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Vollmer I, Jenks MJF, Rejman S, Meirer F, Gurinov A, Baldus M, Weckhuysen BM. Unravelling potential reaction intermediates during catalytic pyrolysis of polypropylene with microscopy and spectroscopy. Catal Sci Technol 2024; 14:894-902. [PMID: 38379714 PMCID: PMC10876043 DOI: 10.1039/d3cy01473h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 02/22/2024]
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While plastics-to-plastics recycling via melting and re-extrusion is often the preferred option due to a relatively low CO2 footprint, this technique requires a highly sorted waste stream and plastic properties can often not be maintained. Obtaining aromatics, such as benzene, toluene, and xylene (BTX), via catalytic pyrolysis of polyolefins, such as polypropylene and polyethylene, offers another attractive recycling technology. In this process, a discarded crude oil refinery catalyst (ECAT) was previously shown to lower the unwanted formation of deactivating coke species compared to a fresh crude oil refinery catalyst (FCC-cat), while yielding 20 wt% aromatics from polypropylene. In this work, we study the underlying reaction mechanism for this chemical recycling process over the fresh and used refinery catalyst as well as a model system, not containing any zeolite material, using a combination of microscopy and spectroscopy. More specifically, by using in situ fluorescence microscopy, in situ infrared spectroscopy, in situ ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy as well as ex situ solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance, we observe highly fluorescent methylated aromatic intermediates that differ for the three catalyst materials under study both in their fluorescence, IR, UV-vis, and NMR spectroscopy features. This detailed micro-spectroscopic comparison informs which potential reaction intermediates lead to increased coke formation. Our results suggests that a next generation of catalyst materials for this process would profit from a higher accessibility and a milder acidity compared to an FCC-cat and shows the great potential of using ECAT to reduce coking and obtain a BTX stream, which could be become the chemical building blocks for the manufacturing of e.g., plastics and coating materials.
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- Ina Vollmer
- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis group, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science and Institute for Sustainable and Circular Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Utrecht University Universiteitsweg 99 3584 CH Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis group, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science and Institute for Sustainable and Circular Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Utrecht University Universiteitsweg 99 3584 CH Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis group, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science and Institute for Sustainable and Circular Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Utrecht University Universiteitsweg 99 3584 CH Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis group, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science and Institute for Sustainable and Circular Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Utrecht University Universiteitsweg 99 3584 CH Utrecht The Netherlands
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- NMR Spectroscopy, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Department of Chemistry, Utrecht University Padualaan 8 3584 CH Utrecht The Netherlands
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- NMR Spectroscopy, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Department of Chemistry, Utrecht University Padualaan 8 3584 CH Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis group, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science and Institute for Sustainable and Circular Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Utrecht University Universiteitsweg 99 3584 CH Utrecht The Netherlands
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Shen M, Rackers WH, Sadtler B. Getting the Most Out of Fluorogenic Probes: Challenges and Opportunities in Using Single-Molecule Fluorescence to Image Electro- and Photocatalysis. CHEMICAL & BIOMEDICAL IMAGING 2023; 1:692-715. [PMID: 38037609 PMCID: PMC10685636 DOI: 10.1021/cbmi.3c00075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 10/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
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Single-molecule fluorescence microscopy enables the direct observation of individual reaction events at the surface of a catalyst. It has become a powerful tool to image in real time both intra- and interparticle heterogeneity among different nanoscale catalyst particles. Single-molecule fluorescence microscopy of heterogeneous catalysts relies on the detection of chemically activated fluorogenic probes that are converted from a nonfluorescent state into a highly fluorescent state through a reaction mediated at the catalyst surface. This review article describes challenges and opportunities in using such fluorogenic probes as proxies to develop structure-activity relationships in nanoscale electrocatalysts and photocatalysts. We compare single-molecule fluorescence microscopy to other microscopies for imaging catalysis in situ to highlight the distinct advantages and limitations of this technique. We describe correlative imaging between super-resolution activity maps obtained from multiple fluorogenic probes to understand the chemical origins behind spatial variations in activity that are frequently observed for nanoscale catalysts. Fluorogenic probes, originally developed for biological imaging, are introduced that can detect products such as carbon monoxide, nitrite, and ammonia, which are generated by electro- and photocatalysts for fuel production and environmental remediation. We conclude by describing how single-molecule imaging can provide mechanistic insights for a broader scope of catalytic systems, such as single-atom catalysts.
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- Meikun Shen
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
- Institute
of Materials Science & Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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Winkler P, Raab M, Zeininger J, Rois LM, Suchorski Y, Stöger-Pollach M, Amati M, Parmar R, Gregoratti L, Rupprechter G. Imaging Interface and Particle Size Effects by In Situ Correlative Microscopy of a Catalytic Reaction. ACS Catal 2023; 13:7650-7660. [PMID: 37288091 PMCID: PMC10242684 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c00060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Revised: 03/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The catalytic behavior of Rh particles supported by three different materials (Rh, Au, and ZrO2) in H2 oxidation has been studied in situ by correlative photoemission electron microscopy (PEEM) and scanning photoemission electron microscopy (SPEM). Kinetic transitions between the inactive and active steady states were monitored, and self-sustaining oscillations on supported Rh particles were observed. Catalytic performance differed depending on the support and Rh particle size. Oscillations varied from particle size-independent (Rh/Rh) via size-dependent (Rh/ZrO2) to fully inhibited (Rh/Au). For Rh/Au, the formation of a surface alloy induced such effects, whereas for Rh/ZrO2, the formation of substoichiometric Zr oxides on the Rh surface, enhanced oxygen bonding, Rh-oxidation, and hydrogen spillover onto the ZrO2 support were held responsible. The experimental observations were complemented by micro-kinetic simulations, based on variations of hydrogen adsorption and oxygen binding. The results demonstrate how correlative in situ surface microscopy enables linking of the local structure, composition, and catalytic performance.
