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<\/a>\nPro\u00adfes\u00adsor Aveli\u00adno Cor\u00adma<\/strong>
\nPro\u00adfes\u00adsor and founder of the Insti\u00adtu\u00adto de Tec\u00adnolog\u00eda Qu\u00edmi\u00adca (UPV-CSIC)
\nValen\u00adcia, Spain
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Abstract<\/strong> \u2014 The key point in catal\u00ady\u00adsis is to define and syn\u00adthe\u00adsize the spe\u00adcif\u00adic active site that will min\u00adi\u00admize the acti\u00adva\u00adtion ener\u00adgy of the reac\u00adtion, while form\u00ading selec\u00adtive\u00adly the desired prod\u00aduct.<\/p>\n In the case of homo\u00adge\u00adneous catal\u00ady\u00adsis, high\u00adly selec\u00adtive mol\u00ade\u00adc\u00adu\u00adlar cat\u00ada\u00adlysts can be designed and\/or opti\u00admized from the fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal knowl\u00adedge accu\u00admu\u00adlat\u00aded on chem\u00adi\u00adcal reac\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty, and the pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties offered by mol\u00ade\u00adc\u00adu\u00adlar mod\u00adel\u00adling, in situ or operan\u00addo spec\u00adtroscopy, kinet\u00adics and advanced cat\u00ada\u00adlyst syn\u00adthe\u00adsis. Then, when the cat\u00adalyt\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly active cen\u00adters are defined, and their inter\u00adac\u00adtion with reac\u00adtants and prod\u00aducts can be ratio\u00adnal\u00adized, it could, in prin\u00adci\u00adple, be pos\u00adsi\u00adble to pre\u00addict and pre\u00adpare more active and selec\u00adtive cat\u00ada\u00adlysts. In the case of sol\u00adid cat\u00ada\u00adlysts it becomes more dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to define and specif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly build the active sites due to sur\u00adface het\u00adero\u00adgeneities present in most of the solids. Indeed, one should con\u00adsid\u00ader that the pres\u00adence of non-con\u00adtrol\u00adlable sur\u00adface defects and the fact that sur\u00adface recon\u00adstruc\u00adtion may occur dur\u00ading the cat\u00adalyt\u00adic reac\u00adtion, makes the iden\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion and syn\u00adthe\u00adsis of the active sites in sol\u00adid cat\u00ada\u00adlysts a big chal\u00adlenge.<\/p>\n From the point of view of max\u00adi\u00admiz\u00ading active sites, and since catal\u00ady\u00adsis with solids is a sur\u00adface phe\u00adnom\u00ade\u00adnon, high sur\u00adface sol\u00adid cat\u00ada\u00adlysts are most of the times pre\u00adferred. In this case it is not a sim\u00adple task to iden\u00adti\u00adfy the assem\u00adbly of atoms, and there\u00adfore to estab\u00adlish the enthalpy and entropy effects at the inter\u00adface of the sol\u00adid-gas or sol\u00adid-liq\u00aduid, that will be respon\u00adsi\u00adble for the cat\u00adalyt\u00adic effect at the mol\u00ade\u00adc\u00adu\u00adlar lev\u00adel. More\u00adover, even when the above is achieved, to syn\u00adthe\u00adsize the solids with well defined, homo\u00adge\u00adneous sin\u00adgle or mul\u00adti\u00adple cat\u00adalyt\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly active sites it is a dif\u00adfi\u00adcult task. Notice that reac\u00adtion selec\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty will depend on the capac\u00adi\u00adty to pre\u00adpare the sol\u00adid avoid\u00ading the pres\u00adence of sites oth\u00ader than the desired ones.