Nanocatalysis

Synthesis and design of new nanocatalysts is an important area of research that aims to introduce multiple types of useful applications in a greener market. The necessity of nanostructuring the active sites has emerged as the key point in a successful design of the catalysts. The book covers the progress in this research area done in the last ten years. It includes the classification of catalysts and structure of active sites at the nanoscale. The book covers examples to present the concept, evolution of nanocatalysts from the perspective of chemistry of materials and their applications.

Vanesa Calvino-Casilda, Antonio José López-Peinado, Rosa María Martín-Aranda, Elena Pérez Mayoral

Overview. New Feedstocks. Nanocatalysts from biomass and transforming biomass. Nanocatalysts for glycerol transformations. Producing fuels and fine chemicals from biomass using nanomagnetic materials. New materials. Nanocatalyst in the industrial processes. Nanocatalyst for relevant green industrial processes..Nanoscience in the petrochemical industry. Overview. Zeolites: the most useful nanocatalyst for petrochemicals. Nanocatalysis in the commodities production. Au, Pd y Pt nanotechnologies. Nanocatalysts in the heterocyclization reactions for the synthesis of biologically heterocyclic scalfolds. Nanocatalysts in the synthesis and degradation of plastics, polymers and textile. Metathesis reaction. Magnetically separable nanocatalysts. Industrial enzymatic nanocatalysts. New methodologies. Environmental nanocatalysts. Environmental remediation with nanocatalysts. Water treatment with nanocatalysts. Photonanocatalysis with nanocatalysts. Nanocatalysts for energy production. Nanocatalysts for biofuel production. Mechanistic understanding of toxicology from nanocatalyst.