Recent Advances in Smart Catalysts
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2020) | Viewed by 8350
Special Issue Editors
Interests: photocalysts; optical nanoantennas; stimuli-responsive materials; enhanced vibrational spectroscopy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The development of systems that are able to regulate their catalytic activity in response to external stimuli (i.e., pH, temperature, light, magnetic fields, mechanical stress) from active (“on”) to inactive (“off”) states paves the way to the development of nature-inspired catalytic systems, creating the basis for what can be considered as “smart catalysis”. The integration of stimuli-responsive materials in a new generation of catalysts would allow obtaining systems characterized by unique functional properties, such as adaptability, recyclability, precise spatial and temporal control on the occurrence of the reactions, and dynamic specificity towards particular substrates/targets. Different sectors of catalysis, such as degradation of pollutants, organic and inorganic synthesis, energy conversion, and production of energy vectors from renewable sources, can take full adavantage of these strategies. For those reasons, smart catalysts deserve deeper and more extended investigations. This Special Issue is intended to cover the most recent progresses in the preparation of smart catalysts, with particular emphasis on new synthetic and design-driven approaches that enable to achieve dynamic, stimuli-responsive systems.
Prof. Dr. Ivano Alessandri
Dr. Irene Vassalini
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Switchable catalysis
- Heterogeneous catalysis
- Smart materials
- Stimuli-responsive
- On-demand catalysis
- Out-of-equilibrium systems
- Adaptive catalytic systems
