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different behaviours of hydro-char production through hydrothermal carbonisation (HTC) process...
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and acid-base properties of catalyst surfaces leading to an improved understanding of the nature of...
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systems we were targeting can be prepared using a novel concept in catalysis, namely the use of two...
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the synthesis of high value chemicals. Reactions such as Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling are...
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Jeuken (Leeds), Julea Butt (Norwich) and Erwin Reisner (Cambridge) groups. During that...
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gelation) of acid-sensitive hydrocolloids was initially set out to focus around alginate as the...
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effective nano-reactors in over 15 different types of reactions: 1) confinement of reacting...
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could be produced in 2 minutes, simply by choosing the correct operating conditions. This could be...
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with added value. To achieve this we must supply energy and use a catalyst.
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stimulated by visible light activated catalysts. These catalysts stimulate the formation of a...
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catalysts featuring NHC ligands
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was developed for modern vehicles. The system comprises lean NOx catalysts (i.e. Selective...
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of metal nanoparticles on curved supports. This created a completely new pathway for the synthesis...
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sewage waters and primary sewage sludge. We have developed an applied a new in situ microscopy...
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complexes and materials have been prepared and characterised using single crystal X-ray...
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manufacture, redox exsolution delivers catalytic nanoparticles of great stability and resistant to...
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as follows:
Protein domains are structural modules often associated with particular functions. The...
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compounds react with an important emerging class of catalysts. Insights into reaction mechanisms...
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catalysts based upon metal-organic frameworks for various catlaytic reactions. These include the...
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for studying different kind of materials of industrial interest. These materials were studied with...
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single-photon detection scheme that can record the arrival times of photons at a detector along...
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can efficiently facilitate the conversion of sunlight to chemical energy remains an ongoing...
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for a wide variety of research questions such as analysis of historical paintings, photovoltaic...
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project are as follows.
1. Workplace health and wellbeing practices, in combination as an...
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to prepare us to develop a full proposal - which we submitted to NERC/EPSRC in July 2014. We've...
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of carbon-carbon double bonds (alkenes) with water. Depending on the catalyst used for the...
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studied using density functional theory (DFT). The effect of heteroatomic substitution of boron and...
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to address issues with global population, energy and material demands increasing. This is dependent...
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which compounds containing transition metals are able to catalyse (speed up) challenging chemical...
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enjoyed an extremely successful period of operation over the last four years. Over 92% of scheduled...
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durable catalysts for conversion of hydrocarbons and biogas into useful chemicals and energy, with...
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Electron Nuclear Double Resonance (ENDOR) spectroscopies were used to study the fundamental nature...
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project was further developed during the reporting period. Investigators have been working on the...
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project was the plasmachemical functionalisation of
microreactor walls supplied by Liverpool...
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electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 have been identified and incorporated into demonstration devices....
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efficiently interconverted by tungsten-containing formate dehydrogenases that surpass current...
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non-linear polymer as means of protection of composite structures. Newtonian fluids, like water for...
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UK Catalysis Hub to be established. 8 initial projects have been set up in the Environment theme of...
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earth-abundant metal for the synthesis of polyureas from the dehydrogenative coupling of...
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Following on from a previous project where we assessed the feasibility of extraction of functional...
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intermediate temperature proton-conducting membrane electrolyte materials for electrolysers. Such...
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based academics with different research expertise. Two of these academics are chemists based in...
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that a conductive membrane protein can be coupled to inorganic light harvesting nano-particles, and...
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was studied over ZSM-5 catalyst under sub- and supercritical conditions within a down-flow fixed...
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and synthesising a tranche of exotic new materials known as electrides. These are solids in which...
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relevant chemical motifs for pharmaceuticals, using only natural catalysts in water and avoiding...
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controlled architecture and containing silica based functional groups to enable them to be used in...
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religions that because the Jains in India, one of the oldest surviving religious traditions, never...
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solvent effects on reaction rates, including catalyst deactivation, for Grubbs 2 catalysed ring...
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geometry catalysts with variation of a number of fragments to investigate how these effect the...
