Optimising molecular architectures for heterogeneous catalysis in nanoporous solids

这项学科跳跃建议将允许合作者在最初的两年时间里，以兼职的方式在爱丁堡和约克之间自由流动，以期了解彼此的研究专长，并制定一个更长期的重点合作项目。总的目标是开发绿色和可持续的催化剂，用于燃料和精细和特种化学品的液相合成。该项目将涉及在约克公司转让催化剂合成和表征设备的关键技能，这将显著增强这位工程师(Tina Duren)对多相催化的了解，并拓宽她的研究专长。这对她来说是一个全新的领域，如果没有学科跳跃，这是不容易获得的。同样，这位化学家(凯伦·威尔逊饰)将获得爱丁堡在分子模拟和气相吸附设施方面的专业知识，提供如何使用模拟来模拟多孔介质中的液体和气体扩散的实践经验，这将提高她设计新催化材料的能力。由于在非均相催化和绿色化学领域对纳米孔道中液体扩散的了解有限，因此本项目的最终目标是开发定义良好的新型模板化介孔催化剂，并深入了解液相反应物在多孔介质中的扩散特性。

This discipline hopping proposal will allow the collaborators to move freely between Edinburgh and York on a part time basis over an initial two-year period, with a view to learning about each other's research expertise and developing a longer term focussed collaborative program. The general target is to develop green and sustainable catalysts for use in the liquid phase synthesis of fuels and fine and speciality chemicals. The project will involve the transfer of key skills in catalyst synthesis and characterisation equipment at York which will significantly enhance the engineer's (Tina Duren) understanding of heterogeneous catalysis and broaden her research expertise. This is a completely new field for her, which would not be easily available without the discipline hop. Likewise, the chemist (Karen Wilson) will gain access to Edinburgh's expertise in molecular simulation and gas phase adsorption facilities, providing hands on experience of how simulations can be used to model liquid and gas diffusion in porous media which will improve her ability to design new catalytic materials. There is limited understanding in the heterogeneous catalysis and green chemistry fields about liquid diffusion through nanoporous channels, hence the ultimate aim of this project will be to develop new well defined templated mesoporous catalysts, and to gain insight into the diffusional characteristics of liquid phase reactants through the porous media.