From Nanostructured Catalysts to Process Innovation

这项研究的结果将有助于推进对工业上重要的化学反应的基本科学理解，并为如何改进它们提供明确的指导。特别是，将生产新的催化剂（即提高化学反应速度和选择性的试剂），并将使用南半球独有的高通量设备，迈出工艺创新的第一步。这些新的催化剂将是设计新的和/或改进的工业工艺的基础，这些工艺将是？更环保？更安全，使用更少的资源，产生更少的废物，而且通常效率更高。因此，澳大利亚化学工业将更具竞争力。

The results of this research will help to advance the fundamental scientific understanding of industrially important chemical reactions and give clear leads as to how to improve them. In particular, new catalysts (i.e. agents that increase the speed and selectivity of chemical reactions) will be generated and the first steps towards process innovation will be taken, using high-throughput equipment unique in the Southern Hemisphere. These new catalysts will be the basis for the design of new and/or improved industrial processes that will be ?greener?, safer, use fewer resources, produce less waste and are generally more efficient and effective. As a result the Australian chemicals industry will be more competitive.