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2018                  

  • G. Tarantino, C. Hammond*; Catalytic Formation of C(sp3)-F bonds via heterogeneous photocatalysis; ACS Catalysis 8 (2018) 10321-10330

Highlighted as ACS Editors’ Choice article

Most accessed article in ACS Catalysis, November 2018

  • D. Padovan, L. Botti, C. Hammond*; Active site hydration governs the stability of Sn-Beta during continuous glucose conversion; ACS Catalysis 8 (2018) 7131-7140
  • K. Yakabi, A. Jones, A. Buchard, A. Roldan, C. Hammond*; Chemoselective lactonization of renewable succinct acid with heterogeneous nanoparticle catalysts; ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 6 (2018) 16341-16351
  • D. Padovan, S. Tolborg, L. Botti, E. Taarning, I. Sadaba, C. Hammond*; Overcoming catalyst deactivation during the continuous conversion of sugars to chemicals: maximising the performance of Sn-Beta with a little drop of water; Reaction Chemistry and Engineering 3 (2018) 155-163

Front cover article

  • L. Botti, R. Navar, S. Tolborg, J. S. Martinez-Espin, E. Taarning, C. Hammond*; Influence of composition and preparation method on the continuous performance of Sn-Beta for glucose-fructose isomerisation; Topics in Catalysis (2018) Accepted for publication. 
  • C. Hammond*, D. Padovan, G. Tarantino; Porous metallosilicates for heterogeneous, liquid-phase catalysis: perspectives and pertaining challenges; Royal Society Open Science 5 (2018) 1-25

Invited contribution to the special issue, “New Talent”

  • F. Sanchez, D. Motta, A. Roldan, C. Hammond*, A. Villa, N. Dimitratos; Hydrogen generation from additive-free formic acid decomposition under mild conditions by Pd/C: Experimental and DFT studies; Topics in Catal. 61 (2018) 254-266
  • F. Sanchez, M. H. Alotaibi, D. Motta, C. E. Chan-Thaw, A. Rakotomahevitra, A. Roldan, C. Hammond, T. Davies, A. Villa, N. Dimitratos; Hydrogen generation from formic acid decomposition in the liquid phase using Pd nanoparticles with different surface properties; Sustainable Energy and Fuels2(2018) 2705-2716
  • F. Sanchez, D. Motta, L. Bocelli, S. Albonetti, A. Roldan, C. Hammond, A. Villa, N. Dimitratos; Investigation of the catalytic performance of Pd/CNFs for hydrogen evolution from additive-free formic acid decomposition; Journal of Carbon Research 4 (2018) 26

 

2017                  

  • K. Yakabi, T. Matthieux, K. Milne, E. M. Lopez-Vidal, A. Buchard, C. Hammond*; Continuous production of bio-renewable, polymer-grade lactone monomers through Sn-β catalysed Baeyer-Villiger oxidation with H2O2; Accepted for publication in ChemSusChem (2017)
  • G. Tarantino, L. Botti, N. Dimitratos, C. Hammond*; Catalytic formation of C(sp3)-F bonds via decarboxylative fluorination with mechanochemically-prepared Ag2O/TiO2 heterogeneous catalysts; RSC Advances 7 (2017) 30185-30190
  • D. Padovan, A. Al-Nayili, C. Hammond*; Bifunctional Lewis and Bronsted acidic zeolites permit the continuous production of bio-renewable furanic ethers; Green Chem. (2017) Advance article, DOI: 10.1039/C7GC00160F

Featured and highlighted in the “Emerging Investigators” special issue

  • C. Hammond*; Intensification studies of heterogeneous catalysts; probing and overcoming catalyst deactivation during liquid phase operation; Green Chem. (2017) Advance article, DOI: 10.1039/C7GC00163K

Featured and highlighted in the “Emerging Investigators” special issue

Highlighted as a Hot Article for 2017

 

