Catalysis from A to Z: A Concise Encyclopedia

ISBN-13: 9783527343119 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 2952 str.

Boy Cornils; Wolfgang A. Herrmann; Jian-He Xu

Opis

Comprehensive, succinct and easy to use, this updated fifth edition contains 20% more content in five volumes. More than 200 top scientists worldwide have contributed over 9,000 entries on all aspects of bio–, heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis.

Spis treści

TOPICS INCLUDED:
catalysts – heterogeneous, homogeneous, acid, base
ligands
biocatalysis
catalytic reactions in organic synthesis
kinetics and thermodynamics of catalytic reactions
catalyst labelling
theoretical backgrounds of catalytic reactions
industrial catalytic processes
stereoselective catalysis
autoclaves
colloids
nanomaterials
spectroscopical methods for catalyst analysis
radicals
enzymatic catalysis
vitamins

O autorze

Boy Cornils has worked at the former Hoechst AG in Germany, where he was the director of the reasearch. He is the editor of several bestselling titles.

Wolfgang A. Herrmann is President of the Technical University of Munich and has received several awards for his work in organometallic chemistry, like the Otto–Bayer Medal, the ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry, the Werner–Heisenberg Medal of the Alexander von Humboldt foundation and many more. He has authored a plethora of publications and is the editor of numerous bestselling books.

Jianhe Xu is Professor at the East China University in Shanghai. His research interest lies in the area of biocatalysis and enzyme engineering and he has published over 120 papers in peer–reviewed journals, with 68 being indexed by Science Citation Index and 43 by Engineering Index.

Horst–Werner Zanthoff received his Ph.D. and habilitated in Technical Chemistry at Ruhr–University Bochum. Since 2000 he is scientific researcher at Evonik Industries AG and presently leads the Competence Center of Oxidation Catalysis at Evonik Industries Process Technology and Engineering department. He is author and Co–author of around 80 publications and 20 patents. His present research interests are in the area of heterogeneous catalysis and high–throughput experimentation.