surface environment around the supported metal complex enhances …

The catalytic cycloaddition of CO2 to epoxides to afford cyclic carbonates as useful
monomers, intermediates, solvents, and additives is a continuously growing field of …

The quest for efficient and “greener” catalysts for chemical processes has set a precedent for
the development of reliable methods for their synthesis. These methods, based on …

Immobilized cooperative catalysts are highly desirable from economic and environmental
points of view because of simpler separation and more convenient recovery and recycling of …

Numerous important reactions consisting of combinations of steps (for example,
hydrogenation and dehydration) have been found to require bifunctional catalysts with both …

Hybrid organic-inorganic catalysts have been extensively investigated by several research
groups in the last decades, as they allow combining the structural robust-ness of inorganic …

Abstract Design of new multifunctional nanocatalysts is a hot area of research that aims to
introduce multiple types of active sites on a single nanocatalyst. Multifunctional …