2016                   

  • D. Padovan, C. Parsons, M. Simplicio-Grasina, C. Hammond*; Intensification and deactivation of Sn-Beta investigated in the continuous regime; Green Chem. (2016) Advance article
  • K. Yakabi, K. Milne, A. Buchard, C. Hammond*; Selectivity and lifetime effects in zeolite-catalysed Baeyer-Villager oxidation investigated in batch and continuous flow; ChemCatChem (2016) Accepted article
  • A. Al-Nayili, K. Yakabi, C. Hammond*; Hierarchically porous BEA stannosilicates as unique catalysts for bulky ketone conversion and continuous operation; J. Mat. Chem. A. 4 (2016) 1373-1382
  • A. Villa, N. Dimitratos, C. E. Chan-Thaw, C. Hammond, G. M. Veith, D. Wang, M. Manzoli, L. Prati, N. Dimitratos, G. J. Hutchings; Characterisation of gold catalysts; ChemSocRev. (2016) Advance Article
  • M. H. ab Rahim, R. Armstrong, C. Hammond, N. Dimitratos, S. Freakley, M. Forde, D. Morgan, G. Lalev, R. Jenkins, J. A. Lopez-Sanchez, S. Taylor, G. J. Hutchings; Low temperature selective oxidation of methane to methanol using titania supported gold palladium copper catalysts; Catal. Sci. Tech. 6 (2015) 3410-3418
  • A. Villa, S. Freakley, M. Schiavoni, J. K. Edwards, C. Hammond, G. M. Veith, W. Wang, D. Wang, L. Prati, N. Dimitratos, G. J. Hutchings; Depressing the hydrogenation and decomposition reaction in H2O2 synthesis by supporting gold-palladium nanoparticles on oxygen functionalised carbon nanotubes; Catal. Sci. Tech. 6 (2015) 694-697
  • N. Dimitratos, A. Villa, L. Prati, C. Hammond, C. E. chai-thaw, J. Cookson, P. T. Bishop; Effect of the preparation method of supported Au nanoparticles in the liquid phase oxidation of glycerol; App. Catal. A. 514 (2016) 267-275

2015                   

  • C. Hammond*, D. Padovan, A. Al-Nayili, P. P. Wells, E. K. Gibson, N. Dimitratos; Identification of active and spectator Sn sites in Sn-Beta following solid-state stannation, and consequences for Lewis acid catalysis; ChemCatChem 7 (2015) 3322-3331
  • C. Hammond*, G. Tarantino; Switching off H2O2 decomposition during TS-1 catalysed epoxidation via post-synthetic active site modification; Catalysts 5 (2015) 2309-2323
  • C. Hammond*, I. Hermans, N. Dimitratos; Biomimetic oxidation with Fe-ZSM-5 and H2O2? Identification of an active, extra-framework binuclear core and an Fe(III)-OOH intermediate with resonance-enhanced Raman spectroscopy; ChemCatChem 7 (2015) 434-440
  • A-N. Parvulescu, U. Müller, J. H. Teles, N. Vautravers, G. Uhl, I. Hermans, P. Wolf, C. Hammond; A tin-containing zeolitic material having a BEA framework structure; WO 2015/067654 A1
  • S. Conrad, R. Verel, C. Hammond, P. Wolf, F. Göltl, I. Hermans; Silica-grafted Sn(IV)-catalysts for hydrogen transfer reactions; ChemCatChem 7 (2015) 3270-3278
  • A. Villa, N. Dimitratos, C. E. Chan-Thaw, C. Hammond, L. Prati, G. J. Hutchings; Glycerol Oxidation Using Gold-Containing Catalysts; Accounts of Chemical Research 48 (2015) 1403-1412
  • G. Whiting, S. Kondrat, C. Hammond, N. Dimitratos, Q. He, D. J. Morgan, N. F. Dummer, J. K. Bartley, C. J. Kiely, S. H. Taylor, G. J. Hutchings; Methyl formate formation from methanol oxidation using supported gold-palladium nanoparticles; ACS Catalysis 5 (2015) 637-644
  • N. Dimitratos, C. Hammond, P. P. Wells; Liquid phase oxidation using Au-based catalyst; Book chapter in Gold Catalysis: Preparation, Characterization and Applications (2015) Pan Stanford Publishing