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- Philipp Winkler
- Institute
of Materials Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, Vienna 1060, Austria
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- Institute
of Materials Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, Vienna 1060, Austria
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- Institute
of Materials Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, Vienna 1060, Austria
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- Institute
of Materials Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, Vienna 1060, Austria
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- Institute
of Materials Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, Vienna 1060, Austria
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- University
Service Center for Transmission Electron Microscopy, TU Wien, Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10, Vienna 1040, Austria
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone
Trieste S.C.p.A., SS
14 km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, Trieste 34149, Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone
Trieste S.C.p.A., SS
14 km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, Trieste 34149, Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone
Trieste S.C.p.A., SS
14 km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, Trieste 34149, Italy
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- Institute
of Materials Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, Vienna 1060, Austria
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Dery S, Friedman B, Shema H, Gross E. Mechanistic Insights Gained by High Spatial Resolution Reactivity Mapping of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous (Electro)Catalysts. Chem Rev 2023; 123:6003-6038. [PMID: 37037476 PMCID: PMC10176474 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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The recent development of high spatial resolution microscopy and spectroscopy tools enabled reactivity analysis of homogeneous and heterogeneous (electro)catalysts at previously unattainable resolution and sensitivity. These techniques revealed that catalytic entities are more heterogeneous than expected and local variations in reaction mechanism due to divergences in the nature of active sites, such as their atomic properties, distribution, and accessibility, occur both in homogeneous and heterogeneous (electro)catalysts. In this review, we highlight recent insights in catalysis research that were attained by conducting high spatial resolution studies. The discussed case studies range from reactivity detection of single particles or single molecular catalysts, inter- and intraparticle communication analysis, and probing the influence of catalysts distribution and accessibility on the resulting reactivity. It is demonstrated that multiparticle and multisite reactivity analyses provide unique knowledge about reaction mechanism that could not have been attained by conducting ensemble-based, averaging, spectroscopy measurements. It is highlighted that the integration of spectroscopy and microscopy measurements under realistic reaction conditions will be essential to bridge the gap between model-system studies and real-world high spatial resolution reactivity analysis.
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- Shahar Dery
- Institute of Chemistry and The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry and The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry and The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry and The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Wu S, Madridejos JML, Lee JK, Xu R, Lu Y, Zhang Z. Quantitative single-molecule study reveals site-specific photo-oxidation activities and kinetics on 2D g-C 3N 4. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:3918-3921. [PMID: 36919710 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc00750b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/16/2023]
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We report the utilization of single-molecule fluorescence microscopy to in situ quantify the photo-oxidation reaction kinetics on g-C3N4. The wrinkle structure shows the highest reactivity and direct dissociation rate. The basal plane exhibits the highest affinity to reactants and products and indirect dissociation rate constant, followed by edges and wrinkles.
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- Shuyang Wu
- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, 637371, Singapore.
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, 637371, Singapore.
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, 637371, Singapore.
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, 637371, Singapore.
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, 637371, Singapore.
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, 637371, Singapore.
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Xiao Y, Xu W. Single-molecule fluorescence imaging for probing nanocatalytic process. Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2022.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Zeininger J, Winkler P, Raab M, Suchorski Y, Prieto MJ, Tănase LC, de Souza Caldas L, Tiwari A, Schmidt T, Stöger-Pollach M, Steiger-Thirsfeld A, Roldan Cuenya B, Rupprechter G. Pattern Formation in Catalytic H 2 Oxidation on Rh: Zooming in by Correlative Microscopy. ACS Catal 2022; 12:11974-11983. [PMID: 36249872 PMCID: PMC9552168 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Revised: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Spatio-temporal nonuniformities in H2 oxidation
on individual
Rh(h k l) domains of a polycrystalline Rh foil were studied in the 10–6 mbar pressure range by photoemission electron microscopy
(PEEM), X-ray photoemission electron microscopy (XPEEM), and low-energy
electron microscopy (LEEM). The latter two were used for in situ correlative
microscopy to zoom in with significantly higher lateral resolution,
allowing detection of an unusual island-mediated oxygen front propagation
during kinetic transitions. The origin of the island-mediated front
propagation was rationalized by model calculations based on a hybrid
approach of microkinetic modeling and Monte Carlo simulations.
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- Johannes Zeininger
- Institute of Materials Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Materials Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Materials Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Materials Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- University Service Center for Transmission Electron Microscopy, TU Wien, Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10, 1040 Vienna, Austria
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- University Service Center for Transmission Electron Microscopy, TU Wien, Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10, 1040 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Materials Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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Liu X, Wang C, Zhou J, Liu C, Liu Z, Shi J, Wang Y, Teng J, Xie Z. Molecular transport in zeolite catalysts: depicting an integrated picture from macroscopic to microscopic scales. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:8174-8200. [PMID: 36069165 DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00079b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Increasing social sustainability triggers the persistent progress of industrial catalysis in energy transformation and chemical production. Zeolites have been demonstrated to be pivotal catalysts in chemical industries due to their moderate acidity and versatile well-defined pore structures. However, in the context of enhancing the performances of zeolite catalysts, the perspectives on the diffusion regulations within the pores and channels in the bulk phases or external surfaces of the zeolites are often overlooked. Establishing the structure-transport-reactivity relationships in heterogeneous catalysis can provide rational guidelines to design high-performance catalysts. Herein, this tutorial review attempts to systematically depict an integrated picture of molecular transport behaviors in zeolite catalysts from macroscopic to microscopic perspectives. The advances in the accurate diffusion measurements employing both macroscopic and microscopic techniques are briefly introduced. The diffusion characteristics in zeolite catalysts under working conditions (e.g., high temperature, multi-components, and reaction coupling) are then addressed. The macroscopic internal diffusion and the microscopic diffusion occurring in the micro-zones of zeolite crystals (e.g., surface diffusion, diffusion anisotropy, and confined diffusion) are reviewed and discussed in more detail. These diffusion behaviors highly impact the underlying reaction mechanism, catalytic performances, and catalyst optimization strategies. Finally, the multi-type pore systems of practical zeolite catalysts in industrial reactors and their transport behaviors are analyzed. The fully-crystalline monolithic zeolites in the absence of binders are highlighted as rising-star catalytic materials for industrial applications. The research challenges in this field and the potential future development directions are summarized.
