@article { ISI:000344330800010,
	title = {Acid-base cooperative catalysis over mesoporous nitrogen-rich carbon},
	journal = {ChemCatChem},
	volume = {6},
	number = {11},
	year = {2014},
	month = {NOV},
	pages = {3091-3095},
	publisher = {WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH},
	type = {Article},
	address = {BOSCHSTRASSE 12, D-69469 WEINHEIM, GERMANY},
	abstract = {<p>WOx nanoclusters (2-3 nm) embedded on a mesoporous nitrogen-rich carbon material were synthesized by using novel methodology. This material was very effectively capitalized as a new carbon-based acid-base cooperative catalyst for sequential acetal hydrolysis and Knoevenagel condensation reactions. The protocol was also explored for the nitroaldol condensation reaction.</p>},
	keywords = {cooperative catalysts, Knoevenagel condensation, mesoporous materials, Nanostructures, nitro aldol reaction},
	issn = {1867-3880},
	doi = {10.1002/cctc.201402537},
	author = {Goyal, Reena and Sarkar, Bipul and Lucas, Nishita and Bordoloi, Ankur}
}
@article { ISI:000381165300025,
	title = {Studies of synergy between metal-support interfaces and selective hydrogenation of HMF to DMF in water},
	journal = {Journal of Catalysis},
	volume = {340},
	year = {2016},
	month = {AUG},
	pages = {248-260},
	publisher = {ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE},
	address = {525 B ST, STE 1900, SAN DIEGO, CA 92101-4495 USA},
	abstract = {<p>Metal-support interfaces play a very important role in heterogeneous catalysis. The interfacial interactions not only are responsible for stabilizing the necessary oxidation state to facilitate the reaction but also enhance the stability of the catalyst system. Nano dispersion of Ni on mesoporous nitrogen-rich carbon material has been achieved using two different synthesis methods. It was observed that nickel (0) gets stabilized by strong interfacial interaction with the nitrogen atoms of the support material, and the material was found to be very economic and efficient for the conversion of HMF to DMF in aqueous medium. The material shows \&gt;= 99\% conversion to 5-(hydroxymethyl) furfural (HMF) within 6 h of reaction with 98.7\% DMF selectivity. A unique correlation between synthesis methods and particle sizes with catalytic performance has been observed for these newly developed materials. Furthermore, a DFT calculation has been performed to predict the reaction mechanism. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {biofuels, Biomass, Hydrogenation, mesoporous carbon, Ni-CNx},
	issn = {0021-9517},
	doi = {10.1016/j.jcat.2016.05.012},
	author = {Goyal, Reena and Sarkar, Bipul and Bag, Arijit and Siddiqui, Nazia and Dumbre, Deepa K. and Lucas, Nishita and Bhargava, Suresh Kumar and Bordoloi, Ankur}
}
