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Outstanding Reviewers for Catalysis Science & Technology in 2019

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10,2328-2328
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY90032J, Editorial

We would like to take this opportunity to highlight the Outstanding Reviewers for Catalysis Science & Technology in 2019, as selected by the editorial team for their significant contribution to the journal.
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Optimized preparation and regeneration of MFI type base catalysts for D-glucose isomerization in water

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00188K, Paper
Margarida M. Antunes, Auguste Fernandes, Diogo Falcão, Martyn Pillinger, Filipa Ribeiro, Anabela A. Valente
Eco-friendly solid bases possessing hierarchical MFI structure for D-glucose isomerization to D-fructose. Optimizing catalyst synthesis and composition for enhanced stability.
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Selenium-catalyzed oxidation of alkenes: insight into the mechanisms and developing trend

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00400F, Perspective
Hongen Cao, Rongrong Qian, Lei Yu
Recent progresses of the selenium-catalyzed oxidation of alkenes are summarized at the mechanism level. It may be beneficial for designing novel selenium-containing catalysts and alkene oxidation protocols for the next phase of studies.
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Carbon nanotube/PTFE as a hybrid platform for lipase B from Candida antarctica in transformation of α-angelica lactone into alkyl levulinates

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00545B, Paper
Anna Szelwicka, Anna Kolanowska, Piotr Latos, Sebastian Jurczyk, Slawomir Boncel, Anna Chrobok
A highly active biocatalyst based on a hybrid platform was designed for the conversion of α-angelica lactone to alkyl levulinates.
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Origin of CO2 as the main carbon source in syngas-to-methanol process over Cu: theoretical evidence from a combined DFT and microkinetic modeling study

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00602E, Paper
Dongyang Xu, Panpan Wu, Bo Yang
A theoretical study combining DFT and microkinetic modeling provides evidence that CO2 is the main carbon source in methanol synthesis from syngas (CO, CO2 and H2) over Cu.
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Heterogeneous iron-containing nanocatalysts – promising systems for selective hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00086H, Minireview
Anastasiya A. Shesterkina, Leonid M. Kustov, Anna A. Strekalova, Vladimir B. Kazansky
Bimetallic catalytic systems Fe–Me (Pt, Pd, Cu) demonstrate synergy in the activity/selectivity pattern in reactions involving hydrogen: selective hydrogenation of CC bonds, NO2 and carbonyl groups and hydrogenolysis of C–O bonds.
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MOFs based on 1D structural sub-domains with Brønsted acid and redox active sites as effective bi-functional catalysts

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00235F, Paper
José María Moreno, Alexandra Velty, Urbano Díaz
Low-dimensional MOF-type catalysts containing Brønsted acid and redox active sites, based on assembled 1D organic–inorganic nanoribbons, for one-pot two-step reactions.
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Insights into isothiourea-catalyzed asymmetric [3 + 3] annulation of α,β-unsaturated aryl esters with 2-acylbenzazoles:Mechani-sm, origin of stereoselectivity and switchable chemoselectivity

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00295J, Paper
Congcong Wang, Shi-Jun Li, Qiao-Chu Zhang, Donghui Wei, Lina Ding
Recently, isothiourea-catalyzed asymmetric [3 + 3] annulation reactions of α,β-unsaturated aryl esters with 2-acylbenzothiazole (or 2-acylbenzoxazole) were reported with switchable chemoselectivity to form either dihydropyridone or dihydropyrone, but predicting the...
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Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution over nickel cobalt bimetallic phosphate anchored graphitic carbon nitrides by regulation of d-band electronic structure

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00556H, Paper
Yuanzheng Zhang, Yunrong Dai, Lifeng Yin, Huihui Li, Xiang Chen, Bin Chen
Non-precious metal co-catalysts with high activity and stability are extremely desirable for economically viable photocatalytic molecular hydrogen (H2) evolution. Herein, nickel cobalt phosphate (NiCo-Pi) was introduced into graphitic carbon nitride...
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Pt-Ligand single-atom catalysts: tuning activity by oxide support defect density