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- Xiaoliang Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology, SINOPEC Corp., Shanghai 201208, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology, SINOPEC Corp., Shanghai 201208, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology, SINOPEC Corp., Shanghai 201208, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology, SINOPEC Corp., Shanghai 201208, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology, SINOPEC Corp., Shanghai 201208, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology, SINOPEC Corp., Shanghai 201208, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology, SINOPEC Corp., Shanghai 201208, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology, SINOPEC Corp., Shanghai 201208, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology, SINOPEC Corp., Shanghai 201208, China. .,China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC Corp.), Beijing 100728, China
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Shen M, Ding T, Tan C, Rackers WH, Zhang D, Lew MD, Sadtler B. In Situ Imaging of Catalytic Reactions on Tungsten Oxide Nanowires Connects Surface-Ligand Redox Chemistry with Photocatalytic Activity. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:4694-4701. [PMID: 35674669 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c00674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Semiconductor nanocrystals are promising candidates for generating chemical feedstocks through photocatalysis. Understanding the role of ligands used to prepare colloidal nanocrystals in catalysis is challenging due to the complexity and heterogeneity of nanocrystal surfaces. We use in situ single-molecule fluorescence imaging to map the spatial distribution of active regions along individual tungsten oxide nanowires before and after functionalizing them with ascorbic acid. Rather than blocking active sites, we observed a significant enhancement in activity for photocatalytic water oxidation after treatment with ascorbic acid. While the initial nanowires contain inactive regions dispersed along their length, the functionalized nanowires show high uniformity in their photocatalytic activity. Spatial colocalization of the active regions with their surface chemical properties shows that oxidation of ascorbic acid during photocatalysis generates new oxygen vacancies along the nanowire surface. We demonstrate that controlling surface-ligand redox chemistry during photocatalysis can enhance the active site concentration on nanocrystal catalysts.
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- Meikun Shen
- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
- Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
- Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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Saluga SJ, Dibble DJ, Blum SA. Superresolved Motions of Single Molecular Catalysts during Polymerization Show Wide Distributions. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:10591-10598. [PMID: 35670469 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c03566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The motion of single molecular ruthenium catalysts during and after single turnover events of ring-opening metathesis polymerization is imaged through single-molecule superresolution tracking with a positional accuracy of ±32 nm. This tracking is achieved through the real-time incorporation of spectrally tagged monomer units into active polymer chain ends during living polymerization; thus, by design, only active-catalyst motion is detected and imaged, without convolution by inactive catalysts. The catalysts show diverse individualistic diffusive behaviors with respect to time that persist for up to 20 s. Catalysts occupy three mobility populations: quasi-stationary (23%), intermediate (53%, 65 nm), and large (24%, 145 nm) step sizes. Differences in catalyst mobility populations also exist between individual aggregates (p < 0.001). Such differential motion indicates widely different local catalyst microenvironments during the catalytic turnover. These mobility differences are uniquely observable through single-catalyst microscopy and are not measurable through traditional ensemble analytical techniques for characterizing the behavior of molecular catalysts, such as nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The measured distributions of active molecular catalyst motions would not be readily predictable through modeling or first-principles, and the range likely impacts individual catalyst turnover rate and selectivity. This range plausibly contributes to property distributions observable in bulk polymers, such as molecular weight polydispersity (e.g., 1.9 in this system), leading to a revised understanding of the mechanistic, microscale origins of macroscale polymer properties.
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- Shannon J Saluga
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-2025, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-2025, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-2025, United States
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Vollmer I, Jenks MJF, Mayorga González R, Meirer F, Weckhuysen BM. Plastic Waste Conversion over a Refinery Waste Catalyst. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202104110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Ina Vollmer
- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science Utrecht University Universiteitsweg 99 3584 CG Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science Utrecht University Universiteitsweg 99 3584 CG Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science Utrecht University Universiteitsweg 99 3584 CG Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science Utrecht University Universiteitsweg 99 3584 CG Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science Utrecht University Universiteitsweg 99 3584 CG Utrecht The Netherlands
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Vollmer I, Jenks MJF, Mayorga González R, Meirer F, Weckhuysen BM. Plastic Waste Conversion over a Refinery Waste Catalyst. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:16101-16108. [PMID: 33974734 PMCID: PMC8362022 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202104110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Polypropylene (PP) makes up a large share of our plastic waste. We investigated the conversion of PP over the industrial Fluid Catalytic Cracking catalyst (FCC-cat) used to produce gasoline from crude oil fractions. We studied transport limitations arising from the larger size of polymers compared to the crude oil-based feedstock by testing the components of this catalyst separately. Infrared spectroscopy and confocal fluorescence microscopy revealed the role of the FCC matrix in aromatization, and the zeolite Y domains in coking. An equilibrium catalyst (ECAT), discarded during FCC operation as waste, produced the same aromatics content as a fresh FCC-cat, while coking decreased significantly, likely due to the reduced accessibility and activity of the zeolite domains and an enhanced cracking activity of the matrix due to metal deposits present in ECAT. This mechanistic understanding provides handles for further improving the catalyst composition towards higher aromatics selectivity.
