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Profiles
Dr Lee Durndell
Lecturer in Chemistry
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
Teaching on the following modules:
- CHM009 - Chemistry 1
- CHM1014 - Solving Chemical Problems
- CHM1015 - Organic and Inorganic Chemistry 2
- CHM2011 - Inorganic Chemistry
- CHM2016 - Research Skills
- CHM3014 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
- GEES514 - Research Skills for Science
Qualifications
- 2015 - PhD in Surface Science and Heterogeneous Catalysis from Cardiff/Aston University - “An investigationinto support effects on the Pt-catalysed selective transformation of α,β-unsaturated substrates.”
- 2011 - MChem in Chemistry with Industrial experience, Cardiff University
Professional membership
Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Member of the Society of Chemical Industry
Roles on external bodies
Secretary for the Royal Society of Chemistry Analytical Division (Southwest Region)
Research interests
- Functionalisation of heirarchical nanomaterials
- Continuous flow chemistry
- Sustainable chemistry
- Selective transformation of biomass-derived substrates
- Selective hydrogenation and oxidation processes
- Fabrication of structured metal nanoparticles
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
2020 'Publisher Correction: A spatially orthogonal hierarchically porous acid–base catalyst for cascade and antagonistic reactions' Nature Catalysis 3, (11) 960-960 , DOI
2020 'A spatially orthogonal hierarchically porous acid–base catalyst for cascade and antagonistic reactions' Nature Catalysis 3, (11) 921-931 , DOI
2020 'Metal–Acid Synergy: Hydrodeoxygenation of Anisole over Pt/Al‐SBA‐15' ChemSusChem 13, (18) 4775-4775 , DOI
2020 'Hydrodeoxygenation of anisole over Pt/Al‐SBA‐15: metal‐acid synergy' ChemSusChem , DOI Open access
2020 'Ethanol Steam Reforming for Hydrogen Production Over Hierarchical Macroporous Mesoporous SBA-15 Supported Nickel Nanoparticles' Topics in Catalysis , DOI Open access
2019 'Platinum catalysed aerobic selective oxidation of cinnamaldehyde to cinnamic acid' Catalysis Today 333, 161-168 , DOI
2019 'Cascade aerobic selective oxidation over contiguous dual catalyst beds in continuous flow' ACS Catalysis , DOI Open access
2019 'Structure‐reactivity relations in Ru catalysed furfural hydrogenation' ChemCatChem , DOI Open access
2019 'Unravelling mass transport in hierarchically porous catalysts' Journal of Materials Chemistry A , DOI Open access
2018 'Citrate-mediated sol–gel synthesis of Al-substituted sulfated zirconia catalysts for α-pinene isomerization' Molecular Catalysis 458, 206-212 , DOI
2018 'Size-Dependent Visible Light Photocatalytic Performance of Cu2
O Nanocubes' ChemCatChem 10, (16) 3554-3563 , DOI
2018 'Tunable Silver-Functionalized Porous Frameworks for Antibacterial Applications' Antibiotics 7, (3) 55-55 , DOI Open access
2018 'On the Impact of the Preparation Method on the Surface Basicity of Mg–Zr Mixed Oxide Catalysts for Tributyrin Transesterification' Catalysts 8, (6) 228-228 , DOI
2018 'Magnetically-separable Fe3O4@SiO2@SO4-ZrO2 core-shell nanoparticle catalysts for propanoic acid esterification' Molecular Catalysis 449, 137-141 , DOI
2017 'Delaminated CoAl-Layered Double Hydroxide@TiO2Heterojunction Nanocomposites for Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2' Particle & Particle Systems Characterization 35, (1) 1700317-1700317 , DOI
2017 'Impact of Macroporosity on Catalytic Upgrading of Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oil by Esterification over Silica Sulfonic Acids' ChemSusChem 10, (17) 3506-3511 , DOI
2017 'A magnetically-separable H 3 PW 12 O 40 @Fe 3 O 4 /EN-MIL-101 catalyst for the one-pot solventless synthesis of 2H-indazolo[2,1- b ] phthalazine-triones' Molecular Catalysis 440, 96-106 , DOI
2017 'P25@CoAl layered double hydroxide heterojunction nanocomposites for CO2 photocatalytic reduction' Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 209, 394-404 , DOI
2017 'Tailored mesoporous silica supports for Ni catalysed hydrogen production from ethanol steam reforming' Catalysis Communications 91, 76-79 , DOI
2017 'Acetic Acid Ketonization over Fe
3
O
4
/SiO
2
for Pyrolysis Bio‐Oil Upgrading' ChemCatChem 9, (9) 1648-1654 , DOI
2017 'Tunable Ag@SiO2 core–shell nanocomposites for broad spectrum antibacterial applications' RSC Advances 7, (38) 23342-23347 , DOI
2016 'A new application for transition metal chalcogenides: WS2 catalysed esterification of carboxylic acids' Catalysis Communications 91, 16-20 , DOI
2016 'Platinum-Catalyzed Aqueous-Phase Hydrogenation of d-Glucose to d-Sorbitol' ACS Catalysis 6, (11) 7409-7417 , DOI
2016 'Highly selective hydrogenation of furfural over supported Pt nanoparticles under mild conditions' Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 180, 580-585 , DOI
2016 'Influence of alkyl chain length on sulfated zirconia catalysed batch and continuous esterification of carboxylic acids by light alcohols' Green Chemistry 18, (20) 5529-5535 , DOI
2016 'Niobic acid nanoparticle catalysts for the aqueous phase transformation of glucose and fructose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural' Catalysis Science & Technology 6, (19) 7334-7341 , DOI
2016 'Photodeposition as a facile route to tunable Pt photocatalysts for hydrogen production: on the role of methanol' Catalysis Science & Technology 6, (1) 81-88 , DOI
2015 'Selectivity control in Pt-catalyzed cinnamaldehyde hydrogenation' Scientific Reports 5, (1) , DOI Open access
2015 'Platinum-catalysed cinnamaldehyde hydrogenation in continuous flow' RSC Advances 5, (97) 80022-80026 , DOI
2015 'Selective palladium-catalysed aerobic oxidation of alcohols' RSC Green Chemistry 2015-January, (28) 92-132
2014 'Alumina-grafted SBA-15 as a high performance support for Pd-catalysed cinnamyl alcohol selective oxidation' Catalysis Today 229, 46-55 , DOI
2014 'Selective oxidation of allylic alcohols over highly ordered Pd/meso-Al2O3 catalysts' Catalysis Communications 44, 40-45 , DOI
2013 'Tunable Pt nanocatalysts for the aerobic selox of cinnamyl alcohol' Nanoscale 5, (12) 5412-5412 , DOI
Chapters
2020 'Chemical Catalysts for Biomass Upgrading'
2014 'Selective Palladium-Catalysed Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols' in Cardona F; Parmeggiani C Transition Metal Catalysis in Aerobic Alcohol Oxidation Royal Society of Chemistry 92-132 , DOI