Increased demand for more sustainable materials and chemical processes has
tremendously advanced the use of polysaccharides, which are natural biopolymers, in …

Recently, organic–inorganic hybrid materials have attracted tremendous attention thanks to
their outstanding properties, their efficiency, versatility and their promising applications in a …

Alcohol coupling, also known as the Guerbet reaction, is a potentially important process to
increase the value of short chain alcohols. Metal oxides, metal phosphates, and supported …

Two different rehydration procedures in the liquid or gas phase have been applied to
reconstruct mixed oxides derived from calcined hydrotalcite‐like materials to be used as …

The Lebedev ethanol-to-butadiene process entails a complex chain of reactions that require
catalysts to possess a subtle balance in the number and strength of acidic and basic sites …

Cooperative interactions between aminoalkylsilanes and silanols on a silica surface can be
controlled by varying the length of the alkyl linker attaching the amine to the silica surface …

The structural and cooperative catalytic characteristics of acid and base co-functionalized
mesoporous silica synthesized through grafting and co-condensation methods are …

Scientists engaged in heterogeneous catalysis often cite enzymes as their model catalysts.
Enzymes can efficiently catalyze multistep processes that give various types of …

The aldol condensation reactions of furfural/hydroxymethylfurfural (furfurals) with
acetone/propanal in water–methanol solvents were studied over the solid base catalysts …

Active‐site/surface cooperativity can enhance heterogeneous organic and organometallic
catalysis. We review the powerful role of the solid surface in this context for generating local …