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biomimic photosynthesis to make a hydrid inorganic-biological system that could (1) harvest light...
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acids deposited from the gas phase in vacuum will bind strongly to titanium dioxide surfaces and...
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that are required for the well-being of society. Without effective catalysts life as we currently...
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successfully by metal-reducing bacteria and shown (for the first time) to catalyse "Click...
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developed as the therapeutic component of the first point of care (POC) device capable of the early...
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into the structural aspects of molecular adsorption on surfaces as well as providing further...
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far:
Preliminary results may indicate that pancreatic cancer spheroids grown in the lab...
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questions during the funded period through a combination of traditional archival and art historical...
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£10k) for over 50 ECRs across the University (hence a project-specific email not possible), a...
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produce our wastewater treatment catalyst by ~ 20% by reducing the concentration of some of the...
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initially taking a fluid precursor (polymer solution or molten polymer), shaping the fluid and...
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foodstuffs, cleaning materials and personal care products, rely on the ability to modify starting...
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slurry process for the reaction of carbon dioxide and hydrogen to produce methanol. The catalysts...
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membrane reactor for the activation reactions of methane (to aromatic compounds and higher...
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called "electroplating", has been used for over a century to deposit thin continuous...
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Novel catalysts for photo-generation of fuels and cyclic carbonates
- Comparative study of...
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an electron poor metal and an electron rich, but labile ligand are able to activate a variety of...
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developed as part of the current work that has been demonstrated to mimic the differential...
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3D structures has been advanced, potentially allowing greater control over the final properties of...
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medical devices for the spine to evaluate their time-dependent performance. These laboratory tests...
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self-assembling catalysts we had discovered. The mechanistic study was rather challenging and...
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Land on Nuclear Sites
In the UK, the Sellafield nuclear site has entered a phase of waste...
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been employed to examine the microstructure of ß-sitosterol : ?-oryzanol organogels in sunflower...
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provides support for all UK scientists engaged in developing and exploiting computer simulation...
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building within Thailand. This short term pilot study was not funded to continue but the Thai...
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strategies to find dosing rates of catalysts and reactants that increase the yield and selectivity...
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Process In-situ (CAPRI) was previously developed, investigated in an experimental project by the...
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FtsH Chaperone/Protease project:
Expression: We successfully expressed the FtsH, HflKC and...
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to make valuable chemical building blocks, primarily by the use of transition metal catalysis....
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metal nitrides provide effective sites for reactivity in ammonia synthesis and our work is now...
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project requires the identification and production of enzymes to be used as catalysts. Three new...
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enzymes (biological catalysts) and the reactions they catalyse.
Enzymes make possible all chemical...
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calculations and some viable candidate materials have been synthesised. These materials have been...
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work at Edinburgh, our aim was to understand how precursor clusters or droplets in small-molecule...
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developed in situ gas cell scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) imaging and analytical...
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allow us to perform retro-aldol chemistry on proteins, enabling reversible bioconjugation of small...
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philanthropy has increased substantially over the last decade, developments in practice, policy and...
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broad and in the field of energy materials and structural biology. Some of the key findings have...
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maintained by fertiliser produced from ammonia that is formed via the Haber Bosch Process. As the...
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sold form screening combining computational crystal structure calculation with advanced...
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wild species related to tomato: Solanum chilense and Solanum sitiens. Assemblies were constructed...
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SHEAR/FATHUM flood impact research programme, which introduced a livelihoods dimension to the flood...
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understanding of, and control over, multi-component gels. We have developed a range of innovative...
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national facility, through the UKCP consortium. The nature of the research carried out is quite...
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previously developed for the synthesis of ethylene carbonate from ethylene oxide could be used to...
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chemical methodologies for the preparation of molecules containing atoms of nitrogen. This class of...
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nylon. This strategy is to convert glucose to the key intermediates for manufacture of nylon. Two...
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nanomaterials are crucial to being able to manipulate these new chemical entities and exploit their...
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linear free energy relationships, isotope effects and kinetic mechanistic analysis with different...
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which can produce polymers at high temperatures and are therefore suitable for use under industrial...