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Chemical and Electrochemical O2 Reduction on Earth-Abundant M‑N‑C Catalysts and Implications for Mediated Electrolysis by Bates, Jason S, Biswas, Sourav, Suh, Sung-Eun, Johnson, Mathew R, Mondal, Biswajit, Root, Thatcher W, Stahl, Shannon S

“…M-N-C catalysts, incorporating non-precious-metal ions (e.g. M = Fe, Co) within a nitrogen-doped carbon support, have been the focus of broad interest for…”
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Discovery of Multicomponent Heterogeneous Catalysts via Admixture Screening: PdBiTe Catalysts for Aerobic Oxidative Esterification of Primary Alcohols by Mannel, David S, Ahmed, Maaz S, Root, Thatcher W, Stahl, Shannon S

“…In the present study, we demonstrate the utility of “admixture screening” for the discovery of new multicomponent heterogeneous Pd catalyst compositions that…”
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Experimental Limiting Oxygen Concentrations for Nine Organic Solvents at Temperatures and Pressures Relevant to Aerobic Oxidations in the Pharmaceutical Industry by Osterberg, Paul M, Niemeier, Jeffry K, Welch, Christopher J, Hawkins, Joel M, Martinelli, Joseph R, Johnson, Thomas E, Root, Thatcher W, Stahl, Shannon S

“…Applications of aerobic oxidation methods in pharmaceutical manufacturing are limited in part because mixtures of oxygen gas and organic solvents often create…”
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Production of Biofuels from Cellulose and Corn Stover Using Alkylphenol Solvents by Alonso, David Martin, Wettstein, Stephanie G., Bond, Jesse Q., Root, Thatcher W., Dumesic, James A.

“…Alkylphenol solvents allow a more effective production of biofuels from corn stover by enabling selective extraction and hydrogenation of levulinic acid to…”
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Process Development of CuI/ABNO/NMI-Catalyzed Aerobic Alcohol Oxidation by Steves, Janelle E, Preger, Yuliya, Martinelli, Joseph R, Welch, Christopher J, Root, Thatcher W, Hawkins, Joel M, Stahl, Shannon S

“…An improved Cu/nitroxyl catalyst system for aerobic alcohol oxidation has been developed for the oxidation of functionalized primary and secondary alcohols to…”
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Continuous Flow Aerobic Alcohol Oxidation Reactions Using a Heterogeneous Ru(OH) x /Al2O3 Catalyst by Mannel, David S., Stahl, Shannon S., Root, Thatcher W.

“…Ru­(OH) x /Al2O3 is among the more versatile catalysts for aerobic alcohol oxidation and dehydrogenation of nitrogen heterocycles. Here, we describe the…”
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Rheology measurements of a biomass slurry: an inter-laboratory study by Stickel, Jonathan J, Knutsen, Jeffrey S, Liberatore, Matthew W, Luu, Wing, Bousfield, Douglas W, Klingenberg, Daniel J, Scott, C. Tim, Root, Thatcher W, Ehrhardt, Max R, Monz, Thomas O

“…The conversion of biomass, specifically lignocellulosic biomass, into fuels and chemicals has recently gained national attention as an alternative to the use…”
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High-CO2 Requirement as a Mechanism for the Containment of Genetically Modified Cyanobacteria by Clark, Ryan L, Gordon, Gina C, Bennett, Nathaniel R, Lyu, Haoxiang, Root, Thatcher W, Pfleger, Brian F

“…As researchers engineer cyanobacteria for biotechnological applications, we must consider potential environmental release of these organisms. Previous…”
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Heterogeneous M-N-C Catalysts for Aerobic Oxidation Reactions: Lessons from Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts by Bates, Jason S, Johnson, Mathew R, Khamespanah, Fatemeh, Root, Thatcher W, Stahl, Shannon S

“…Nonprecious metal heterogeneous catalysts composed of first-row transition metals incorporated into nitrogen-doped carbon matrices (M-N-Cs) have been studied…”
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Platinum-Based Heterogeneous Catalysts for Nitrile Synthesis via Aerobic Oxidative Coupling of Alcohols and Ammonia by Preger, Yuliya, Root, Thatcher W, Stahl, Shannon S

“…Transition-metal-catalyzed aerobic oxidative coupling of alcohols and ammonia represents an attractive atom-economical synthetic route to prepare nitriles…”
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Optimization‐based process synthesis under seasonal and daily variability: Application to concentrating solar power by Peng, Xinyue, Root, Thatcher W., Maravelias, Christos T.

