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Catalysis is a key area of modern science and the recognition of its importance has been increasing in recent years. In view of this a Royal Society Discussion Meeting was held on 8–9 May 2017 bringing together many facets of the latest research in catalysis. The meeting was set out in four themes. The first theme Catalysis for Clean Energy was introduced by Professor Christopher Hardacre [1] (Manchester University, UK) who discussed non-thermal plasmas that enable the activation of catalysis at low temperature operation. Dr Sara Jacob [2] (Exxon Mobil, USA) described some new exciting work relevant to alkane oxidation concerning the use of dioxiranes in solution at low temperature. Professor Gianfranco Pacchioni [3] (Milan) showed the power of contemporary computational modelling techniques with new work on biomass conversion using TiO2 and ZrO2 and addressed the question of why catalyst reduction aids the process. Professor … |