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9CY02594D, Paper
Xuemei Zhou, Linxiao Chen, George E. Sterbinsky, Debangshu Mukherjee, Raymond R. Unocic, Steven L. Tait
Metal–ligand coordination stabilizes single atom Pt on pristine and defective TiO2 supports to impact local coordination and catalytic hydrosilylation activity.
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Surface reconstruction and effect of Ni-modification in the selective hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene over Mo2C-based catalysts

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00402B, Paper
Qiuchen Yang, Rui Qiu, Xixi Ma, Ruijun Hou, Kening Sun
In the current study, Mo2C, NiMo2C, H-Mo2C and H-NiMo2C were synthesized to understand the effects of Ni modification and synthesis route. The catalysts were characterized by XRD, N2-physisorption, SEM, TEM,...
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Facile synthesis of oxygen-deficient nano-TiO2 coordinated by acetate ligands for enhanced visible-light photocatalytic performance

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00592D, Paper
Shaohua Pang, Yunfei Lu, Lin Cheng, Juming Liu, Huiyan Ma, Jucai Yang, Qiancheng Zhang
To date, various methods have been adopted to enhance the visible-light photocatalytic activity of nano-TiO2. However, a more facile and moderate method is still highly desirable. In this work, a...
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Phosphorus-Doped Inverse Opal g-C3N4 for Efficient and Selective CO Generation from Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00457J, Paper
xiaoyue huang, Wenyi Gu, Songchang Hu, Yan Hu, Liang Zhou, Juying Lei, Lingzhi Wang, Yongdi Liu, Jinlong Zhang
In this work, inverse opal (IO) structure construction and phosphorus doping were combined to modify carbon nitride (g-C3N4) for photocatalytic reduction of CO2. The inverse opal structure was fabricated by...
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CO activation and methanation mechanism on hexagonal close-packed Co catalysts: effect of functionals, carbon deposition and surface structure

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00499E, Paper
Hai-Yan Su, Changlin Yu, Jin-Xun Liu, Yonghui Zhao, Xiufang Ma, Jie Luo, Chenghua Sun, Wei-Xue Li, Keju Sun
Regardless of the functionals used and the presence of graphitic carbon, the CO methanation rate on Co(0001) is mainly controlled by CHO decomposition.
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Bifunctional rhenium-copper nanostructures for intensified and stable ethanol synthesis via hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00579G, Communication
Zhongnan Du, Meng Chen, Xuepeng Wang, Xingkun Chen, Xiaolin Mou, Yuan Tan, Wenshao Yang, Chuanqi Huang, Hejun Zhu, Ronghe Lin, Yunjie Ding
Decorating small copper nanoparticles with isolated and/or clusted oxophilic rhenium species enables the first low-copper catalytic technology for intensified and stable ethanol production under mild conditions in dimethyl oxalate hydrogenation....
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Ligand photodissociation in Ru(II)–1,4,7-triazacyclononane complexes enhances water oxidation and enables electrochemical generation of surface active species

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9CY02575H, Paper
Hussein A. Younus, Nazir Ahmad, Ibrahim Yildiz, Serge Zhuiykov, Shiguo Zhang, Francis Verpoort
Ligand transformations involved in metal complexes during water oxidation (WO), such as ligand decomposition, partial oxidation, or complete dissociation have been reported, however, ligand photodissociation has not been reported yet.
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Impact of edge structures on interfacial interactions and efficient visible-light photocatalytic activity of metal–semiconductor hybrid 2D materials

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00420K, Paper
Open Access
Deobrat Singh, Pritam Kumar Panda, Nabil Khossossi, Yogendra Kumar Mishra, Abdelmajid Ainane, Rajeev Ahuja
The present work systematically investigates the structural, electronic, and optical properties of MoS2/Si2BN heterostructures based on first-principles calculations.
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Photocatalytic asymmetric epoxidation of trans-stilbene with manganese–porphyrin/graphene-oxide nanocomposite and molecular oxygen: axial ligand effect

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00441C, Paper
Elahe Ahadi, Hassan Hosseini-Monfared, Alex Spieß, Christoph Janiak
An efficient, visible light-driven manganese–porphyrin photocatalyst was developed for the asymmetric epoxidation of trans-stilbene by molecular oxygen under mild conditions.
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Phosphine-catalyzed [3 + 2] annulation of 2-aminoacrylates with allenoates and mechanistic studies

