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Mark A. Isaacs is affiliated with Aston University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily resides within the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a notable focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The main topics covered by their work include:

  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
  • Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications

Among their recent notable publications are:

  • Advanced XPS characterization: XPS-based multi-technique analyses for comprehensive understanding of functional materials (2021), published in Materials Chemistry Frontiers
  • A spatially orthogonal hierarchically porous acid-base catalyst for cascade and antagonistic reactions (2020), published in Nature Catalysis

Isaacs has also coauthored research featured in other journals alongside multiple collaborators. Frequent coauthors include Christopher M. A. Parlett, Lee J. Durndell, David Morgan, Charalampos Drivas, and Robert G. Palgrave.

Publication records show a regular contribution to several academic venues, including:

  • Surface and Interface Analysis
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Nature Catalysis
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Their publications often address topics bridging materials chemistry and catalytic techniques, contributing to advancements in energy conversion and environmental sustainability.

Best Publications

  • Ag Alloyed Pd Single-Atom Catalysts for Efficient Selective Hydrogenation of Acetylene to Ethylene in Excess Ethylene

    Guang Xian Pei;Guang Xian Pei;Xiao Yan Liu;Aiqin Wang;Adam F. Lee

  • Atomically dispersed nickel as coke-resistant active sites for methane dry reforming

    Mohcin Akri;Shu Zhao;Xiaoyu Li;Xiaoyu Li;Ketao Zang

  • Classical strong metal–support interactions between gold nanoparticles and titanium dioxide

    Hailian Tang;Hailian Tang;Yang Su;Bingsen Zhang;Adam F. Lee

  • Highly selective hydrogenation of furfural over supported Pt nanoparticles under mild conditions

    Martin J. Taylor;Lee J. Durndell;Mark A. Isaacs;Christopher M.A. Parlett

  • Cobalt promoted TiO2/GO for the photocatalytic degradation of oxytetracycline and Congo Red

    Wan-Kuen Jo;Santosh Kumar;Mark A. Isaacs;Adam F. Lee

  • P25@CoAl layered double hydroxide heterojunction nanocomposites for CO2 photocatalytic reduction

    Santosh Kumar;Mark A. Isaacs;Rima Trofimovaite;Lee Durndell

  • Porous Dithiine-Linked Covalent Organic Framework as a Dynamic Platform for Covalent Polysulfide Anchoring in Lithium-Sulfur Battery Cathodes.

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  • Advanced XPS characterization: XPS-based multi-technique analyses for comprehensive understanding of functional materials

    Mark A. Isaacs;Josh Davies-Jones;Philip R. Davies;Shaoliang Guan

  • Facile synthesis of hierarchical Cu2O nanocubes as visible light photocatalysts

    Santosh Kumar;Christopher M.A. Parlett;Mark A. Isaacs;Danielle V. Jowett

  • Solid base catalysed 5-HMF oxidation to 2,5-FDCA over Au/hydrotalcites: fact or fiction?

    Leandro Ardemani;Giannantonio Cibin;Andrew J. Dent;Mark A. Isaacs

  • Cu and Fe oxides dispersed on SBA-15: A Fenton type bimetallic catalyst for N,N-diethyl-p-phenyl diamine degradation

    Sekar Karthikeyan;M. P. Pachamuthu;Mark A. Isaacs;Santosh Kumar

  • Platinum-Catalyzed Aqueous-Phase Hydrogenation of d-Glucose to d-Sorbitol

    Xingguang Zhang;Lee J. Durndell;Mark A. Isaacs;Christopher M. A. Parlett

  • Selectivity control in Pt-catalyzed cinnamaldehyde hydrogenation

    Lee J. Durndell;Christopher M. A. Parlett;Nicole S. Hondow;Mark A. Isaacs

  • Spatially orthogonal chemical functionalization of a hierarchical pore network for catalytic cascade reactions.

    Christopher M. A. Parlett;Mark A. Isaacs;Simon K. Beaumont;Laura M. Bingham

  • Effect of Cu and Sn promotion on the catalytic deoxygenation of model and algal lipids to fuel-like hydrocarbons over supported Ni catalysts

    Ryan Loe;Eduardo Santillan-Jimenez;Tonya Morgan;Lilia Sewell

  • Highly selective and solvent-dependent reduction of Nitrobenzene to N-phenylhydroxylamine, azoxybenzene, and aniline catalyzed by phosphino-modified polymer immobilized ionic liquid-stabilized AuNPs

    Simon Doherty;Julian G. Knight;Tom Backhouse;Ryan J. Summers

  • A spatially orthogonal hierarchically porous acid–base catalyst for cascade and antagonistic reactions

    Mark A. Isaacs;Christopher M. A. Parlett;Neil Robinson;Lee J. Durndell

  • Mechanochemically synthesized Pb-free halide perovskite-based Cs2AgBiBr6–Cu–RGO nanocomposite for photocatalytic CO2 reduction

    Santosh Kumar;Idil Hassan;Miriam Regue;Soranyel Gonzalez-Carrero

  • PdCu single atom alloys supported on alumina for the selective hydrogenation of furfural

    Mohammed J. Islam;Marta Granollers Mesa;Amin Osatiashtiani;Jinesh C. Manayil

  • All-Inorganic CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals: Gram-Scale Mechanochemical Synthesis and Selective Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction to Methane

    Santosh Kumar;Santosh Kumar;Miriam Regue;Miriam Regue;Mark A. Isaacs;Emma Freeman

  • Support enhanced α-pinene isomerization over HPW/SBA-15

    Lucia Frattini;Mark A. Isaacs;Christopher M.A. Parlett;Karen Wilson

  • Mesoporous NiO/Al-SBA-15 catalysts for solvent-free deoxygenation of palm fatty acid distillate

    Khairul Basyar Baharudin;Khairul Basyar Baharudin;Yun Hin Taufiq-Yap;James Hunns;Mark Isaacs

Frequent Co-Authors

Adam F. Lee
Adam F. Lee Griffith University
Karen Wilson
Karen Wilson Griffith University
Luca Olivi
Luca Olivi Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste
Chunfei Wu
Chunfei Wu Queen's University Belfast
Richard P. Martin
Richard P. Martin Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Tao Zhang
Tao Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mark Crocker
Mark Crocker University of Kentucky
Neil V. Rees
Neil V. Rees University of Birmingham
Richard E. Palmer
Richard E. Palmer Swansea University
Robert G. Palgrave
Robert G. Palgrave University College London

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