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Designed Synthesis of Zeolites for Environmental and Biorenewables Catalysis

Lead Research Organisation: University of Portsmouth
Department Name: Sch of Pharmacy & Biomedical Sciences

Abstract

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Description Zeolite materials have many important industrial applications, notably in the area of catalysis. One of the key challenges in this area of work is to be able to design zeolite structures that are optimised for a particular catalytic process. In order to achieve this, we need to understand the relationship between the zeolite and the organic structure directing agents (OSDAs) used in their synthesis. This work has revealed significant information on the use of computational methods to design OSDAs for specific zeolite targets, as well as giving a unique insight into how zeolite structures can be synthesised using more environmentally-friendly inorganic ions.
Exploitation Route The improved understanding of the relationship between zeolite structures and the structure directing agents used in their synthesis, will make it easier in the future to design catalytic zeolite structures that are 'tailor made' for a particular purpose.
Sectors Chemicals

Environment

 
Description This work has contributed significantly to our understanding of zeolite structure and synthesis. One particular achievement was enhanced understanding of the synthesis of these industrially important materials without using organic structure directing agents, making synthesis more environmentally-friendly.
First Year Of Impact 2019
Sector Chemicals,Environment,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology
Impact Types Societal

 
Title CCDC 1989131: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination 
Description Related Article: Abigail E. Watts, Magdalena M. Lozinska, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, Alvaro Mayoral, Daniel M. Dawson, Sharon E. Ashbrook, Bela E. Bode, A. Iulian Dugulan, Mervyn D. Shannon, Paul A. Cox, Alessandro Turrina, Paul A. Wright|2020|Angew.Chem.,Int.Ed.|59|15186|doi:10.1002/anie.202005558 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? Yes  
URL http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/services/structure_request?id=doi:10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc24rvj9&sid=DataCite
 
Title CCDC 2333658: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination 
Description Related Article: Nuria González-Camuñas, Ángel Cantín, Daniel M. Dawson, Magdalena M. Lozinska, Joaquín Martínez-Triguero, James Mattock, Paul A. Cox, Sharon E. Ashbrook, Paul A. Wright, Fernando Rey|2024|J.Mater.Chem.A|12|15398|doi:10.1039/D4TA01132E 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2024 
Provided To Others? Yes  
URL http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/services/structure_request?id=doi:10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc2jbc9k&sid=DataCite
 
Title CSD 2333657: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination 
Description Related Article: Nuria González-Camuñas, Ángel Cantín, Daniel M. Dawson, Magdalena M. Lozinska, Joaquín Martínez-Triguero, James Mattock, Paul A. Cox, Sharon E. Ashbrook, Paul A. Wright, Fernando Rey|2024|J.Mater.Chem.A|12|15398|doi:10.1039/D4TA01132E 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2024 
Provided To Others? Yes  
URL http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/services/structure_request?id=doi:10.25505/fiz.icsd.cc2jbc8j&sid=DataCite
 
Title Site-Specific Iron Substitution in STA-28, a Large Pore Aluminophosphate Zeotype prepared using 1,10-Phenanthrolines as Framework-Bound Structure Directing Agents (dataset) 
Description  
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? Yes  
URL https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/datasets/site-specific-iron-substitution-in-sta-28-a-lar...
 
Title Synthesis of the Large Pore Aluminophosphate STA-1 and its Application as a Catalyst for the Beckmann Rearrangement of Cyclohexanone Oxime (dataset) 
Description  
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2024 
Provided To Others? Yes  
URL https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/datasets/synthesis-of-the-large-pore-aluminophosphate-st...
 
Description Contract Research 
Organisation Johnson Matthey
Department Johnson Matthey Technology Centre
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Contract Research - Zeolite modelling.
Collaborator Contribution Sharing experimental data for modelling work.
Impact multidisciplinary experimental/ theoretical work on Zeolites.
Start Year 2022
 
Description Salters Institute Outreach Event for Schools 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact The University of Portsmouth hosted an outreach even for school children. This event, held over two days, was for school children aged between 14-16 years old from the South East region. Professor Paul Cox gave a 45 minute talk on Computer Aided Molecular Design and was also included on a Panel that answered questions about Careers in the Chemical Sciences.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022