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120
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57759
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

C. R. A. Catlow is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, with a significant number of publications spanning related subfields such as materials chemistry, catalysis, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, inorganic chemistry, and biomedical engineering.

Their work covers various specialized topics within catalytic science and materials, including catalytic processes in materials science, catalysis and oxidation reactions, zeolite catalysis and synthesis, ammonia synthesis and nitrogen reduction, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, advanced photocatalysis techniques, and electrocatalysts for energy conversion.

Frequent publication venues for Catlow's research include:

  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Faraday Discussions
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A

They have collaborated extensively with co-authors such as Alexey A. Sokol, Matthew G. Quesne, Graham J. Hutchings, Andrew J. Logsdail, and Michael D. Higham, indicating active partnerships in advancing research within their fields of expertise.

Catlow's recent research papers include:

  • Recent developments and perspectives in CdS-based photocatalysts for water splitting (2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry A)
  • Au-ZSM-5 catalyses the selective oxidation of CH4 to CH3OH and CH3COOH using O2 (2022, Nature Catalysis)
  • Electrochemical upgrading of biomass-derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and furfural over oxygen vacancy-rich NiCoMn-layered double hydroxides nanosheets (2021, Green Chemistry)
  • Heterogeneous Trimetallic Nanoparticles as Catalysts (2022, Chemical Reviews)
  • Synergistic ultraviolet and visible light photo-activation enables intensified low-temperature methanol synthesis over copper/zinc oxide/alumina (2020, Nature Communications)

In addition to articles, Catlow has contributed to book publications, including "Modern Developments in Catalysis" released through WORLD SCIENTIFIC (EUROPE) eBooks in 2021.

Recognition of their contributions includes being named a Member of Academia Europaea in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Band alignment of rutile and anatase TiO2

    David O. Scanlon;Charles W. Dunnill;John Buckeridge;Stephen A. Shevlin

  • Potential models for ionic oxides

    G V Lewis;C R A Catlow

  • QUASI: A general purpose implementation of the QM/MM approach and its application to problems in catalysis

    Paul Sherwood;Alex H. de Vries;Martyn F. Guest;Georg Schreckenbach

  • Radiation effects in crystalline ceramics for the immobilization of high-level nuclear waste and plutonium

    W. J. Weber;R. C. Ewing;C. R. A. Catlow;T. Diaz de la Rubia

  • Interatomic potentials for SiO2

    M. J. Sanders;M. Leslie;C. R. A. Catlow

  • The role of oxygen vacancies on ceria surfaces in the oxidation of carbon monoxide

    T.X.T. Sayle;T.X.T. Sayle;S.C. Parker;C.R.A. Catlow

  • Oxygen Ion Migration in Perovskite-Type Oxides

    M. Cherry;M.S. Islam;C.R.A. Catlow

  • Advances in theory and their application within the field of zeolite chemistry.

    Veronique Van Speybroeck;Karen Hemelsoet;Lennart Joos;Michel Waroquier

  • Identification of single-site gold catalysis in acetylene hydrochlorination

    Grazia Malta;Simon A. Kondrat;Simon J. Freakley;Catherine J. Davies

  • Interionic potentials for alkali halides

    C R A Catlow;K M Diller;M J Norgett

  • The prediction of inorganic crystal structures using a genetic algorithm and energy minimisation

    Scott M. Woodley;Peter D. Battle;Julian D. Gale;C Richard A. Catlow

  • Computer Simulation Studies of Zeolite Structure

    R. A. Jackson;C. R. A. Catlow

  • Dopant ion radius and ionic conductivity in cerium dioxide

    V. Butler;C.R.A. Catlow;B.E.F. Fender;J.H. Harding

  • Defect energetics in α - Al 2 O 3 and rutile Ti O 2

    C. R. A. Catlow;R. James;W. C. Mackrodt;R. F. Stewart

  • Self-consistent interatomic potentials for the simulation of binary and ternary oxides

    Timothy S. Bush;Julian D. Gale;C. Richard A. Catlow;Peter D. Battle

  • Defect studies of doped and undoped barium titanate using computer simulation techniques

    G.V Lewis;C.R.A Catlow

  • Relative energies of surface and defect states: ab initio calculations for the MgO (001) surface

    Peter V. Sushko;Peter V. Sushko;Alexander L. Shluger;C.Richard A. Catlow

  • Defects and diffusion in pyrochlore structured oxides

    P.J. Wilde;C.R.A. Catlow

  • De novo design of structure-directing agents for the synthesis of microporous solids

    Dewi W. Lewis;David J. Willock;C. Richard A. Catlow;John Meurig Thomas

  • Strain and Orientation Modulated Bandgaps and Effective Masses of Phosphorene Nanoribbons

    Xiaoyu Han;Henry Morgan Stewart;Stephen A Shevlin;C Richard A Catlow

  • Local geometry of Fe3+ ions on the potassium sites in KTaO3.

    H. Donnerberg;M. Exner;C. R. A. Catlow

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexey A. Sokol
Alexey A. Sokol University College London
Stephen C. Parker
Stephen C. Parker University of Bath
John Meurig Thomas
John Meurig Thomas University of Cambridge
Geoffrey D. Price
Geoffrey D. Price University College London
Robert G. Bell
Robert G. Bell University College London
Julian D. Gale
Julian D. Gale Curtin University
Alan V. Chadwick
Alan V. Chadwick University of Kent
Stefan T. Bromley
Stefan T. Bromley University of Barcelona
Ben Slater
Ben Slater University College London
Furio Corà
Furio Corà University College London

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