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Robert Raja is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science, Engineering, and Chemistry, with a focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Catalysis, and Computational Mechanics.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media
  • Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis

Robert Raja has contributed to several research articles published in various journals. Among the notable recent papers are:

  • Functionalized mesoporous SBA-15 silica: recent trends and catalytic applications, 2020, Nanoscale
  • Design and application of photocatalysts using porous materials, 2021, Catalysis Reviews
  • Cobalt-containing zeolitic imidazole frameworks for C-H activation using visible-light redox photocatalysis, 2020, Catalysis Science & Technology
  • Plasmonic nanocatalysts for visible-NIR light induced hydrogen generation from storage materials, 2020, Materials Advances
  • Recent Advances in Photocatalytic CO2 Utilisation Over Multifunctional Metal-Organic Frameworks, 2020, Catalysts

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Robert Raja include Matthew E. Potter, Lindsay-Marie Armstrong, Priyanka Verma, Stylianos Kyrimis, and Marina Carravetta.

Several publication venues have featured their research multiple times. The most common journals are:

  • Catalysis Science & Technology
  • Catalysts
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Advanced Powder Technology
  • Chemical Communications

Best Publications

  • Single-site heterogeneous catalysts.

    John Meurig Thomas;John Meurig Thomas;Robert Raja;Dewi W. Lewis

  • High-Performance Nanocatalysts for Single-Step Hydrogenations

    John Meurig Thomas;Brian F. G. Johnson;Robert Raja;Gopinathan Sankar

  • Molecular-sieve catalysts for the selective oxidation of linear alkanes by molecular oxygen

    John Meurig Thomas;Robert Raja;Gopinathan Sankar;Robert G. Bell

  • Molecular sieve catalysts for the regioselective and shape- selective oxyfunctionalization of alkanes in air.

    John Meurig Thomas;Robert Raja;Gopinathan Sankar;Robert G. Bell

  • Exploiting nanospace for asymmetric catalysis: confinement of immobilized, single-site chiral catalysts enhances enantioselectivity.

    John Meurig Thomas;Robert Raja

  • Functionalized mesoporous SBA-15 silica: recent trends and catalytic applications

    Priyanka Verma;Priyanka Verma;Yasutaka Kuwahara;Yasutaka Kuwahara;Yasutaka Kuwahara;Kohsuke Mori;Kohsuke Mori;Robert Raja

  • Powerful redox molecular sieve catalysts for the selective oxidation of cyclohexane in air

    Robert Raja;Gopinathan Sankar;John Meurig Thomas

  • Designing a Heterogeneous Catalyst for the Production of Adipic Acid by Aerial Oxidation of Cyclohexane

    Markus Dugal;Gopinathan Sankar;Robert Raja;John Meurig Thomas

  • Catalytically active centres in porous oxides: designand performance of highly selective new catalysts

    John Meurig Thomas;Robert Raja

  • Solvent-free, low-temperature, selective hydrogenation of polyenes using a bimetallic nanoparticle Ru-Sn catalyst

    Sophie Hermans;Robert Raja;John M. Thomas;Brian F. G. Johnson

  • Enhancing the enantioselectivity of novel homogeneous organometallic hydrogenation catalysts

    Matthew D. Jones;Robert Raja;John Meurig Thomas;Brian F. G. Johnson

  • Constraining asymmetric organometallic catalysts within mesoporous supports boosts their enantioselectivity.

    Robert Raja;John Meurig Thomas;Matthew D. Jones;Brian F.G. Johnson

  • Nanotechnology in catalysis

    Bing Zhou;Sophie Hermans;Gabor A. Somorjai;Scott Han

  • Single-step, highly active, and highly selective nanoparticle catalysts for the hydrogenation of key organic compounds

    Robert Raja;Tetyana Khimyak;John Meurig Thomas;Sophie Hermans

  • Design of a green one-step catalytic production of e-caprolactam (precursor of nylon-6)

    John Meurig Thomas;Robert Raja

  • Single‐Step Conversion of Dimethyl Terephthalate into Cyclohexanedimethanol with Ru5PtSn, a Trimetallic Nanoparticle Catalyst

    Ana B. Hungria;Robert Raja;Richard D. Adams;Burjor Captain

  • Catalytic significance of organometallic compounds immobilized on mesoporous silica: economically and environmentally important examples

    John Meurig Thomas;John Meurig Thomas;Robert Raja

  • A one-step, enantioselective reduction of ethyl nicotinate to ethyl nipecotinate using a constrained, chiral, heterogeneous catalyst

    Stuart A. Raynor;John Meurig Thomas;Robert Raja;Brian F. G. Johnson

  • Preparation, Characterisation and Performance of Encapsulated Copper–Ruthenium Bimetallic Catalysts Derived from Molecular Cluster Carbonyl Precursors

    Douglas S. Shephard;Thomas Maschmeyer;Gopinathan Sankar;John Meurig Thomas

  • Mechanistic Insights into the Conversion of Cyclohexene to Adipic Acid by H2O2 in the Presence of a TAPO‐5 Catalyst

    Sang-Ok Lee;Robert Raja;Kenneth D. M. Harris;John Meurig Thomas

Frequent Co-Authors

John Meurig Thomas
John Meurig Thomas University of Cambridge
Gopinathan Sankar
Gopinathan Sankar University College London
Brian F. G. Johnson
Brian F. G. Johnson University of Cambridge
Robert G. Bell
Robert G. Bell University College London
T. S. Andy Hor
T. S. Andy Hor National University of Singapore
Paul Ratnasamy
Paul Ratnasamy University of Louisville
Matthew D. Jones
Matthew D. Jones Neuroscience Research Australia
Paul A. Midgley
Paul A. Midgley University of Cambridge
Andrew R. Baden
Andrew R. Baden University of Maryland, College Park
A. P. Heinson
A. P. Heinson University of California, Riverside

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