Just back from a 2-days symposium on spray drying technology at Fraunhofer ISC! Giovanni, Plaifa, and myself presented some parts of our work on the aerosol-assisted sol-gel preparation of heterogeneous catalysts. partikel.fraunhofer.de/en/spray-dryin…

The latest Nanoscale article from Damien Debecker and colleagues shows that bifunctional Au–Sn-SiO₂ catalysts promote the direct upgrading of glycerol to methyl lactate! Find out more 👇
pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/Art…

Rappel utile dans le RER parisien

I will always be amazed by the courtesy of these people

'Si la réussite doit être favorisée par des dispositifs ad hoc, il ne peut être question d’un “droit à la réussite”. L’échec doit pouvoir être constaté et assumé.'
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Nice! 'Direct spray drying synthesis of UiO-66-NH2'
sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #MOF #spraydrying #aerosol

Congratulations, Donald. Quite the accomplishment.

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Hey @stihl! Do I have to head back to my dealer to make a software update *again* ?!? This mower is just stopping all the time.

We recently demonstrated that sodium aluminate, NaAlO2 (SA), is an excellent catalyst for biodiesel synthesis Here, we show that supporting sodium aluminate onto a suitable support actually markedly enhances its catalytic activity.
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Chilling
'The Ukrainian teenager was deported from Mariupol, given a Russian passport and sent to a Russian school. And then, in the fall of 2023, not long before his 18th birthday, he received a summons from a Russian military recruitment office.' edition.cnn.com/2024/03/14/eur…

Reviewed a paper that was methodologically and statistically flawed. Recommended reject. Got the same paper 5 days later, almost no changes. Suggested reject again, because well… no changes.
Some days later got notification that paper was published, thanks for my advice 👌🏻

Mesoporous hafnosilicate microspheres prepared in one step via an aerosol-assisted sol-gel process are effective catalysts for the conversion of dihydroxyacetone to ethyl lactate
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

So many things we can do with lignin monomers...
=> 'A guide to lignin valorization in biorefineries':
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art… in RSC Sustainability

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