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Cover Picture: Scalable Synthesis of Acidic Mesostructured Silica–Carbon Nanocomposite Catalysts by Rotary Evaporation (ChemCatChem 1/2017)
Author(s) -
Zhong Ruyi,
Peng Li,
Iacobescu Remus Ion,
Pontikes Yiannis,
Shu Riyang,
Ma Longlong,
Sels Bert F.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201601629
Subject(s) - nanocomposite , carbon fibers , catalysis , mesoporous silica , materials science , evaporation , chemical engineering , mesoporous material , carbon source , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , chemistry , composite material , composite number , biochemistry , physics , engineering , thermodynamics
The Front Cover shows a practical and scalable soft templating synthesis procedure to prepare ordered mesoporous silica‐carbon nanocomposites, in which the use of a rotavapor is essential to achieve a fast and reproducible synthesis.In their Communication, R. Zhong et al. demonstrate this convenient method, in which the synthesis sol comprises of green and cheap sucrose as carbon source, besides TEOS as silica source and F127 as the soft template. The porous composites are easily decorated with sulphonic acid groups, and these acid forms show promising applications as acid catalyst for the transformation of biomass‐derived substrates to value‐added chemicals. More information can be found in the Communication by R. Zhong et al. on page 65 in Issue 1, 2017 (DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201600939).