Cover Picture: Scalable Synthesis of Acidic Mesostructured Silica–Carbon Nanocomposite Catalysts by Rotary Evaporation (ChemCatChem 1/2017). Issue 1 (9th January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhong, Ruyi; Peng, Li; Iacobescu, Remus Ion; Pontikes, Yiannis; Shu, Riyang; Ma, Longlong; Sels, Bert F.
• Is Part Of: ChemCatChem. Volume 9:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 1
• Publication Date: 2017-01-09
• Subjects: acid catalysis -- mesoporous materials -- nanocomposites -- rotary evaporation -- self-assembly; Catalysis -- Periodicals; 541.39505
• DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201601629
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1867-3880

Abstract

Abstract : 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. onpage 65 in Issue 1, 2017 (DOI:10.1002/cctc.201600939 ).