<\/p>\n It was our objec\u00adtive, since the first moment, to design and syn\u00adthe\u00adsize sol\u00adid cat\u00ada\u00adlysts in where we could build with\u00adin the struc\u00adture (almost like in a lego), on the bases of the knowl\u00adedge devel\u00adoped on reac\u00adtion mech\u00ada\u00adnisms, adsorp\u00adtion inter\u00adac\u00adtions and mate\u00adri\u00adals syn\u00adthe\u00adsis pro\u00adce\u00addures, the poten\u00adtial cat\u00adalyt\u00adic active sites. We expect\u00aded that, if suc\u00adcess\u00adful, this could be one way to achieve sol\u00adid cat\u00ada\u00adlysts with well defined, uni\u00adform sin\u00adgle or mul\u00adti\u00adple active sites. It also appeared to us that work\u00ading in that way it should be pos\u00adsi\u00adble to build bridges between the homo\u00adge\u00adneous and het\u00adero\u00adge\u00adneous catal\u00ady\u00adsis. We are aware that in the case of the sol\u00adid cat\u00ada\u00adlysts would not be pos\u00adsi\u00adble to achieve the fine tun\u00ading of elec\u00adtron\u00adic, geo\u00admet\u00adric and chi\u00adral effects obtained by means of the lig\u00adands and mol\u00ade\u00adc\u00adu\u00adlar struc\u00adture, with tran\u00adsi\u00adtion met\u00adal com\u00adplex\u00ades, and organ\u00adic mol\u00ade\u00adcules in homo\u00adge\u00adneous catal\u00ady\u00adsis. Nev\u00ader\u00adthe\u00adless, we attempt\u00aded to use the sur\u00adface topol\u00ado\u00adgy, tex\u00adtur\u00adal char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtics and chem\u00adi\u00adcal com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion of the sol\u00adid to mas\u00adter mol\u00ade\u00adc\u00adu\u00adlar dif\u00adfu\u00adsion and adsorp\u00adtion of reac\u00adtants, while select\u00ading one among the dif\u00adfer\u00adent pos\u00adsi\u00adble tran\u00adsi\u00adtion states.<\/p>\n We will present what has been our evo\u00adlu\u00adtion on the design of three types of sol\u00adid cat\u00ada\u00adlysts in where we fol\u00adlowed the method\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy describe above. They are:<\/p>\n We will show that by fol\u00adlow\u00ading the method\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy: \u201cunder\u00adstand\u00ading for design\u00ading and syn\u00adthe\u00adsiz\u00ading\u201d, we could also achieve what it is always a desir\u00adable objec\u00adtive in catal\u00ady\u00adsis: \u201cDesign\u00ading for indus\u00adtri\u00adal appli\u00adca\u00adtion\u201d.\n<\/p> Biog\u00adra\u00adphy<\/strong> \u2014 Aveli\u00adno Cor\u00adma, Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor and founder of the Insti\u00adtu\u00adto de Tec\u00adnolog\u00eda Qu\u00edmi\u00adca (CSIC-UPV) in Valen\u00adcia (Spain), he has been car\u00adry\u00ading out research in het\u00adero\u00adge\u00adneous catal\u00ady\u00adsis in acad\u00ade\u00admia and in col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion with com\u00adpa\u00adnies for near\u00adly 35 years. He has worked on fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal aspects of acid-base and redox catal\u00ady\u00adsis with the aim of under\u00adstand\u00ading the nature of the active sites, and reac\u00adtion mech\u00ada\u00adnisms. With these bases has devel\u00adoped cat\u00ada\u00adlysts that are being used com\u00admer\u00adcial\u00adly in sev\u00ader\u00adal indus\u00adtri\u00adal process\u00ades. He is an inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly rec\u00adog\u00adnized expert in sol\u00adid acid and bifunc\u00adtion\u00adal cat\u00ada\u00adlysts for oil refin\u00ading, petro\u00adchem\u00adistry and chem\u00adi\u00adcal process, espe\u00adcial\u00adly in the syn\u00adthe\u00adsis and appli\u00adca\u00adtion of zeo\u00adlite cat\u00ada\u00adlysts. He has pub\u00adlished more than 900 research papers, and inven\u00adtor on more than 130 patents. Cor\u00adma earned his BS in Chem\u00adistry at Valen\u00adcia Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, PhD at Madrid under direc\u00adtion of Prof. Anto\u00adnio Cortes, and spent two years post\u00addoc at Queen \u0301s Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty. He has received the Dupont Award on \u201cMate\u00adri\u00adals Sci\u00adence\u201d, Cia\u00adpet\u00adta and Houdry Awards of the North Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Soci\u00adety, the F. Gault Award of the Euro\u00adpean Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Soci\u00adety, the M. Boudart Award on Catal\u00ady\u00adsis by the North Amer\u00adi\u00adcan and