An experimental investigation into malachite green degradation using highly active NiFe2O4/Bi4O5I2 photocatalyst under visible light by Woon Xuet-Wei, Lam Sze-Mun, Mohamed Abdul Rahman, Zeng Honghu

“…This work introduces a novel direction for designing efficient catalysts for the treatment of water pollution using visible light.…”
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Organocatalytic Packed-Bed Reactors for the Enantioselective Flow Synthesis of Quaternary Isotetronic Acids by Direct Aldol Reactions of Pyruvates by Lorenzo Poletti, Carmela De Risi, Daniele Ragno, Graziano Di Carmine, Riccardo Tassoni, Alessandro Massi, Paolo Dambruoso

“…The transition from homogeneous to heterogeneous flow conditions is also investigated, detailing the fabrication and operation of packed-bed reactors filled with a silica-supported version of the pyrrolidine-tetrazole catalyst (SBA-15 as the matrix).…”
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Study on Low-Temperature Catalytic Dehydrogenation Reaction of Tail Chlorine by Pd/Al2O3 by Hanhan Wang, Tingting Lu, Yuna Li, Bo Wu, Jianwei Xue, Fuxiang Li, Zhiping Lv

“…The catalytic dehydrogenation reaction of tail chlorine by Pd was studied using a fixed-bed reactor at low temperature from 30 to 100°C. Different catalyst supports such as SiO2 and Al2O3 were applied to prepare Pd catalysts by the incipient-wetness impregnation method. …”
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Efficient Removing of Pharmaceutical Contaminants of Commercial Carbamazepine by Natural Pyrite-Induced Fenton Reaction in a Wide pH Range by Tingting Shi, Jianjun Xi, Yidan Shao, Qiao Tong, Xi Zou, Hongping Zhou, Shourong Liu, Xiaoya Gao

“…Herein, commercial pharmaceutical carbamazepine was chosen as a model to be degraded by a heterogeneous Fenton system using natural pyrite as catalyst. The catalyst was characterized by X-ray diffraction apparatus, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. …”
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Resolving active species during the carbon monoxide oxidation over Pt(111) on the microsecond timescale by Calley N. Eads, Weijia Wang, Ulrike Küst, Julia Prumbs, Robert H. Temperton, Mattia Scardamaglia, Joachim Schnadt, Jan Knudsen, Andrey Shavorskiy

“…Beyond using CO pulses to determine active species, we demonstrate how careful tuning of pulsing parameters can be used for dynamic catalyst operation to enhance CO2 formation.…”
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Heterogeneous Photo-Fenton-like Degradation of Oxytetracycline Containing Wastewater by Gülin Ersöz, Ceren Orak

“…In this study, the effects of key reaction parameters such as pH (3, 6, 9), catalyst amount (0-0.8 g/L), initial hydrogen peroxide concentration (HP, 0-20 mM) on the degradation of oxytetracycline were studied. …”
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Improved Performances of a Fluidized Bed Photoreactor by a Microscale Illumination System by Paolo Ciambelli, Diana Sannino, Vincenzo Palma, Vincenzo Vaiano, Roberto S. Mazzei

“…In the photocatalytic oxidative dehydrogenation of cyclohexane to benzene on MoOx/TiO2-A12O3 catalyst the use of UVA-LEDs modules allowed to achieve a cyclohexane conversion and benzene yield higher than those obtained with traditional UV lamps. …”
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Palladium nanoparticles immobilized on magnetic MCM-41 surface modified with aminomethylpyridine: As a recyclable palladium nanocatalyst for carbon-carbon cross-coupling reactions by Zeinab Shirvandi, Amin Rostami

“…A new catalyst was synthesized by first immobilizing 2-amino-6-methylpyridine on a magnetic mesoporous surface (MMCM-41), followed by adding palladium nanoparticles on the modified surface. …”
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Crystallographic characterization of Ag‐doping in nanocrystallite hydroxyapatite and evaluation of photocatalytic activity of organic pollutants by Md. Sahadat Hossain, Shifa Sarkar, Samina Ahmed

“…The Hap containing 0.25% Ag showed better photocatalytic activity in various dye concentrations, catalyst doses, and pH. At a very low catalyst dose (0.375 g/L) and 20 ppm pollutant concentration, reaction rate, and rate constant were evaluated for the Congo Red dye, ciprofloxacin, amoxicillin, and levofloxacin. …”
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Application of Attapulgite Clay-Based Fe-Zeolite 5A in UV-Assisted Catalytic Ozonation for the Removal of Ciprofloxacin by Amir Ikhlaq, Rahat Javaid, Asia Akram, Umair Yaqub Qazi, Javeria Erfan, Metwally Madkour, Mohamed Elnaiem M. Abdelbagi, Sami M. Ibn Shamsah, Fei Qi

