• UV-Light Mediated Biosynthesis of Silver Nanowires; Characterization, Dye Degradation Potential and Kinetic Studies 

  Ali, Faisal; Ali, Zahid; Younas, Umer; Ahmad, Awais; Mooin-ud-din, Ghulam; Pervaiz, Muhammad; Luque, Rafael; Ahmad, Ikram; Ashraf, Adnan; Albaqami, Munirah D.; Awadh Bahajjaj, Aboud Ahmed; Waqas Ishaq, Muhammad (MDPI, 2021)

  Herrin, a simple and eco-friendly method for the synthesis of silver nanowires (Ag-NWs) has been reported. Silver nanowires were synthesized using Psidium guajava seed extract that acted as a reducing agent as well as a ...

• Bio-Templating: An Emerging Synthetic Technique for Catalysts. A Review 

  Herrera-Beurnio, M. Carmen; Hidalgo-Carrillo, J.; López Tenllado, Francisco Javier; Martín-Gómez, Juan; Estévez, R.; Urbano, Francisco J.; Marinas, Alberto (MDPI, 2021)

  In the last few years, researchers have focused their attention on the synthesis of new catalyst structures based on or inspired by nature. Biotemplating involves the transfer of biological structures to inorganic materials ...

• Enzymatic Production of Ecodiesel by Using a Commercial Lipase CALB, Immobilized by Physical Adsorption on Mesoporous Organosilica Materials 

  Luna, Carlos; Gascón-Pérez, Victoria; López Tenllado, Francisco Javier; Bautista, Felipa M.; Verdugo-Escamilla, Cristóbal; Aguado-Deblas, Laura; Calero, Juan; Romero, Antonio A.; Luna, Diego; Estévez, R. (MDPI, 2021)

  The synthesis of two biocatalysts based on a commercial Candida antarctica lipase B, CALB enzyme (E), physically immobilized on two silica supports, was carried out. The first support was a periodic mesoporous organosilica ...

• Caffeine photocatalytic degradation using composites of NiO/TiO2–F and CuO/TiO2–F under UV irradiation 

  Castañeda, Claudia; Martínez, José J.; Santos, Laura; Rojas, Hugo; Osman, Sameh M.; Gómez, Ricardo; Luque, Rafael (Elsevier, 2022)

  The interest in the removal of emerging contaminants has increased in the last decade. Photocatalytic degradation using p-n heterojunctions could effectively provide the degradation of these type of substances that are ...

• Heterogeneous Catalysis to Drive the Waste-to-Pharma Concept: From Furanics to Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients 

  Luque, Rafael; Alothman, Zeid A.; Balu, Alina M.; Voskressensky, Leonid (MDPI, 2021)

  A perspective on the use of heterogeneous catalysis to drive the waste-to-pharma concept is provided in this contribution based on the conversion of furanics to active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). The provided overview ...

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