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Exclusive Contributions by the Editorial Board Members (EBMs) of the Applied Chemistry Section of Molecules

A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Chemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 6495

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Engineered Nanomaterials Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, William Paterson University, 300, Pompton Road, Wayne, NJ 07470, USA
Interests: nanocatalysis; novel metal nanoparticles; macromolecules; polysiloxane based materials; polysilanes; metallopolysilicones; siloxane dendrimers; polymers for drug delivery; nanochemistry; hybridpolymers; green catalysis
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Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue of Molecules is dedicated to recent advances in applied chemistry and mainly comprises a selection of exclusive papers by the Editorial Board Members (EBMs) of the Applied Chemistry Section. While contributions from other authors will also be considered, this issue focuses primarily on highlighting recent interesting investigations conducted in the laboratories of our section’s EBMs, providing an attractive open-access publishing platform for applied chemistry research data.

Prof. Dr. Bhanu P. S. Chauhan
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • applied chemistry
  • fine chemical chemistry
  • applied catalysis
  • environmental protection and water treatment
  • materials chemistry and applications
  • food chemistry and applications

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Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon Materials Derived from Graphene Oxide/Melamine Resin Composites for CO2 Adsorption
by Like Ouyang, Jianfei Xiao, Housheng Jiang and Shaojun Yuan
Molecules 2021, 26(17), 5293; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/molecules26175293 - 31 Aug 2021
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CO2 adsorption in porous carbon materials has attracted great interests for alleviating emission of post-combustion CO2. In this work, a novel nitrogen-doped porous carbon material was fabricated by carbonizing the precursor of melamine-resorcinol-formaldehyde resin/graphene oxide (MR/GO) composites with KOH as [...] Read more.
CO2 adsorption in porous carbon materials has attracted great interests for alleviating emission of post-combustion CO2. In this work, a novel nitrogen-doped porous carbon material was fabricated by carbonizing the precursor of melamine-resorcinol-formaldehyde resin/graphene oxide (MR/GO) composites with KOH as the activation agent. Detailed characterization results revealed that the fabricated MR(0.25)/GO-500 porous carbon (0.25 represented the amount of GO added in wt.% and 500 denoted activation temperature in °C) had well-defined pore size distribution, high specific surface area (1264 m2·g−1) and high nitrogen content (6.92 wt.%), which was mainly composed of the pyridinic-N and pyrrolic-N species. Batch adsorption experiments demonstrated that the fabricated MR(0.25)/GO-500 porous carbon delivered excellent CO2 adsorption ability of 5.21 mmol·g−1 at 298.15 K and 500 kPa, and such porous carbon also exhibited fast adsorption kinetics, high selectivity of CO2/N2 and good recyclability. With the inherent microstructure features of high surface area and abundant N adsorption sites species, the MR/GO-derived porous carbon materials offer a potentially promising adsorbent for practical CO2 capture. Full article
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Recyclable Catalysts for Alkyne Functionalization
by Leslie Trigoura, Yalan Xing and Bhanu P. S. Chauhan
Molecules 2021, 26(12), 3525; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/molecules26123525 - 09 Jun 2021
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In this review, we present an assessment of recent advances in alkyne functionalization reactions, classified according to different classes of recyclable catalysts. In this work, we have incorporated and reviewed the activity and selectivity of recyclable catalytic systems such as polysiloxane-encapsulated novel metal [...] Read more.
In this review, we present an assessment of recent advances in alkyne functionalization reactions, classified according to different classes of recyclable catalysts. In this work, we have incorporated and reviewed the activity and selectivity of recyclable catalytic systems such as polysiloxane-encapsulated novel metal nanoparticle-based catalysts, silica–copper-supported nanocatalysts, graphitic carbon-supported nanocatalysts, metal organic framework (MOF) catalysts, porous organic framework (POP) catalysts, bio-material-supported catalysts, and metal/solvent free recyclable catalysts. In addition, several alkyne functionalization reactions have been elucidated to demonstrate the success and efficiency of recyclable catalysts. In addition, this review also provides the fundamental knowledge required for utilization of green catalysts, which can combine the advantageous features of both homogeneous (catalyst modulation) and heterogeneous (catalyst recycling) catalysis. Full article
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