2014                   

  • P. Wolf, C. Hammond, S. Conrad, I. Hermans; Post-synthetic preparation of Sn-, Ti- and Zr-beta; a facile route to water tolerant, highly active Lewis acidic zeolites; Dalton Trans. 32 (2014) 4514-4519
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  • N. Dimitratos, C. Hammond, C. J. Kiely, G. J. Hutchings; Catalysis Using Colloidal Supported Gold-Based Nanoparticles; Applied Petrochemical Research (2014) Accepted Article
  • M. M. Forde, R. Armstrong, R. McVicker, P. P. Wells, N. Dimitratos, Q. He, L. Lu, R. L. Jenkins, C. Hammond, J. A. Lopez-Sanchez, C. J. Kiely, G. J. Hutchings; Light alkane oxidation using catalysts prepared by chemical vapour impregnation: tuning alcohol selectivity through catalyst pre-treatment; Chemical Science (2014) Accepted Article
  • N. Dimitratos, C. Hammond, G. J. Hutchings; Gold-based nanoparticle catalysts for catalytic applications; Book chapter in Nanotechnology in Catalysis (2014) 

2013

  • C. Hammond*, N. Dimitratos, J. A. Lopez-Sanchez, R. L. Jenkins, G. Whiting, S. A. Kondrat, M. H. Ab Rahim, M. M. Forde, A. Thetford, H. Hagen, E. E. Stangland, J. M. Moulijn, S. H. Taylor, D. J. Willock, G. J. Hutchings; Aqueous phase methane oxidation over Fe-MFI zeolites; promotion through isomorphous framework substitution; ACS Catalysis 3 (2013) 1835-1844
  • C. Hammond*, N. Dimitratos, R. L. Jenkins, J. A. Lopez-Sanchez, S. A. Kondrat, M. H. Ab Rahim, M. M. Forde, A. Thetford, S. H. Taylor, H. Hagen, E. E. Stangland, J. Kang, J. M. Moulijn, D. J. Willock, G. J. Hutchings; Elucidation and evolution of the active component within Cu-promoted Fe-ZSM-5 for catalytic methane oxidation; from synthesis to catalysis; ACS Catalysis 3 (2013) 689-699
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  • C. Hammond, M. T. Schümperli, S. Conrad, I. Hermans; Hydrogen transfer processes mediated by supported iridium oxide nanoparticles; ChemCatChem 5 (2013) 2983-2990
  • C. Hammond, M. T. Schümperli, I. Hermans; Insights into the oxidative dehydrogenation of amines with nanoparticulate iridium oxide; Chem. Eur. J. 19 (2013) 13193-13198
  • C. Hammond, J. Straus, M. Righetonni, S. E. Pratsinis, I. Hermans; Nanosized tungsten oxide for catalytic epoxidations; ACS Catalysis 3 (2013) 321-327
  • P. Mania, R. Verel, F. Jenny, C. Hammond, I. Hermans; Thermal restructuring of silica-grafted TiClx species, and consequences for epoxidation catalysis; Chem. Eur. J. 19 (2013) 9849-9858
  • P. Mania, S. Conrad, R. Verel, C. Hammond, I. Hermans; Thermal restructuring of silica-grafted –CrO2Cl and –VOCl2 species; Dalton Trans. 42 (2013) 12725-12732
  • M. M. Forde, R. Armstrong, C. Hammond, Q. He, R. L. Jenkins, S. A. Kondrat, N. Dimitratos, J. A. Lopez-Sanchez, S. H. Taylor, D. J. Willock, C. J. Kiely, G. J. Hutchings; Partial oxidation of ethane to oxygenates using Fe- and Cu-containing ZSM-5; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135 (2013) 11087-11099
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  • M. H. Ab Rahim, M. M. Forde, R. L. Jenkins, C. Hammond, Q. He, N. Dimitratos, J. A. Lopez-Sanchez, A. F. Carley, S. H. Taylor, D. J. Willock, D. M. Murphy, C. J. Kiely, G. J. Hutchings; Oxidation of methane to methanol with hydrogen peroxide using supported Au-Pd alloy nanoparticles; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52 (2013) 1280-1284
  • M. H. Ab Rahim, M. M. Forde, R. L. Jenkins, C. Hammond, Q. He, N. Dimitratos, J. A. Lopez-Sanchez, A. F. Carley, S. H. Taylor, D. J. Willock, D. M. Murphy, C. J. Kiely, G. J. Hutchings; Systematic study of the oxidation of methane using supported gold palladium nanoparticles under mild aqueous conditions; Accepted for publication in Topics in Catalysis 56 (2013) 1843-1857
  • C. M. Fella, A. R. Uhl, C. Hammond, I. Hermans, Y. E. Romanyuk, A. N. Tiwari; Formation Mechanism of Cu2ZnSnSe4 absorber layers during selenization of solution deposited metal precursors; Journal of Alloys and Compounds 562 (2013) 102-106
  • C. Hammond, N. Dimitratos, H. Hagen, E. E. Stangland, G. J. Hutchings; Insights into the Catalytic and Selective Oxidation of Methane to Methanol with Cu-promoted Fe-ZSM-5 at mild conditions; Abs. Pap. Am. Chem. Soc, 245 (2013)
  • C. Hammond, S. Conrad, I. Hermans; Simple and scalable synthesis of highly active Lewis acidic Sn-beta; Abs. Pap. Am. Chem. Soc, 245 (2013)

