Solvent-Free Methods in Nanocatalysis

Chapter 1: Introduction to Solvent-Free Methods in Nanocatalysis Chapter 2: Strategies for the Preparation of Nanocatalysts and Supports under Solvent-Free Conditions Chapter 3: Solvent and Catalyst-Free Organic Transformations Chapter 4: Metal Oxides as Catalysts/Supports in Solvent-Free Organic Reactions Chapter 5: Silica-Based Materials as Catalysts or Supports in Solvent-Free Organic Reactions Chapter 6: Carbon-Based Materials as Catalysts/Supports in Solvent-Free Organic Reactions Chapter 7: Nitride Nanostructures in Solvent-Free Catalysis Chapter 8: Supported Ionic Liquids for Solvent-Free Catalysis Chapter 9: Present Status & Future Outlook

Rafael Luque is a Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Cordoba, Spain. He also served as Director of the Centre for Molecular Design and Modern Organic Chemistry at RUDN University in Moscow, Russia, and Chair in the Department of Applied Chemistry at Xi'an Jiatong University, China. He has published widely on nanomaterials science, heterogenous catalysis, biofuels and green chemical methods in synthetic organic chemistry, and edited 10 books. Manoj B. Gawande is an Associate Professor at the Department of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Mumbai Marathwada Campus Jalna, India. He is also visiting Professor at RCPTM-CATRIN, Palacky University, Czech Republic. His research is focused on the development of greener raw materials, single-atom catalysts, materials and their applications in sustainable chemistry. He has published more than 150 scientific publications. Esmail Doustkhah is a senior Research Fellow at the Koc University Tüpras Energy Center (KUTEM), Istanbul, Turkey. Before, he was a JSPS Fellow, postdoctoral researcher, and junior researcher at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan, from 2016 - 2022. His research interests are the design of new layered and porous materials for smart catalysis and photocatalysis. Anandarup Goswami is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology and Research (VFSTR), Andhra Pradesh, India, since 2016. He received his Ph.D in Chemistry from Cornell University, New York, USA, in 2010, and did postdoctoral work in both the United States and Europe. His areas of research include applications of functional nanomaterials in catalysis, drug-delivery, and adsorption.