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00092B, Paper
Xiao-Yun Wu, Hou-Ze Gui, Harish Jangra, Yin Wei, Min Shi, Hendrik Zipse
A convenient and efficient strategy for the synthesis of 3-pyrrolines containing an amino quaternary stereogenic center via phosphine-catalyzed formal [3 + 2] annulation of allenoates with 2-aminoacrylates is disclosed. A...
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Influence of gold on the reactivity behaviour of ceria nanorods in CO oxidation: Combining operando spectroscopies and DFT calculations

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00392A, Paper
Marc Ziemba, Christian Hess
Au/CeO2 catalysts are commonly used for low-temperature CO oxidation. While many studies focus on the properties of gold and their relevance for the activity, the influence of the support properties...
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Hierarchical Z-scheme 1D/2D architecture with TiO2 nanowires decorated by MnO2 nanosheets for efficient adsorption and full spectrum photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00419G, Paper
Jiejing Zhang, Yajie Hu, Hong Zheng, Pengyi Zhang
Constructing composite photocatalysts with efficient photocatalytic activity, wide optical response range and excellent stability has great significance for the removal of organic pollutants in water. Herein, we report a novel...
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Prince Pipes IPO price band at Rs 177-178 per share; to raise Rs 500 crore

It has set a price band of Rs 177-178 per equity share for the IPO




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Prince Pipes and Fittings IPO opens today. Should you subscribe?

Price band of the offer has been fixed at Rs 177-178




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SBI Cards and Payment Services' $1.25 billion-IPO to open on March 2

The company plans to issue new shares worth Rs 500 crore and will offer up to 130.5 million shares for sale




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SBI Cards & Payment IPO price band fixed at Rs 750-755, opens on March 2

The second largest card issuer SBI Cards & Payment Services, which is hitting the primary market with a Rs 9,000-crore initial public offering, has set the price band for the share sale at Rs 750-755. The IPO, opening on March 2 and closing on 4, comprises fresh issue of equity shares aggregating to Rs 500 crore and an offer for sale where promoters will offload nearly 13 crore shares. Promoters SBI and Carlyle Group will offload 3.73 crore shares and 9.32 shares respectively. SBI holds 74 per cent in SBI Card and the rest by the Carlyle Group and they will pare their stakes by 4 per cent and 10 per cent respectively, SBI Managing Director Dinesh Khara told reporters kicking of the IPO roadshow. SBI Card's market share in terms of the number of credit cards outstanding is 18 per cent. The pure-play credit card company's gross NPA stood at 2.47 per cent in December 2019 compared to 2.44 per cent in March 2019 and 2.83 per cent in March 2018, he said. SBI Card managing director and




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SBI Cards IPO: Price band fixed in the range of Rs 750 to Rs 755 per share

At issue size of Rs 10,355 cr, the offering will be Asia's biggest this year and fourth-largest domestically




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Antony Waste Handling Cell's Rs 200-crore IPO to open on March 4

The price band for the IPO is Rs 295 to Rs 300 per share. At the IPO price, the firm is valued at Rs 800 crore




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Antony Waste Handling Cell IPO opens today. Is it worth your money?

The company will offer fresh shares worth Rs 35 crore and will offer 57 lakh equity shares under Offer For Sale (OFS) category for reduction of the aggregate consolidated outstanding borrowings.




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Kol schools reduce bus, lab and library fees

Several schools in the city have suspended or offered concessions in school bus, laboratory charges, library fees, optional computer training and other student-based activities that are payable.




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My own worst enemy / Scott Snyder, writer ; John Romita Jr., penciller ; Danny Miki, inker ; Dean White, colorist ; Steve Wands, letterer ; John Romita Jr., Danny Miki & Dean White, collection cover artists

Hayden Library - PN6728.B36 S697 2017




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The American way: those above and those below / written by John Ridley ; pencils by Georges Jeanty ; inks by John Livesay [and 3 others] ; colors by Nick Filardi ; letters by Travis Lanham

Hayden Library - PN6728.A496 R54 2018




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Border worlds / written and illustrated by Don Simpson ; with an afterword by Stephen R. Bissette