“…The influence of catalyst dose, hydroxyl radical scavenger, and off-gas ozone released is discussed. …”
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Fabrication of Ag and Ni Nanocatalyst with Enhanced Efficiency by Tajamal Hussain, Mira Tul Zubaida Butt, Mirza Nadeem Ahmed, Muhammad Hamid Raza, Zahoor Hussain Farooqi, Khurram Shehzad, Adnan Mujahid, Rabia Batool

“…In this work, two different metal NPs have been prepared and their catalytic activities are compared with conventional catalyst. In first case, Ag NPs were synthesized by chemical reduction method in ethanolic medium. …”
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UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF A REGION by Olga V. Molchanova

“…The article suggests that vocational education is a strategic priority and a catalyst for the development of a region in complex socio-demographic conditions. …”
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Biocatalytic conversion of microalgal biomass to biodiesel: optimization of growth conditions and synthesis of CaO bionanocatalyst from Monoraphidium sp. NCIM 5585 by Supriya Pandey, Thivaharan Varadavenkatesan, Raja Selvaraj, Ramesh Vinayagam

“…XRD revealed the crystalline nature of CaO with particle size of 17.83 nm. 86.5 ± 0.65% (w/w) FAME was obtained using the synthesized catalyst and was characterized using 1H NMR, 13C NMR and GC-MS. …”
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Influence of Alkali Treatment on the Surface Area of Aluminium Dross by N. S. Ahmad Zauzi, M. Z. H. Zakaria, R. Baini, M. R. Rahman, N. Mohamed Sutan, S. Hamdan

“…Further investigation on the physicochemical of aluminium dross with different acid or alkali should be conducted to get deeper understanding on the aluminium dross as a catalyst-type material.…”
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Kinetic Study on the CsXH3−X PW12O40/Fe-SiO2 Nanocatalyst for Biodiesel Production by Mostafa Feyzi, Leila Norouzi, Hamid Reza Rafiee

“…The kinetic of the transesterification reaction over the CsXH3−XPW12O40/Fe-SiO2 catalyst prepared using sol-gel and impregnation procedures was investigated in different operational conditions. …”
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Optimizing photocatalytic degradation of methyl violet dye in a recirculating slurry-type reactor by F. Shokry, M. El-Gedawy, S.A. Nosier, M.H. Abdel-Aziz

“…Optimal conditions (neutral pH, 1 g/L catalyst loading, and 4 L/min flow rate) achieved complete decolorization of a 10-ppm dye solution. …”
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A Review on Machine Learning Application in Biodiesel Production Studies by Yuanzhi Xing, Zile Zheng, Yike Sun, Masoome Agha Alikhani

“…Fatty methyl acid ester stands as the output parameter, and the input parameters include oil and catalyst type, methanol-to-oil ratio, catalyst concentration, reaction time, domain, and frequency. …”
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PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION OF REACTIVE RED DYE AND OPTIMIZATION OF THEIR EXPERIMENTAL FACTORS by Olabode Victor O., Alogala J.A., Okon U.E., Jinaidu Haruna M., Gamde, G.G., Jahkeng Williams E

“…Box-Behnken design of experiment for the optimization of the experimental parameters of the photocatalytic degradation of reactive red dye using dye concentration (mg/L), catalyst dosage (mg/L), pH and time of exposure as experimental factors was studied and reported. …”
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Physicochemical Characterization and Asymmetric Catalytic Properties of New Biobased Organocatalytic Surfactants by Elliot Calbrix, Pascale de Caro, Sophie Thiebaud-Roux, Christine Cecutti, Emeline Vedrenne

“…The imidazolidinone moiety acts as catalyst, but also as the polar head of the surfactant, while the fatty chain constitutes the hydrophobic tail. …”
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Bifunctional Tailoring of Platinum Surfaces with Earth Abundant Iron Oxide Nanowires for Boosted Formic Acid Electro-Oxidation by Bilquis Ali Al-Qodami, Heba H. Farrag, Sayed Youssef Sayed, Nageh K. Allam, Bahgat E. El-Anadouli, Ahmad M. Mohammad

“…Field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were all employed to inspect, respectively, the surface morphology, bulk composition, and crystal structure of the catalyst. The electrochemical impedance spectra could correlate the charge transfer resistances for FAO over the inspected set of catalysts to explore the role of FeOx in mediating the reaction mechanism.…”
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