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- Ina Vollmer
- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials ScienceUtrecht UniversityUniversiteitsweg 993584 CGUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials ScienceUtrecht UniversityUniversiteitsweg 993584 CGUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials ScienceUtrecht UniversityUniversiteitsweg 993584 CGUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials ScienceUtrecht UniversityUniversiteitsweg 993584 CGUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials ScienceUtrecht UniversityUniversiteitsweg 993584 CGUtrechtThe Netherlands
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Dong B, Mansour N, Huang TX, Huang W, Fang N. Single molecule fluorescence imaging of nanoconfinement in porous materials. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:6483-6506. [PMID: 34100033 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs01568g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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This review covers recent progress in using single molecule fluorescence microscopy imaging to understand the nanoconfinement in porous materials. The single molecule approach unveils the static and dynamic heterogeneities from seemingly equal molecules by removing the ensemble averaging effect. Physicochemical processes including mass transport, surface adsorption/desorption, and chemical conversions within the confined space inside porous materials have been studied at nanometer spatial resolution, at the single nanopore level, with millisecond temporal resolution, and under real chemical reaction conditions. Understanding these physicochemical processes provides the ability to quantitatively measure the inhomogeneities of nanoconfinement effects from the confining properties, including morphologies, spatial arrangement, and trapping domains. Prospects and limitations of current single molecule imaging studies on nanoconfinement are also discussed.
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- Bin Dong
- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA.
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- Yi Xiao
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry and Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Chemical Power, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun Jilin 130022 China
- University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry and Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Chemical Power, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun Jilin 130022 China
- University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 China
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Omori N, Candeo A, Mosca S, Lezcano-Gonzalez I, Robinson IK, Li L, Greenaway AG, Collier P, Beale AM. Multimodal Imaging of Autofluorescent Sites Reveals Varied Chemical Speciation in SSZ-13 Crystals. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:5125-5131. [PMID: 33332715 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202015016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2020] [Revised: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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A multimodal imaging study of chabazite is used to show the distribution of and discriminate between different emissive deposits arising as a result of the detemplation process. Confocal imaging, 3D fluorescence lifetime imaging, 3D multispectral fluorescence imaging, and Raman mapping are used to show three different types of emissive behaviours each characterised by different spatial distributions, trends in lifetime, spectral signals, and Raman signatures. A notable difference is seen in the morphology of agglomerated surface deposits and larger subsurface deposits, which experience lifetime augmentation due to spatial confinement. The distribution of organic residue throughout the crystal volume is comparable to XRF mapping that shows Si enrichment on the outer edges and higher Al content through the centre, demonstrating that a fluorescence-based technique can also be used to indirectly comment on the compositional chemistry of the inorganic framework.
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- Naomi Omori
- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK.,The Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0FA, UK
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- Central Laser Facility-Science & Technology Facility Council, The Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0FA, UK
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- Central Laser Facility-Science & Technology Facility Council, The Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0FA, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK.,The Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0FA, UK
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- London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.,Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK.,The Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0FA, UK
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- Johnson Matthey Technology Centre, Blounts Court Road, Sonning Common, Reading, RG4 9NH, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK.,The Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0FA, UK
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Omori N, Candeo A, Mosca S, Lezcano‐Gonzalez I, Robinson IK, Li L, Greenaway AG, Collier P, Beale AM. Multimodal Imaging of Autofluorescent Sites Reveals Varied Chemical Speciation in SSZ‐13 Crystals. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202015016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Naomi Omori
- Department of Chemistry University College London 20 Gordon Street London WC1H 0AJ UK
- The Research Complex at Harwell Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Campus Didcot Oxfordshire OX11 0FA UK
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- Central Laser Facility-Science & Technology Facility Council The Research Complex at Harwell Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Campus Didcot Oxfordshire OX11 0FA UK
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- Central Laser Facility-Science & Technology Facility Council The Research Complex at Harwell Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Campus Didcot Oxfordshire OX11 0FA UK
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- Department of Chemistry University College London 20 Gordon Street London WC1H 0AJ UK
- The Research Complex at Harwell Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Campus Didcot Oxfordshire OX11 0FA UK
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- London Centre for Nanotechnology University College London London WC1E 6BT UK
- Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton NY USA
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- Advanced Photon Source Argonne National Laboratory 9700 South Cass Avenue Lemont IL 60439 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University College London 20 Gordon Street London WC1H 0AJ UK
- The Research Complex at Harwell Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Campus Didcot Oxfordshire OX11 0FA UK
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- Johnson Matthey Technology Centre Blounts Court Road Sonning Common, Reading RG4 9NH UK
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- Department of Chemistry University College London 20 Gordon Street London WC1H 0AJ UK
- The Research Complex at Harwell Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Campus Didcot Oxfordshire OX11 0FA UK
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AbstractNanoporous solids, including microporous, mesoporous and hierarchically structured porous materials, are of scientific and technological interest because of their high surface-to-volume ratio and ability to impose shape- and size-selectivity on molecules diffusing through them. Enormous efforts have been put in the mechanistic understanding of diffusion–reaction relationships of nanoporous solids, with the ultimate goal of developing materials with improved catalytic performance. Single-molecule localization microscopy can be used to explore the pore space via the trajectories of individual molecules. This ensemble-free perspective directly reveals heterogeneities in diffusion and diffusion-related reactivity of individual molecules, which would have been obscured in bulk measurements. In this article, we review developments in the spatial and temporal characterization of nanoporous solids using single-molecule localization microscopy. We illustrate various aspects of this approach, and showcase how it can be used to follow molecular diffusion and reaction behaviors in nanoporous solids.
