| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L66557/01 |
| Title: |
THE TARGETED DESIGN OF A NEW CLASS OF MICROPOROUS CATALYSTS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Morris, Professor RE |
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| Department: |
Chemistry |
| Organisation: |
University of St Andrews |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 November 1997 |
Ends: |
31 October 1999 |
Value (£): |
109,872
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| Catalysis & Applied Catalysis |
Materials Synthesis & Growth |
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Summary on Grant Application Form |
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This proposal seeks support for a programme of work aimed at developing a new class of microporous inorganic/organic hybrid materials and a demonstration of their use as heterogeneous catalysts in a number of industrially relevant reactions. These materials will have advantages over existing zeolite catalysts in three areas; (1) the organic group will allow the hydrophobicity of the internal surfaces to be more accurately controlled, (2) the acidity of the material will be more controllable because there are more options for the nature of the acid group in the material and (3) the use of diphosphonate `pillars' will produce large pore materials. The excellent preliminary results we obtained show these materials to have many properties suitable for heterogeneous catalysts. The proposed work is an extension of the previous work into a new area and has a high probability of success. The research is timely because of the need for new highly selective catalysts and fits in well with the increased effort on catalysts called for in the government's Technology Foresight Initiative.
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