Towards 100% Selectivity in Catalytic Oxidation over Nanostructured Metal Oxides
VIII European Workshop on Selective Oxidation ISO 2007
hosted by
EUROPACAT VIII CONFERENCE, 26-31 August 2007, Turku, FINLAND
For twenty years,
the European
Workshop on Selective Oxidation has created a feeling of community
among European researchers in the field of selective oxidation and has
been their forum to gather and discuss the new requirements and
advances in the field, as well as the place to generate new contacts
and collaborations.
Selectivity is the key issue in all catalytic reactions and the ultimate goal of catalytic applications in general. After the successful workshop (ISO 2003) during Europacat VI in Innsbruck (Austria), this ambitious thematic workshop will focus on a critical aspect of the design of selective oxidation catalysts: How to use the advances in nanoscience and nanotechnology to develop the next generation of nanostructured metal oxide catalysts to control the surface reactivity and advance towards achieving 100% selectivity. This new knowledge can allow a breakthrough advance in the improvement of existing processes or in implementing new ones.
In fact, understanding how to master the catalyst surface to control the surface reactivity of the catalysts in complex multi-step reactions to achieve the ideal goal of 100% selectivity is one of the key objectives for a sustainable chemical production to avoid waste formation, to improve the efficient use of raw materials and energy, to save resources and to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases.
Innovation can come along with new reactions, non conventional oxidants, new reactor concepts, new nano-structured or nano-sized catalytic materials, new properties generated by the decrease in the size of the particles at the nanometer level, etc. Different disciplines such as chemistry, chemical physics, chemical engineering, physics, biology, etc. must be involved in this effort. Highly qualified contributions, either as key-note, oral, or poster presentations, presenting new innovative aspects on theory and modelling, preparation and characterization, reactivity, integration of homo-, hetero-, and perhaps bio-catalysis using metal oxides, etc. and
going beyond the state of the art, will be accepted.
Main-stream contributions on selective oxidation should be presented in one of the general topics of Europacat VIII rather than in this workshop.
The accepted contributions will be published in a book or a special issue of a journal, following the tradition of the previous symposia.
The Workshop is part of the activities of the European Network of Excellence IDECAT (Integrated Design of Catalytic Materials for a Sustainable Production) and a continuation of the activities of the European Coordinated Action CONCORDE (Co-Ordination of Nanostructured Catalytic Oxide Research and Development in Europe).
Organizing committee: Fabrizio Cavani, University of Bologna (Italy); Gabriele Centi, University of Messina (Italy); Coordinator of IDECAT, Vicente Cortés Corberán, CSIC (Spain); Gerhard Mestl, Südchemie AG (Germany); Siglinda Perathoner, University of Messina (Italy); Patricio Ruiz, Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium).
The symposium will be technically incorporated into EUROPACAT VIII. Check the conference web site for information about Date and Venue, Scientific programme, Abstract submission, Deadlines and Pre-registration form.
Information about Proceedings will be available soon. In the meanitime further information may be obtained by writing to e-mail addresses
vcortes@icp.csic.es or ruiz@cata.ucl.ac.be.
Selectivity is the key issue in all catalytic reactions and the ultimate goal of catalytic applications in general. After the successful workshop (ISO 2003) during Europacat VI in Innsbruck (Austria), this ambitious thematic workshop will focus on a critical aspect of the design of selective oxidation catalysts: How to use the advances in nanoscience and nanotechnology to develop the next generation of nanostructured metal oxide catalysts to control the surface reactivity and advance towards achieving 100% selectivity. This new knowledge can allow a breakthrough advance in the improvement of existing processes or in implementing new ones.
In fact, understanding how to master the catalyst surface to control the surface reactivity of the catalysts in complex multi-step reactions to achieve the ideal goal of 100% selectivity is one of the key objectives for a sustainable chemical production to avoid waste formation, to improve the efficient use of raw materials and energy, to save resources and to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases.
Innovation can come along with new reactions, non conventional oxidants, new reactor concepts, new nano-structured or nano-sized catalytic materials, new properties generated by the decrease in the size of the particles at the nanometer level, etc. Different disciplines such as chemistry, chemical physics, chemical engineering, physics, biology, etc. must be involved in this effort. Highly qualified contributions, either as key-note, oral, or poster presentations, presenting new innovative aspects on theory and modelling, preparation and characterization, reactivity, integration of homo-, hetero-, and perhaps bio-catalysis using metal oxides, etc. and
going beyond the state of the art, will be accepted.
Main-stream contributions on selective oxidation should be presented in one of the general topics of Europacat VIII rather than in this workshop.
The accepted contributions will be published in a book or a special issue of a journal, following the tradition of the previous symposia.
The Workshop is part of the activities of the European Network of Excellence IDECAT (Integrated Design of Catalytic Materials for a Sustainable Production) and a continuation of the activities of the European Coordinated Action CONCORDE (Co-Ordination of Nanostructured Catalytic Oxide Research and Development in Europe).
Organizing committee: Fabrizio Cavani, University of Bologna (Italy); Gabriele Centi, University of Messina (Italy); Coordinator of IDECAT, Vicente Cortés Corberán, CSIC (Spain); Gerhard Mestl, Südchemie AG (Germany); Siglinda Perathoner, University of Messina (Italy); Patricio Ruiz, Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium).
The symposium will be technically incorporated into EUROPACAT VIII. Check the conference web site for information about Date and Venue, Scientific programme, Abstract submission, Deadlines and Pre-registration form.
Information about Proceedings will be available soon. In the meanitime further information may be obtained by writing to e-mail addresses
vcortes@icp.csic.es or ruiz@cata.ucl.ac.be.