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Xian X, Chen J, Chu Y, He M, Zhao S, Dong L, Ren J. Unraveling the spatial distribution of the acidity of
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‐5 zeolite on the level of crystal grains. AIChE J 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.17134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Xiaochao Xian
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Chongqing University Chongqing China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Chongqing University Chongqing China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Chongqing University Chongqing China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Chongqing University Chongqing China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Chongqing University Chongqing China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Chongqing University Chongqing China
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- Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Kowloon Hong Kong
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Velthoen MEZ, Lucini Paioni A, Teune IE, Baldus M, Weckhuysen BM. Matrix Effects in a Fluid Catalytic Cracking Catalyst Particle: Influence on Structure, Acidity, and Accessibility. Chemistry 2020; 26:11995-12009. [PMID: 32125038 PMCID: PMC7539955 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201905867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Matrix effects in a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalyst have been studied in terms of structure, accessibility, and acidity. An extensive characterization study into the structural and acidic properties of a FCC catalyst, its individual components (i.e., zeolite H‐Y, binder (boehmite/silica) and kaolin clay), and two model FCC catalyst samples containing only two components (i.e., zeolite‐binder and binder‐clay) was performed at relevant conditions. This allowed the drawing of conclusions about the role of each individual component, describing their mutual physicochemical interactions, establishing structure‐acidity relationships, and determining matrix effects in FCC catalyst materials. This has been made possible by using a wide variety of characterization techniques, including temperature‐programmed desorption of ammonia, infrared spectroscopy in combination with CO as probe molecule, transmission electron microscopy, X‐ray diffraction, Ar physisorption, and advanced nuclear magnetic resonance. By doing so it was, for example, revealed that a freshly prepared spray‐dried FCC catalyst appears as a physical mixture of its individual components, but under typical riser reactor conditions, the interaction between zeolite H‐Y and binder material is significant and mobile aluminum migrates and inserts from the binder into the defects of the zeolite framework, thereby creating additional Brønsted acid sites and restoring the framework structure.
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- Marjolein E Z Velthoen
- Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3584 CG, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3584 CG, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3584 CG, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Nieuwelink A, Velthoen MEZ, Nederstigt YCM, Jagtenberg KL, Meirer F, Weckhuysen BM. Single Particle Assays to Determine Heterogeneities within Fluid Catalytic Cracking Catalysts. Chemistry 2020; 26:8546-8554. [PMID: 32112709 PMCID: PMC7384009 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201905880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Anne‐Eva Nieuwelink
- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science Utrecht University Universiteitsweg 99 3584 CG Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science Utrecht University Universiteitsweg 99 3584 CG Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science Utrecht University Universiteitsweg 99 3584 CG Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science Utrecht University Universiteitsweg 99 3584 CG Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science Utrecht University Universiteitsweg 99 3584 CG Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science Utrecht University Universiteitsweg 99 3584 CG Utrecht The Netherlands
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Cai D, Xiong H, Zhang C, Wei F. Transport Phenomena in Zeolites in View of Graph Theory and Pseudo-Phase Transition. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2020; 16:e1901979. [PMID: 31468658 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201901979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2019] [Revised: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Transport phenomena play an essential role in catalysis. While zeolite catalysis is widely applied in industrial chemical processes, its efficiency is often limited by the transport rate in the micropores of the zeolite. Experimental and theoretical methods are useful for understanding the transport phenomena on multiscale levels. Traditional diffusion models usually use a linear driving force and an isotropic continuum medium, such that transport in a hierarchical catalyst structure and the occurrence of nonlinear deactivation cannot be well understood. Due to the presence of spatial confinement and an ordered structure, some aspects of the transport in a zeolite cannot be regarded as continuum phenomena and discrete models are being developed to explain these. Graph theory and small-world networks are powerful tools that have allowed pseudo-phase transition phenomena and other nontrivial relationships to be clearly revealed. Discrete models that include graph theory can build a bridge between microscopic quantum physics and macroscopic catalyst engineering in both the space and time scales. For a fuller understanding of transport phenomena in diverse fields, several theoretical methods need to be combined for a comprehensive multiscale analysis.
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- Dali Cai
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Gambino M, Veselý M, Filez M, Oord R, Ferreira Sanchez D, Grolimund D, Nesterenko N, Minoux D, Maquet M, Meirer F, Weckhuysen BM. Nickel Poisoning of a Cracking Catalyst Unravelled by Single‐Particle X‐ray Fluorescence‐Diffraction‐Absorption Tomography. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201914950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Marianna Gambino
- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science Utrecht University Universiteitsweg 99 3584 CG Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science Utrecht University Universiteitsweg 99 3584 CG Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science Utrecht University Universiteitsweg 99 3584 CG Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science Utrecht University Universiteitsweg 99 3584 CG Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Swiss Light Source Paul Scherrer Institute 5232 Villigen Switzerland
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- Total Research and Technology Feluy Zone Industrielle Feluy C 7181 Seneffe Belgium
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- Total Research and Technology Feluy Zone Industrielle Feluy C 7181 Seneffe Belgium
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- Total Research and Technology Gonfreville Zone Industrielle Carrefour No 4, BP 27 76700 Harfleur France
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science Utrecht University Universiteitsweg 99 3584 CG Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science Utrecht University Universiteitsweg 99 3584 CG Utrecht The Netherlands
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Gambino M, Veselý M, Filez M, Oord R, Ferreira Sanchez D, Grolimund D, Nesterenko N, Minoux D, Maquet M, Meirer F, Weckhuysen BM. Nickel Poisoning of a Cracking Catalyst Unravelled by Single-Particle X-ray Fluorescence-Diffraction-Absorption Tomography. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:3922-3927. [PMID: 31889397 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201914950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Ni contamination from crude oil in the fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) process is one of the primary sources of catalyst deactivation, thereby promoting dehydrogenation-hydrogenation and speeding up coke growth. Herein, single-particle X-ray fluorescence, diffraction and absorption (μXRF-μXRD-μXAS) tomography is used in combination with confocal fluorescence microscopy (CFM) after thiophene staining to spatially resolve Ni interaction with catalyst components and study zeolite degradation, including the processes of dealumination and Brønsted acid sites distribution changes. The comparison between a Ni-lean particle, exposed to hydrotreated feedstock, and a Ni-rich one, exposed to non-hydrotreated feedstock, reveals a preferential interaction of Ni, found in co-localization with Fe, with the γ-Al2 O3 matrix, leading to the formation of spinel-type hotspots. Although both particles show similar surface zeolite degradation, the Ni-rich particle displays higher dealumination and a clear Brønsted acidity drop.
