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Synthesis And Characterization Of Novel Single-Site Titanosilicates With Targeted Connectivites And Geometries As Selective Oxidation Catalysts, Lena Elenchin

Doctoral Dissertations

The primary focus of this research was to synthesize and characterize two families of titanosilicate catalysts, first generation and second generation, that were single site, atomically dispersed with targeted connectivities to the silicate matrices but had different geometries about the active sites. First generation catalysts have tetrahedral active sites, while second generation catalysts have altered geometries for a more accessible active site, but maintain the same targeted connectivities.

A building block methodology is employed to prepare single site, isolated, atomically dispersed titanium active sites within a silicate matrix. The synthetic approach uses a molecular precursor, i.e., building block and the …