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The role of mesoporosity and Si/Al ratio in the catalytic etherification of glycerol with benzyl alcohol using ZSM-5 zeolites
Camino Gonzalez-Arellanoa, Aida Grau-Atienzab, Elena Serranob, Antonio A. Romeroc, Javier Garcia-Martinezb, Rafael Luquec. (2015)
Mesostructured zeolites: bridging the gap between zeolites and MCM-41
Teerawit Prasomsri, Wenqian Jiao, Steve Z. Wenga and Javier Garcia Martinez. Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 8900-891. 01 Apr 201.
Hierarchical Zeolites and their Catalytic Performance in Selective Oxidative Processes
Dr. Manuel Ojeda, Aida Grau-Atienza, Rafael Campos, Prof. Antonio A. Romero, Dr. Elena Serrano, Prof. Jose Maria Marinas, Prof. Javier García Martínez, Rafael Luque. Article first published online: 27 MAR 2015
Mesoporous Metal Complex–Silica Aerogels for Environmentally Friendly Amination of Allylic Alcohols
Aida Grau, Dr. Alejandro Baeza, Dr. Elena Serrano, Dr. Javier García-Martínez, Carmen Nájera. Article first published online: 17 NOV 2014
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Director of the Molecular Nanotechnology Lab at the University of Alicante, Spain. Javier has published extensively in the areas of nanomaterials and energy and is the author of more than forty patents.
Aida Grau has a Bachelor degree in Chemistry (2010) and a Master degree in Materials Science (2011) from the University of Alicante (Spain), where she is doing her PhD thesis on the incorporation of chemical functionalities to mesoporous silica materials and zeolites for energy-related applications.
Aida Grau AtienzaAlexander is a a Research Fellow at the Molecular Nanotechnology Lab of the Inorganic Chemistry Dpt. at the University of Alicante (Spain). His current research interests are in the area of hierarchical porous catalytically active materials (in particular zeolites).
Elena is a Research Fellow at the Molecular Nanotechnology Lab of the Inorganic Chemistry Dpt. at the University of Alicante (Spain). Her current research interests are in the area of new synthetic pathways to prepare stable and efficient photoactive materials for clean energy production.
Noemi is a Research Fellow at the Molecular Nanotechnology Lab of the Inorganic Chemistry Dpt. at the University of Alicante (Spain). Her current research interests are in the area of heterogeneous catalysts for energy-related applications.
Irene is a postdoctoral researcher at the Molecular Nanotechnology Lab of the Inorganic Chemistry Dept. at the University of Alicante. Her current interests are in the area of the (photo)electrochemistry of semiconductors and
photovoltaics/third generation solar cells.