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- Marianna Gambino
- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3584, CG, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3584, CG, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3584, CG, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3584, CG, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232, Villigen, Switzerland
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- Total Research and Technology Feluy, Zone Industrielle Feluy C, 7181, Seneffe, Belgium
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- Total Research and Technology Feluy, Zone Industrielle Feluy C, 7181, Seneffe, Belgium
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- Total Research and Technology Gonfreville, Zone Industrielle Carrefour No 4, BP 27, 76700, Harfleur, France
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3584, CG, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3584, CG, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Rivera-Torrente M, Mandemaker LDB, Filez M, Delen G, Seoane B, Meirer F, Weckhuysen BM. Spectroscopy, microscopy, diffraction and scattering of archetypal MOFs: formation, metal sites in catalysis and thin films. Chem Soc Rev 2020; 49:6694-6732. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cs00635a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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A comprehensive overview of characterization tools for the analysis of well-known metal–organic frameworks and physico-chemical phenomena associated to their applications.
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- Miguel Rivera-Torrente
- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis
- Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science
- Utrecht University
- 3584 CG Utrecht
- The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis
- Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science
- Utrecht University
- 3584 CG Utrecht
- The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis
- Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science
- Utrecht University
- 3584 CG Utrecht
- The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis
- Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science
- Utrecht University
- 3584 CG Utrecht
- The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis
- Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science
- Utrecht University
- 3584 CG Utrecht
- The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis
- Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science
- Utrecht University
- 3584 CG Utrecht
- The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis
- Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science
- Utrecht University
- 3584 CG Utrecht
- The Netherlands
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Effect of confinement space on adsorption energy and electronic structure of molecule-metal pairs. Struct Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s11224-019-01396-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Kong W, Li Q, Wang W, Zhao X, Jiang S, Zheng T, Zhang Q, Shen W, Cui H. Rational design of functional materials guided by single particle chemiluminescence imaging. Chem Sci 2019; 10:5444-5451. [PMID: 31293726 PMCID: PMC6553381 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc00954j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 04/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Chemiluminescence (CL) functionalized materials have found tremendous value in developing CL assays for clinical assays and point-of-care tests. To date, the design and optimization of these materials have mainly relied on conventional trial-and-error procedures in which the ensemble performance is evaluated using conditional experiments. Here we have built an optical microscope to acquire the CL emission from single magnetic-polymer hybrid microbeads functionalized with luminol analogues, and to access the CL kinetics of each individual particle. It was incidentally found that a minor subpopulation of microbeads exhibited intense and delayed CL emission while the majority showed transient and weak emission. Structural characterization of the very same individual particles uncovered that the amorphous multi-core microstructures were responsible for the enhanced encapsulation efficiency and optimized CL reaction kinetics. Guided by this knowledge stemming from single particle CL imaging, the synthesis procedure was rationally optimized to enrich the portion of microbeads with better CL performance, which was validated by both single particle imaging and the significantly improved analytical performance at the ensemble level. The present work not only demonstrates the CL imaging and CL kinetics curve of single microbeads for the first time, but also sets a clear example showing the capability of single particle studies to investigate the structure-activity relationship in a bottom-up manner and to help the rational design of ensemble materials with improved performance.
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- Weijun Kong
- Department of Chemistry , CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry , iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials) , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China .
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- Department of Chemistry , CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry , iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials) , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China .
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science , School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023 , P. R. China .
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- Beijing Institute of Metrology , Room 303, No. 10 Lishuiqiaojia, Chaoyang District , Beijing , 102200 , P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at the Microscale , iChEM , Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry , CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry , iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials) , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China .
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at the Microscale , iChEM , Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry , CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry , iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials) , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China .
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- Department of Chemistry , CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry , iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials) , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China .
