Bert F Sels
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Pandalone B, Raikwar D, Vermeiren W, Beaute L, Sels B, Vo T
ChemSusChem
. 2025 Mar;
:e202402531.
PMID: 40056030
This study highlights the effectiveness of hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) in converting lignin oils from Eucalyptus, Poplar, and Pine wood, derived from reductive catalytic fractionation (RCF), into renewable cycloalkanes for jet fuel....
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Oliveira D, Saleme M, Smith R, Vangeel T, Lima M, Chanoca A, et al.
Trends Biotechnol
. 2025 Feb;
PMID: 39955231
Valorization of lignocellulosic biomass for sustainable production of high-value chemicals is challenged by the complexity of lignin, a phenolic biopolymer. Beyond the classical lignin monomers derived from p-coumaryl, coniferyl, and...
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Wu X, Bal M, Zhang Q, Bai S, Scodeller I, Vermandel W, et al.
J Am Chem Soc
. 2025 Jan;
147(6):4915-4929.
PMID: 39874302
The local environment of the active site, such as the confinement of hydronium ions within zeolite pores, significantly influences catalytic turnover, similar to enzyme functionality. This study explores these effects...
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Vermeeren B, Van Praet S, Arts W, Narmon T, Zhang Y, Zhou C, et al.
Chem Soc Rev
. 2024 Oct;
53(24):11804-11849.
PMID: 39365265
Aliphatic amines encompass a diverse group of amines that include alkylamines, alkyl polyamines, alkanolamines and aliphatic heterocyclic amines. Their structural diversity and distinctive characteristics position them as indispensable components across...
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Heyer A, Ma J, Plessers D, Braun A, Bols M, Rhoda H, et al.
J Am Chem Soc
. 2024 Jul;
146(31):21208-21213.
PMID: 39046226
Methane is one of the most potent greenhouse gases; developing technology for its abatement is essential for combating climate change. Copper zeolites can activate methane at low temperatures and pressures,...
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Bols M, Ma J, Rammal F, Plessers D, Wu X, Navarro-Jaen S, et al.
Chem Rev
. 2024 Feb;
124(5):2352-2418.
PMID: 38408190
This review highlights UV-vis-NIR range absorption spectroscopy in catalysis. A variety of experimental techniques identifying reaction mechanisms, kinetics, and structural properties are discussed. Stopped flow techniques, use of laser pulses,...
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Heyer A, Plessers D, Ma J, Snyder B, Schoonheydt R, Sels B, et al.
J Am Chem Soc
. 2024 Feb;
146(9):6061-6071.
PMID: 38385349
The highly reactive binuclear [CuO] active site in copper zeolites activates the inert C-H bond of methane at low temperatures, offering a potential solution to reduce methane flaring and mitigate...
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Wu X, Smet E, Brandi F, Raikwar D, Zhang Z, Maes B, et al.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
. 2023 Dec;
63(10):e202317257.
PMID: 38128012
Lignin represents the largest aromatic carbon resource in plants, holding significant promise as a renewable feedstock for bioaromatics and other cyclic hydrocarbons in the context of the circular bioeconomy. However,...
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Ma Y, Conroy S, Shaw A, Alliati I, Sels B, Zhang X, et al.
JACS Au
. 2023 Nov;
3(11):3101-3110.
PMID: 38034967
Converting abundant biomass-derived feedstocks into value-added platform chemicals has attracted increasing interest in biorefinery; however, the rigorous operating conditions that are required limit the commercialization of these processes. Nonthermal plasma-based...
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Plessers D, Heyer A, Rhoda H, Bols M, Solomon E, Schoonheydt R, et al.
ACS Catal
. 2023 Jun;
13(3):1906-1915.
PMID: 37377676
The industrial implementation of a direct methane to methanol process would lead to environmental and economic benefits. Copper zeolites successfully execute this reaction at relatively low temperatures, and mordenite zeolites...