Catalysis

- Introduction

THE BASICS OF CATALYSIS
- Catalysis is a Kinetic Phenomenon
- Practical Appraoches in Kinetic Studies
- An Overview of the Basic Concepts in Catalysis
- Exercises

HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS
- Metal Complex Catalysis in the Liquid Phase
- Homogeneous Catalysis Without Metals
- Scaling Up and Down: Pros and Cons
- 'Click Chemistry' and Homogeneous Catalysis
- Exercises

HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS
- Classic Gas/Solid Systems
- Liquid/Solid and Liquid/Liquid Systems
- High-throughput Experimentation in Heterogeneous Catalysis
- Cluster Catalysis
- Exercises

BIOCATALYSIS
- The Basics of Enzymatic Catalysis
- Whole-cell Systems vs. Isolated Enzymes
- Replacing 'Conventional Catalysis' with Biocatalysis
- Industrial Examples
- Exercises

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN CATALYSIS RESEARCH
- Computers as Research Tools in Catalysis
- Quantum Chemistry: In-depth Reaction Modelling
- Data Mining/Knowledge Discovery
- Predictive Modelling
- Examples
- Exercises

Gadi Rothenberg is Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam, where he heads the catalyst discovery team and teaches catalysis and scietific writing. He has published 65 papers in peer-reviewed journals and many popular science articles. He discovered two new catalysts, for which he received the Marie Curie Excellence Award in 2004 and the Paul Rylander Award in 2006. Rothenberg also invented a method for monitoring pollutants in water, and co-founded the evironmental sampling company Sorbinese.

He is married, owns no car, and has a black belt in Shaolin Fung-Fu.

"Everything about this book is reader-friendly, from the well-designed figures and the use of color to the complete titles in the references. The writing is crisp and engaging, with morsels of historical facts and details scattered throughout the text." ( Journal of Chemical Education , February 2010) "I read this book with great pleasure. It is well worth the affordable price ... .Very readable and informative, with some interspersed historic annotations, which make certain developments easier to understand." ( ChemSusChe m, December 2008) "The author's highly readable and concise style results in a comprehensive treatment of catalysis that will make of this book a lasting reference for chemistry scholars at all levels." ( Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis , September 2008) "This book will help graduate students and pharmaceutical scientists and technologists enhance their understanding of green-chemistry applications and their implications for the environment. It is a useful resource for professionals seeking synthetic methods that are efficient and environmentally benign." ( Pharmaceutical Technology Magazine , September 2, 2008) "This book is informative and fascinating, and will be a solid work for catalysis course or a worthwhile investment for an interested student." ( CHOICE , September 2008) One of those timely books that does not leave you empty-handed ... The more I read the book the more interested and surprised I was. ( Chemistry World , July 2008)

"Everything about this book is reader-friendly, from the well-designed figures and the use of color to the complete titles in the references. The writing is crisp and engaging, with morsels of historical facts and details scattered throughout the text." ( Journal of Chemical Education , February 2010)
"I read this book with great pleasure. It is well worth the affordable price ... .Very readable and informative, with some interspersed historic annotations, which make certain developments easier to understand." ( ChemSusChe m, December 2008)

"The author s highly readable and concise style results in a comprehensive treatment of catalysis that will make of this book a lasting reference for chemistry scholars at all levels." ( Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis , September 2008)

"This book will help graduate students and pharmaceutical scientists and technologists enhance their understanding of green-chemistry applications and their implications for the environment. It is a useful resource for professionals seeking synthetic methods that are efficient and environmentally benign." ( Pharmaceutical Technology Magazine , September 2, 2008)

"This book is informative and fascinating, and will be a solid work for catalysis course or a worthwhile investment for an interested student." ( CHOICE , September 2008)

One of those timely books that does not leave you empty-handed ... The more I read the book the more interested and surprised I was. ( Chemistry World , July 2008)