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VAN HEST J, AGRONSKAIA A, FOKKEMA J, MONTANARELLA F, GREGORIO PUIG A, DE MELLO DONEGA C, MEIJERINK A, BLAB G, GERRITSEN H. Towards robust and versatile single nanoparticle fiducial markers for correlative light and electron microscopy. J Microsc 2019; 274:13-22. [PMID: 30648740 PMCID: PMC6849797 DOI: 10.1111/jmi.12778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2018] [Revised: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Abstract
Fiducial markers are used in correlated light and electron microscopy (CLEM) to enable accurate overlaying of fluorescence and electron microscopy images. Currently used fiducial markers, e.g. dye-labelled nanoparticles and quantum dots, suffer from irreversible quenching of the luminescence after electron beam exposure. This limits their use in CLEM, since samples have to be studied with light microscopy before the sample can be studied with electron microscopy. Robust fiducial markers, i.e. luminescent labels that can (partially) withstand electron bombardment, are interesting because of the recent development of integrated CLEM microscopes. In addition, nonintegrated CLEM setups may benefit from such fiducial markers. Such markers would allow switching back from EM to LM and are not available yet. Here, we investigate the robustness of various luminescent nanoparticles (NPs) that have good contrast in electron microscopy; 130 nm gold-core rhodamine B-labelled silica particles, 15 nm CdSe/CdS/ZnS core-shell-shell quantum dots (QDs) and 230 nm Y2 O3 :Eu3+ particles. Robustness is studied by measuring the luminescence of (single) NPs after various cycles of electron beam exposure. The gold-core rhodamine B-labelled silica NPs and QDs are quenched after a single exposure to 60 ke- nm-2 with an energy of 120 keV, while Y2 O3 :Eu3+ NPs are robust and still show luminescence after five doses of 60 ke- nm-2 . In addition, the luminescence intensity of Y2 O3 :Eu3+ NPs is investigated as function of electron dose for various electron fluxes. The luminescence intensity initially drops to a constant value well above the single particle detection limit. The intensity loss does not depend on the electron flux, but on the total electron dose. The results indicate that Y2 O3 :Eu3+ NPs are promising as robust fiducial marker in CLEM. LAY DESCRIPTION: Luminescent particles are used as fiducial markers in correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM) to enable accurate overlaying of fluorescence and electron microscopy images. The currently used fiducial markers, e.g. dyes and quantum dots, loose their luminescence after exposure to the electron beam of the electron microscope. This limits their use in CLEM, since samples have to be studied with light microscopy before the sample can be studied with electron microscopy. Robust fiducial markers, i.e. luminescent labels that can withstand electron exposure, are interesting because of recent developments in integrated CLEM microscopes. Also nonintegrated CLEM setups may benefit from such fiducial markers. Such markers would allow for switching back to fluorescence imaging after the recording of electron microscopy imaging and are not available yet. Here, we investigate the robustness of various luminescent nanoparticles (NPs) that have good contrast in electron microscopy; dye-labelled silica particles, quantum dots and lanthanide-doped inorganic particles. Robustness is studied by measuring the luminescence of (single) NPs after various cycles of electron beam exposure. The dye-labelled silica NPs and QDs are quenched after a single exposure to 60 ke- nm-2 with an energy of 120 keV, while lanthanide-doped inorganic NPs are robust and still show luminescence after five doses of 60 ke- nm-2 . In addition, the luminescence intensity of lanthanide-doped inorganic NPs is investigated as function of electron dose for various electron fluxes. The luminescence intensity initially drops to a constant value well above the single particle detection limit. The intensity loss does not depend on the electron flux, but on the total electron dose. The results indicate that lanthanide-doped NPs are promising as robust fiducial marker in CLEM.
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- J.J.H.A. VAN HEST
- Condensed Matter and Interfaces, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials ScienceUtrecht UniversityUtrechtThe Netherlands
- Molecular Biophysics, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials ScienceUtrecht UniversityUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Molecular Biophysics, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials ScienceUtrecht UniversityUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Molecular Biophysics, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials ScienceUtrecht UniversityUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Condensed Matter and Interfaces, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials ScienceUtrecht UniversityUtrechtThe Netherlands
- Soft Condensed Matter, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials ScienceUtrecht UniversityUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Condensed Matter and Interfaces, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials ScienceUtrecht UniversityUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Condensed Matter and Interfaces, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials ScienceUtrecht UniversityUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Condensed Matter and Interfaces, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials ScienceUtrecht UniversityUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Molecular Biophysics, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials ScienceUtrecht UniversityUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Molecular Biophysics, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials ScienceUtrecht UniversityUtrechtThe Netherlands
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Easter QT, Garcia A, Blum SA. Single-Polymer–Particle Growth Kinetics with Molecular Catalyst Speciation and Single-Turnover Imaging. ACS Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b00095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Quinn T. Easter
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697−2925, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697−2925, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697−2925, United States
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Zhang K, Liu Y, Wang Y, Zhao J, Liu B. Direct SERS tracking of a chemical reaction at a single 13 nm gold nanoparticle. Chem Sci 2019; 10:1741-1745. [PMID: 30842839 PMCID: PMC6374737 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc04496a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 12/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Metal nanoparticles (NPs) with decreased sizes are promising catalysts in energy and medicine. Measuring the local reactions and simultaneously acquiring molecular insights at single small NPs, however, remain an experimental challenge. Here we report on surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic (SERS) tracking of catalytic reactions of single 13 nm gold NPs (GNPs) in situ. We designed spatially isolated (>1.5 μm of inter-dimer space) GNP dimers, each of which consisted of two GNPs with sizes of ∼200 and ∼13 nm, respectively. This design integrates the SERS and catalytic activities into a single entity, while eliminating the crosstalk between adjacent particles, which allows us to trace the redox-derived spectral evolution at single 13 nm GNPs for the first time. We also quantified the reaction kinetics of each individual GNP and analyzed the average behavior of multiple GNPs. There is a large variability among different particles, which underscores the significance of single particle analysis.
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- Kun Zhang
- Department of Chemistry , Shanghai Stomatological Hospital , State Key Lab of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials , Fudan University , Shanghai 200433 , China .
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- Department of Chemistry , Shanghai Stomatological Hospital , State Key Lab of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials , Fudan University , Shanghai 200433 , China .
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- Department of Chemistry , Shanghai Stomatological Hospital , State Key Lab of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials , Fudan University , Shanghai 200433 , China .
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- Department of Chemistry , Shanghai Stomatological Hospital , State Key Lab of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials , Fudan University , Shanghai 200433 , China .
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- Department of Chemistry , Shanghai Stomatological Hospital , State Key Lab of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials , Fudan University , Shanghai 200433 , China .
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Centi G, Čejka J. Needs and Gaps for Catalysis in Addressing Transitions in Chemistry and Energy from a Sustainability Perspective. CHEMSUSCHEM 2019; 12:621-632. [PMID: 30648784 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201802637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Accepted: 12/13/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Catalysis is undergoing a major transition resulting from significant changes in chemical and energy production. To honor the 50th anniversary of establishing the Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, this Essay discusses, from a forward-looking, personal and somewhat provocative perspective, the needs and gaps of catalysis to address the ongoing transition in chemistry and energy from a sustainability perspective. The focus is on a few selected aspects identified as crucial: i) The precise synthesis of catalytic materials, particularly focusing on mesoporous molecular sieves, metal-organic frameworks, and zeolites (particularly two-dimensional type); ii) advanced catalyst characterization methods; iii) new concepts and approaches needed in catalysis to meet the demands of a field of energy and chemistry in transition.
