| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M69081/01 |
| Title: |
SYNTHESIS AND STRUCTURE OF MESOCAGE STRUCTURES AND THEIR USE IN CATALYSIS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Wright, Professor PA |
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| Department: |
Chemistry |
| Organisation: |
University of St Andrews |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
20 September 1999 |
Ends: |
19 September 2002 |
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52,705
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Catalysis & Applied Catalysis |
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Chemicals |
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Mesoporous solids offer a wide and rapidly expanding range of opportunities in catalysis and materials science because they possess high surface areas and well ordered pore structures. Most research has concentrated on the MCM-41 and MCM-48 materials, which contain channels of essentially uniform diameter. In this project we will investigate new mesoporous solids which we think, on the basis of our preliminary structural work, are composed of interconnected supercages. We expected these mesocage structures to possess advantages in catalysis and sorption as a result of their unique structure and connectivity. Specifically, we will investigate the synthesis of these solids by using surfactants that form globular micelles in the gel syntheses and we will characterise their structure by diffraction and electron microscopy. We will then incorporate catalytically active metals either during or after preparation of the solids and characterise these by X-ray absorption spectroscopy and electron microscopy. Solids containing early transition metals will be examined for their epoxidation activity by comparison with existing catalysts, and solids with alkali metal oxides and mixed metal oxides loaded as nanoparticles onto the internal surfaces will be examined for a range of condensations and related reactions requiring basic sites of different strengths.
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