The UK Catalysis Hub -'Core'

催化是科学的核心领域，位于化学工业的核心，是英国整体经济中极其成功和重要的组成部分，近年来，英国的总产量每年超过50B GB，在世界上排名第七。面对世界范围内的激烈竞争，这一地位得以保持。英国要保持其领先地位，就必须保持研究创新，以实现2013年成立的英国催化中心；在过去四年中，该中心成功地将40多个大学团体聚集在一起，在这一当代科学的关键领域开展创新和合作研究计划。中心的成功可以归功于其包容和开放的精神，这导致自2013年成立以来许多团体加入了其网络；由于其对合作的高度重视；以及其位于哈威尔校区的物理中心，该中心靠近钻石同步加速器、ISIS中子源和中央激光设施，其成功地利用催化科学是中心最近科学的一大特点。催化中心的下一阶段将在这一成功的基础上再接再厉，同时保留目前中心的主要特征和结构，将在国内和国际范围内扩展其方案。与本提议有关的核心活动包括我们的协调活动，包括我们有影响力和出席人数众多的会议、讲习班和培训方案、我们日益增长的外联和宣传工作以及核心管理职能。研究综合体内的核心催化实验室设施也将得到维护和发展，并将进行两项关键的通用科学和技术开发，第一是样品环境和高通量能力，特别是与设施实验有关的能力；第二是数据管理和分析。核心计划将协调中心的科学主题，在下一阶段的初始阶段将包括：-优化、预测和设计新的催化剂-水-能源联系-用于循环经济和可持续制造的催化-生物催化和生物转化中心结构本质上是多学科的，包括来自工程和科学学科的广泛投入，以及不同主题之间的强烈互动和交叉作用。主题结构将使中心能够涵盖当前催化科学的主要领域。

Catalysis is a core area of science that lies at the heart of the chemicals industry - an immensely successful and important part of the overall UK economy, where in recent years the UK output has totalled over £50B annually and is ranked 7th in the world. This position is being maintained in the face of immense competition worldwide. For the UK to sustain its leading position it is essential that innovation in research is maintained, to achieve which the UK Catalysis Hub was established in 2013; and has succeeded over the last four years in bringing together over 40 university groups for innovative and collaborative research programmes in this key area of contemporary science. The success of the Hub can be attributed to its inclusive and open ethos which has resulted in many groups joining its network since its foundation in 2013; to its strong emphasis on collaboration; and to its physical hub on the Harwell campus in close proximity to the Diamond synchrotron, ISIS neutron source and Central Laser Facility, whose successful exploitation for catalytic science has been a major feature of the recent science of the Hub.The next phase of the Catalysis Hub will build on this success and while retaining the key features and structure of the current hub will extend its programmes both nationally and internationally. The core activities to which the present proposal relates include our coordinating activities, comprising our influential and well attended conference, workshop and training programmes, our growing outreach and dissemination work as well as the core management functions. The core catalysis laboratory facilities within the research complex will also be maintained and developed and two key generic scientific and technical developments will be undertaken concerning first sample environment and high throughput capabilities especially relating to facilities experimentation; and secondly to data management and analysis.The core programme will coordinate the scientific themes of the Hub, which in the initial stages of the next phase will comprise:- Optimising, predicting and designing new catalysts- Water - energy nexus- Catalysis for the Circular Economy and Sustainable Manufacturing- Biocatalysis and biotransformations The Hub structure is intrinsically multidisciplinary including extensive input from engineering as well as science disciplines and with strong interaction and cross-fertilisation between the different themes. The thematic structure will allow the Hub to cover the major areas of current catalytic science