RESEARCH

Center for Nanotectonics

Heterogeneous Catalysis

Heterogeneous Catalysis
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Heterogeneous Catalysis

With the growing demand for sustainable technologies, organic syntheses using heterogeneous catalysts have received great attention due to their potential to replace traditional catalytic processes with more environmentally friendly methods. We have focused on designing nanocatalysts with outstanding activity, sophisticated selectivity and excellent recyclability. The main strategy is to combine our expertise to build hierarchical nanostructures with recent trends in the field of homogeneous catalysis, which will lead us to discover totally new chemistry. We are currently dealing with C–H functionalization, hydrogenation, photocatalytic organic reactions, etc.

References

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