The UK Catalysis Hub -'Core'

催化是科学的核心领域，是化学工业的核心，是整个英国经济的一个非常成功和重要的组成部分，近年来英国的年产量总计超过500亿英镑，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。对于英国来说，保持其领先地位至关重要的是保持研究创新，为此英国于2013年成立了英国催化中心；在过去的四年中，它成功地汇集了40多个大学小组，在当代科学的这一关键领域开展创新和合作研究项目。该中心的成功可归因于其包容和开放的精神，自2013年成立以来，许多团体加入了该网络；对合作的高度重视；以及位于哈维尔校区的物理中心，靠近钻石同步加速器、ISIS中子源和中央激光设施，其在催化科学方面的成功开发是该中心最近科学的一个主要特点。催化中心的下一阶段将以这一成功为基础，在保留当前中心的主要特征和结构的同时，将在国内和国际上扩展其项目。本建议涉及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，我们日益扩大的外联和传播工作以及核心管理职能。还将维持和发展研究中心内的核心催化实验室设施，并将进行两项关键的一般科学和技术发展，涉及第一个样品环境和高吞吐量能力，特别是与设施实验有关的能力；其次是数据管理和分析。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-能源关系-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，不同主题之间具有很强的相互作用和交叉施肥。专题结构将使中心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