Eurecat organizes, jointly with the Rovira i Virgili University, the symposium “Highlights in Catalysis” on November 29th at the Technological Center of Chemistry of Catalonia.

Catalysis is a key technology for manufacturing new products through sustainable processes. New challenges in catalysis concern the discovery of new processes and the design of more efficient and stable catalysts, providing high activity and specific selectivity. Nowadays, one of the main challenges for chemists is the development of new types of catalytic materials for industrial applications and new methodologies that can provide insights into.

Programa:

9h15 Application of design of experiments to understand catalyst performance
Dr. Daniel Curulla-Ferré – Total Research and Technology, Feluy, Belgium

10h15 Nanocrystal engineering for catalysis
Dr. Katerina Soulantika – Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, Toulouse, France

11h15 Coffee break

11h45 Regulating the activity of Pd/C catalysts for alkene hydrogenation by addition of a second active metal: Palladium
Prof. Philippe Serp – Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, Toulouse, France