Euro\u00adpean Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Soci\u00adeties, the G. J. Somor\u00adjai ACS Award on Cre\u00adative Catal\u00ady\u00adsis, the Breck Award of the Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Zeo\u00adlite Asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion, the Nation\u00adal Award of Sci\u00adence and tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy of Spain, \u201cRey Jaume I\u201d Prize for New Tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies (2000), the ENI \u201c<\/span>Doc\u00adtor Hon\u00adoris Causa\u201d by Utrecht Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty (2006), UNED (2008), M\u00fcnchen Tech\u00adno\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty (2008), Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00addad Jaime I de Castel\u00adl\u00f3n (2008), Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00addad de Valen\u00adcia (2009), Boch\u00fcm Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty (2010), Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00addad de Ali\u00adcante (2010), Ottawa Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty (2012) Delft Tech\u00adno\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty (2013) Jilin Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty (Chi\u00adna) (2013), Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Bucarest (2014), Jaen (2016), Cantabria (2016).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Meet\u00ading Pro\u00adgram \u2014 April 2017 Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor Aveli\u00adno Cor\u00adma Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor and founder of the Insti\u00adtu\u00adto de Tec\u00adnolog\u00eda Qu\u00edmi\u00adca (UPV-CSIC) Valen\u00adcia, Spain Abstract \u2014 The key point in catal\u00ady\u00adsis is to define and syn\u00adthe\u00adsize the spe\u00adcif\u00adic active site that will min\u00adi\u00admize the acti\u00adva\u00adtion ener\u00adgy of the reac\u00adtion, while form\u00ading selec\u00adtive\u00adly the desired prod\u00aduct. 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\nAward on Hydro\u00adcar\u00adbon Chem\u00adistry, the Roy\u00adal Soci\u00adety of Chem\u00adistry Cen\u00adte\u00adnary Prize, Solvay Pierre-Gilles de Gennes Prize for Sci\u00adence and Indus\u00adtry and Gold Medal for the Chem\u00adistry Research Career 2001\u20132010 in Spain, La Grande M\u00e9daille de l\u2019Acad\u00e9mie des sci\u00adences de France 2011 and Hon\u00adour Medal to the Inven\u00adtion from the Fun\u00addaci\u00f3n Gar\u00adc\u00eda Cabreri\u00adzo in Spain. Gold Medal Foro QU\u00cdMICA y SOCIEDAD to all his research career, Gran Medaille of the Sci\u00adence French Acad\u00ade\u00admy, Edith Flani\u00adgen Lec\u00adture\u00adship, East\u00adman Lec\u00adture, Direc\u00adtor \u0301s Dis\u00adtin\u00adguished Lec\u00adture Series Pacif\u00adic North\u00adwest Nation\u00adal Lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry \u0301s. Prince of Asturias Award for Sci\u00adence &<\/span> Tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy 2014, 48th W. N. Lacey Lec\u00adture\u00adship in Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading-Cal\u00adtech (2015) and The Jacobus van \u2018t Hoff Lec\u00adture 2015 at TU Delft Process Tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy Insti\u00adtute (2015), The Hoyt C. Hot\u00adtel Lec\u00adtur\u00ader in Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading at MIT Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading Depart\u00adment (2015), J.T. Don\u00adald Lec\u00adture series 2015\u20132016 at McGill Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, Spiers Memo\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal Award RSC (2016), IZA Award of the Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Zeo\u00adlite Asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion (2016), George C.A. Schuit Award lec\u00adture at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Delaware (2016).<\/p>\n