Selected Papers from the International Conference on Catalysis 2018 (iCAT 2018)

Dear Colleagues,

The iCAT2018 is a biennial international conference on catalysis that is jointly organized by Malaysian Catalysis Society, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, and Catalysis Science and Technology Research Centre (PutraCAT) from 13th to 15th November 2018. The conference is organized to gather representatives from researchers, academics in this region, and industrial communities to exchange information and ideas, and to find mutual ground for developing new and improved catalytic methods to solve the challenges of today and in the (near) future in our chemistry-based societies. Authors with expertise in any topic of catalysis are cordially invited to submit their manuscripts to this Special Issue of Catalysts. The topic areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

Topic Areas:

     1.    Catalytic Mechanisms
           * Spectroscopic and Visualizing Characterizations
           * Surface Chemistry, Reaction Kinetics, and Mechanisms
           * Molecular Simulation and Theoretical Modelling
           * New Concepts for Catalysis;

     2.    Catalytic Materials
           * Nanostructured Catalytic Materials
           * Micro- and Mesoporous Catalytic Materials
           * Novel Design and Synthetic Approaches;

    3.     Catalysis for Energy
           * Energy Storage Materials and Devices
           * Efficient Utilization of Fossil Sources
           * Clean Energy Conversion: Electrocatalysis/Fuel Cell
           * Biomass Conversion
           * Photocatalysis for Hydrogen Production;

    4.     Environmental Catalysis
           * Automotive Exhaust Cleanup
           * Water Pollution Control
           * Updating and Utilization of Waste;

    5.     Catalysis for Chemical Synthesis
           * Green Synthesis
           * Petrochemicals
           * Fine Chemicals and Pharmaceutical
           * Selective Oxidation and Hydrogenation;

   6.     Cross-Disciplinary
          * Integration of Heterogeneous and Homogeneous
          * Organic Catalysis
          * Biometric Catalysis
          * Industrial Catalysis;

   7.     General Catalysis
          * Heterogeneous Catalysis
          * Homogeneous Catalysis
          * Biocatalysis
          * Photocatalysis.

More information about the conference can be found at http://conference.upm.edu.my/ICAT2018?view=page&val=menu&permalink=Nearbyhotels.

Prof. Dr.Yun Hin Taufiq-Yap
Prof. Dr. Karen Wilson
Guest Editors

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