Meenakshisundaram, Sankar - Cardiff University

个人简介

B. Sc. in Chemistry, St. Xavier's College, Tirunelveli, India (1998), M.Sc. in Chemistry, The American College, Madurai, India (2001), PhD in Heterogeneous Catalysis, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India (2007, Dr. P. Manikandan), Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cardiff University, UK (2007-2011, Prof Graham J. Hutchings FRS), Marie-Curie Intra-European Research Fellow, Utrecht University, The Netherlands (2011-2013, Prof. B. M. Weckhuysen), Chancellor'' s Research Fellow (2014 -), Cardiff Catalysis Institute, Cardiff University.

研究领域

Developing strategies for the synthesis of supported monometallic and bimetallic nanoparticles based catalysts Catalyst development for CO2 utilization - synthesis of cyclic, dimethyl and poly carbonates. Catalyst development for renewable feedstock valorisation (cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin) Mechanistic investigation of catalytic processes using kinetic and in-situ spectroscopic methods.

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Morad, M.et al. 2017. Multifunctional supported bimetallic catalysts for a cascade reaction with hydrogen auto transfer: synthesis of 4-phenylbutan-2-ones from 4-methoxybenzyl alcohols. Catalysis Science & Technology (10.1039/C7CY00184C) pdf Abis, L.et al. 2017. Highly active gold and gold-palladium catalysts prepared by colloidal methods in the absence of polymer stabilizers. ChemCatChem (10.1002/cctc.201700483) pdf Meenakshisundaram, S.et al. 2016. Supported bimetallic nano-alloys as highly active catalysts for the one-pot tandem synthesis of imines and secondary amines from nitrobenzene and alcohols. Catalysis Science & Technology 14(6), pp. 5473-5482. (10.1039/C6CY00425C) pdf Al-Rifai, N.et al. 2016. Hydrodynamic effects on three phase micro-packed bed reactor performance – Gold–palladium catalysed benzyl alcohol oxidation. Chemical Engineering Science 149, pp. 129-142. (10.1016/j.ces.2016.03.018) pdf Luo, W.et al. 2015. High performing and stable supported nano-alloys for the catalytic hydrogenation of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone. Nature Communications 6, article number: 6540. (10.1038/ncomms7540) Meenakshisundaram, S.et al. 2015. Supported imidazole as heterogeneous catalyst for the synthesis of cyclic carbonates from epoxides and CO2. Catalysis Communications 59, pp. 201-205. (10.1016/j.catcom.2014.10.026) Morad, M.et al. 2014. Solvent-free aerobic oxidation of alcohols using supported gold palladium nanoalloys prepared by a modified impregnation method. Catalysis Science & Technology (9), pp. 3120-3128. (10.1039/c4cy00387j) Meenakshisundaram, S.et al. 2014. The benzaldehyde oxidation paradox explained by the interception of peroxy radical by benzyl alcohol. Nature Communications 5, article number: 3332. (10.1038/ncomms4332) pdf Moreno, I.et al. 2013. Selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol using in situ generated H2O2 over hierarchical Au-Pd titanium silicalite catalysts. Catalysis Science & Technology 3(9), pp. 2425-2434. (10.1039/c3cy00493g) pdf Nowicka, E.et al. 2013. In situ spectroscopic investigation of oxidative dehydrogenation and disproportionation of benzyl alcohol. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 15(29), pp. 12147-12155. (10.1039/c3cp50710f) pdf He, Q.et al. 2013. Switching-off toluene formation in the solvent-free oxidation of benzyl alcohol using supported trimetallic Au-Pd-Pt nanoparticles. Faraday Discussions 162, pp. 365-378. (10.1039/c2fd20153d) pdf