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- Gabriele Centi
- University of Messina, ERIC aisbl and CASPE/INSTM, Dept.s MIFT-Industrial Chemistry, V.le F. Stagno D'Alcontres 31, 98166, Messina, Italy
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Science, Dolejškova 3, 182 23, Prague 8, Czech Republic
- Current address: Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, 128 43, Prague 2, Czech Republic
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Pujals S, Feiner-Gracia N, Delcanale P, Voets I, Albertazzi L. Super-resolution microscopy as a powerful tool to study complex synthetic materials. Nat Rev Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1038/s41570-018-0070-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Kumar N, Kalirai S, Wain AJ, Weckhuysen BM. Nanoscale Chemical Imaging of a Single Catalyst Particle with Tip-Enhanced Fluorescence Microscopy. ChemCatChem 2019; 11:417-423. [PMID: 31031870 PMCID: PMC6472685 DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201801023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Determining the active site in real-life solid catalysts remains an intellectual challenge and is crucial for exploring the road towards their rational design. In recent years various micro-spectroscopic methods have revealed valuable structure-activity data at the level of a single catalyst particle, even under reaction conditions. Herein, we introduce Tip-Enhanced FLuorescence (TEFL) microscopy as a novel and versatile characterization tool for catalysis research. This has been achieved using a Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) catalyst as showcase material. Thin sectioning of industrially used FCC particles together with selective staining of Brønsted acidity has enabled high-resolution TEFL mapping of different catalyst regions. Hyperspectral information gained via TEFL microscopy reveals a spatial distribution of Brønsted acidity within individual zeolite domains in different regions of the FCC catalyst particle. Comparison of TEFL measurements from different FCC particles showed significant intra- and inter-particle heterogeneities both in zeolite domain size and chemical reactivity.
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- Naresh Kumar
- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Group Debye Institute for Nanomaterials ScienceUtrecht UniversityUniversiteitsweg 99Utrecht3584 CGThe Netherlands
- National Physical LaboratoryHampton RoadTeddington, TW11 0LWUnited Kingdom
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Group Debye Institute for Nanomaterials ScienceUtrecht UniversityUniversiteitsweg 99Utrecht3584 CGThe Netherlands
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- National Physical LaboratoryHampton RoadTeddington, TW11 0LWUnited Kingdom
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Group Debye Institute for Nanomaterials ScienceUtrecht UniversityUniversiteitsweg 99Utrecht3584 CGThe Netherlands
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- Wei Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
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Visualizing pore architecture and molecular transport boundaries in catalyst bodies with fluorescent nanoprobes. Nat Chem 2018; 11:23-31. [PMID: 30397319 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-018-0163-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2018] [Accepted: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The performances of porous materials are closely related to the accessibility and interconnectivity of their porous domains. Visualizing pore architecture and its role on functionality-for example, mass transport-has been a challenge so far, and traditional bulk and often non-visual pore measurements have to suffice in most cases. Here, we present an integrated, facile fluorescence microscopy approach to visualize the pore accessibility and interconnectivity of industrial-grade catalyst bodies, and link it unequivocally with their catalytic performance. Fluorescent nanoprobes of various sizes were imaged and correlated with the molecular transport of fluorescent molecules formed during a separate catalytic reaction. A direct visual relationship between the pore architecture-which depends on the pore sizes and interconnectivity of the material selected-and molecular transport was established. This approach can be applied to other porous materials, and the insight gained may prove useful in the design of more efficient heterogeneous catalysts.
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Haimerl J, Ghosh I, König B, Vogelsang J, Lupton JM. Single-molecule photoredox catalysis. Chem Sci 2018; 10:681-687. [PMID: 30746104 PMCID: PMC6340401 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc03860k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2018] [Accepted: 10/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Photocatalytic dehalogenation by a common dyestuff under aqueous conditions is driven by energy-additive absorption of two photons on the single-molecule level.
The chemistry of life is founded on light, so is it appropriate to think of light as a chemical substance? Planck's quantization offers a metric analogous to Avogadro's number to relate the number of particles to an effective reaction of single molecules and photons to form a new compound. A rhodamine dye molecule serves as a dehalogenating photocatalyst in a consecutive photoelectron transfer (conPET) process which adds the energy of two photons, with the first photon inducing radical formation and the second photon triggering PET to the substrate molecule. Rather than probing catalytic heterogeneity and dynamics on the single-molecule level, single-photon synthesis is demonstrated: the light quantum constitutes a reactant for the single substrate molecule in a dye–driven reaction. The approach illustrates that molecular diffusion and excited-state internal conversion are not limiting factors in conPET reaction kinetics because of catalyst–substrate preassociation. The effect could be common to photoredox catalysis, removing the conventional requirement of long excited-state lifetimes.
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- Josef Haimerl
- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik , Universität Regensburg , 93040 Regensburg , Germany .
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- Institut für Organische Chemie , Universität Regensburg , 93040 Regensburg , Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie , Universität Regensburg , 93040 Regensburg , Germany
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik , Universität Regensburg , 93040 Regensburg , Germany .
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik , Universität Regensburg , 93040 Regensburg , Germany .
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Chemical activity of single nanoparticles can be imaged and determined by monitoring the optical signal of each individual during chemical reactions with advanced optical microscopes. It allows for clarifying the functional heterogeneity among individuals, and for uncovering the microscopic reaction mechanisms and kinetics that could otherwise be averaged out in ensemble measurements.
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- Wei Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210023
- China
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