Biomass conversion to platform chemicals, value-added chemicals, or fuels is important
because it provides a sustainable or carbon-neutral alternative to fossil fuel feedstocks …

A handful of small organics, namely, ethylene, propylene, butadiene, benzene, toluene,
xylenes, and methanol, produced from petroleum and other fossilized carbon-based …

We present a perspective for accelerating biomass manufacturing via digitalization. We
summarize the challenges for manufacturing and identify areas where digitalization can …

Chemical syntheses of industrially important olefins and unsaturated oxygenates from
biomass are reviewed. Their syntheses are discussed in two aspects: common key reactions …

Atomic layer deposition (ALD) was used to prepare ZrO 2 films on the surface of the
mesoporous silica, SBA-15, and to modify the surface of these films with WO 3 in order to …

Aldol condensation reactions between furfural and various ketones were studied in a flow
reactor at 373 K and 100 psi for application to upgrading of furfural. Specific rates for the …

Lactic acid can be prepared by isomerization of renewable dihydroxyacetone over acid
catalysts. However, the activities of Lewis acid and Brønsted acid sites in dihydroxyacetone …

Ray Gorte has made major contributions to catalysis science and engineering in several
fields throughout his more than 40 years career spanning surface science, solid acids, fuel …

A kinetic investigation of the vapor-phase Hofmann elimination of tert-butylamine (TBA) over
H-ZSM-5 reveals a carbocation-mediated E1-like mechanism, where isobutene and …

Renewable 1, 3-butadiene (1, 3-BD, C4H6) was synthesized from the tandem decyclization
and dehydration of biomass-derived tetrahydrofuran (THF) on weak Brønsted acid zeolite …