“…We propose an optimization‐based framework for process synthesis under variability in two frequencies. Low‐frequency variability is represented through…”
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Kinetic studies of carbonylation of methanol to dimethyl carbonate over Cu +X zeolite catalyst by Anderson, Steven A., Root, Thatcher W.

“…Direct synthesis of dimethyl carbonate offers prospects for a “green chemistry” replacement of phosgene use for polymer production and other processes. The…”
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The decomposition of dimethyl carbonate over copper zeolite catalysts by Anderson, Steven A., Manthata, Sefenyiwe, Root, Thatcher W.

“…Direct synthesis of dimethyl carbonate offers prospects for a “green chemistry” replacement to eliminate use of phosgene for polymer production and other…”
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Aerobic Oxidation of Diverse Primary Alcohols to Carboxylic Acids with a Heterogeneous Pd–Bi–Te/C (PBT/C) Catalyst by Ahmed, Maaz S, Mannel, David S, Root, Thatcher W, Stahl, Shannon S

“…Heterogeneous catalytic aerobic oxidation methods represent a near-ideal approach for the conversion of primary alcohols to carboxylic acids. Here, we report…”
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Vapor-phase silylation of MCM-41 and Ti-MCM-41 by Sever, Robert R, Alcala, Rafael, Dumesic, James A, Root, Thatcher W

“…MCM-41 mesoporous molecular sieves have been silylated with trimethylchlorosilane (TMCS) and trimethylethoxysilane (TMES) under anhydrous, vapor-phase reaction…”
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Heterogeneous Fe-N-C Catalyst for Aerobic Dehydrogenation of Hydrazones to Diazo Compounds Used for Carbene Transfer by Hall, Melissa N., Lee, Maizie, Root, Thatcher W., Davies, Huw M. L., Stahl, Shannon S.

“…Organic diazo compounds are versatile reagents in chemical synthesis and would benefit from improved synthetic accessibility, especially for larger scale…”
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PTFE-Membrane Flow Reactor for Aerobic Oxidation Reactions and Its Application to Alcohol Oxidation by Greene, Jodie F, Preger, Yuliya, Stahl, Shannon S, Root, Thatcher W

“…A “tube-in-shell” membrane flow reactor has been developed for aerobic oxidation reactions that permits continuous delivery of O2 to a liquid-phase reaction…”
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Comparison of Quinone‐Based Catholytes for Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries and Demonstration of Long‐Term Stability with Tetrasubstituted Quinones by Gerken, James B., Anson, Colin W., Preger, Yuliya, Symons, Peter G., Genders, J. David, Qiu, Yang, Li, Wenzhen, Root, Thatcher W., Stahl, Shannon S.

“…Quinones are appealing targets as organic charge carriers for aqueous redox flow batteries (RFBs), but their utility continues to be constrained by limited…”
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Quinone-mediated hydrogen anode for non-aqueous reductive electrosynthesis by Twilton, Jack, Johnson, Mathew R., Sidana, Vinayak, Franke, Mareena C., Bottecchia, Cecilia, Lehnherr, Dan, Lévesque, François, Knapp, Spring M. M., Wang, Luning, Gerken, James B., Hong, Cynthia M., Vickery, Thomas P., Weisel, Mark D., Strotman, Neil A., Weix, Daniel J., Root, Thatcher W., Stahl, Shannon S.

“…Electrochemical synthesis can provide more sustainable routes to industrial chemicals 1 – 3 . Electrosynthetic oxidations may often be performed…”
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Molecular Catalyst Synthesis Strategies to Prepare Atomically Dispersed Fe-N‑C Heterogeneous Catalysts by Bates, Jason S., Khamespanah, Fatemeh, Cullen, David A., Al-Omari, Abdulhadi A., Hopkins, Melissa N., Martinez, Jesse J., Root, Thatcher W., Stahl, Shannon S.

“…We report a strategy to integrate atomically dispersed iron within a heterogeneous nitrogen-doped carbon (N-C) support, inspired by routes for metalation of…”
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