Hayden Library - PN6727.S525 B67 2017




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Batman/The Shadow: the murder geniuses / story by Scott Snyder and Steve Orlando ; script by Steve Orlando ; art by Riley Rossmo ; colors by Ivan Plascencia ; letters by Clem Robins ; cover art and original series covers by Riley Rossmo

Barker Library - PN6728.B36 S674 2017




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From Lone Mountain: King-Cat comics and stories 2003-2007 / by John Porcellino

Barker Library - PN6727.P666 F76 2018




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The 7 deadly sins / written by Tze Chun; drawn by Artyom Trakhanov; and colored by Giulia Brusco

Barker Library - PN6728.A17 2018




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The ghost in the shell: global neural network / edited by Alejandro Arbona and Ben Applegate

Barker Library - PN6720.G46 2018




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Comics and sacred texts: reimagining religion & graphic narratives / edited by Assaf Gamzou, Ken Koltun-Fromm

Dewey Library - PN6712.C53 2018




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Women's manga in Asia and beyond: uniting different cultures and identities / Fusami Ogi, Rebecca Suter, Kazumi Nagaike, John A. Lent, editors

Rotch Library - PN6714.W664 2019




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Black Panther. writer[s], Nnedi Okorafor, Aaron Covington ; artists, André Lima Araújo, Mario del Pennino ; color artist[s], Chris O'Halloran, Ian Herring, Irma Knivila ; penciler, Tana Ford ; inkers, Tana Ford, Terry Pallot, Scott Hanna ;

Barker Library - PN6728.B53 L66 2018




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Between pen and pixel: comics, materiality, and the book of the future / Aaron Kashtan

Hayden Library - PN6714.K37 2018




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Ricanstruction: reminiscing & rebuilding Puerto Rico / publisher, executive producer, editor, title design, book design, writer, Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez ; cover artists Tony Daniel, Danny Miki, Tomeu Morey ; inside cover artist Nicole Virella ; back

Barker Library - PN6726.R53 2018




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Doctor Who, the Thirteenth Doctor / writer, Richard Dinnick ; letterers, Comicraft's Sarah Jacobs and John Roshell ; artists, Mariano Laclaustra [and eight others] ; inker, Fer Centurion ; colorists, Color-Ica [and four others]

Barker Library - PN6728.D6445 D56 2018




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Wakanda forever / writers, Nnedi Okorafor, Priest, Don McGregor & Reginald Hudlin ; artists, Alberto Alburquerque, Oleg Okunev, Mike Perkins, Daniel Acuna & Ken Lashley ; inkers, Ray-Anthony Height, Alberto Alburquerque, Juan Vlasco & Keith C

Barker Library - PN6728.W255 O36 2018




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Doctor Who. writers, James Peaty, Jody Houser ; artists, Iolanda Zanfardino, Pasquale Qualano, Brian Williamson [and 1 other] ; colorists, Dijjo Lima, Enrica Eren Angiolini ; letterers, Richard Starkings and Comicraft's Jimmy Betancourt

Barker Library - PN6728.D644 P43 2019




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Redlands / writer & color artist, Jordie Bellaire ; artist, Vanesa R. Del Rey ; letterer, Clayton Cowles

Barker Library - PN6728.R43 B45 2018




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Mister Miracle / Tom King, writer ; Mitch Gerads, artist and colorist ; Clayton Cowles, letterer ; Mitch Gerads, collection cover art ; Nick Derington, original series cover art

Barker Library - PN6728.M53 K56 2019




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Consequential art: comics culture in contemporary Spain / edited by Samuel Amago and Matthew J. Marr

Barker Library - PN6775.C677 2019




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Sentient / Jeff LeMire, writer ; Gabriel Walta, art ; Steve Wands, letterer ; Sebastian Girner, editor

Barker Library - PN6727.S46 2019




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Pound for pound / Natalie Chaidez, writer ; Andy Belanger, art ; Daniela Miwa, color art ; Serge LaPointe, letterer ; Sebastian Girner, editor

Barker Library - PN6727.P68 2019




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Incorrigibles and innocents: constructing childhood and citizenship in progressive era comics / Lara Saguisag

Hayden Library - PN6725.S35 2019