2012

  • C. Hammond*, R. L. Jenkins, N. Dimitratos, J. A. Lopez-Sanchez, M. H. Ab Rahim, M. M. Forde, A. Thetford, D. M. Murphy, H. Hagen, E. E. Stangland, J. M. Moulijn, S. H. Taylor, D. J. Willock, G. J. Hutchings; Catalytic and mechanistic insights of the low-temperature selective oxidation of methane over Cu-promoted Fe-ZSM-5; Chem. Eur. J. 18 (2012) 15735-15745

VIP Article

Front Cover Article

  • C. Hammond, S. Conrad, I. Hermans; Simple and scalable preparation of highly active Lewis acidic Sn-β; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 51 (2012) 11736-11739

Cover Article

Highlighted in ETH Life, and highlighted as a ‘Hot Topic’ by Wiley

  • C. Hammond, M. M. Forde, M. H. Ab Rahim, A. Thetford, Q. He, R. L. Jenkins, N. F. Dummer, N. Dimitratos, J. A. Lopez-Sanchez, D. M. Murphy, A. F. Carley, S. H. Taylor, D. J. Willock, E. E. Stangland, J. Kang, H. Hagen, C. J. Kiely, G. J. Hutchings; Direct catalytic conversion of methane to methanol in an aqueous medium using Cu-promoted Fe-ZSM-5; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 51 (2012) 5129-5133

Highlighted as a ‘Hot Article’

Highlighted in Science (336 (2012) 6081) and Chemical and Engineering News (90 (18) (2012) pp. 37)

  • C. Hammond, S. Conrad, I. Hermans; Oxidative methane upgrading; ChemSusChem 5 (2012) 1668-1686

Highlighted as a ‘Hot Topic’ by Wiley

  • M. T. Schümperli, C. Hammond, I. Hermans; Reactivity of α-amino-peroxyl radicals and consequences for amine oxidation chemistry; Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 14 (2012) 11002-11007
  • M. T. Schümperli, C. Hammond, I. Hermans;  Developments in the Aerobic Oxidation of Amines; ACS Catalysis 2 (2012) 1108-1117
  • R. Su, R. Tiruvalam, Q. He, N. Dimitratos,L. Kesavan, C. Hammond, J. A. Lopez-Sanchez, R. Bechstein, C. J. Kiely,G. J. Hutchings and F. Besenbacher; Promotion of Phenol Photo-decomposition over TiO2 using Au, Pd and Au-Pd Nanoparticles; ACS Nano 6(7), (2012) 6284-6292
  • M. H. Ab Rahim, J. A. Lopez-Sanchez, C. Hammond, N. Dimitratos, S. Meenakshisundaram, A. F. Carley, Q. He, C. J. Kiely, D. W. Knights, G. J. Hutchings; Gold, palladium and gold-palladium supported nanoparticles for the synthesis of glycerol carbonate from glycerol and urea; Catal. Sci. and Tech. 2 (2012) 1914-1924

2011

  • C. Hammond, J. A. Lopez-Sanchez, M. H. Ab Rahim, N. Dimitratos, R. L. Jenkins, A. F. Carley, Q. He, C. J. Kiely, D. W. Knights, G. J. Hutchings; Synthesis of glycerol carbonate from glycerol and urea with gold-based catalysts; Dalton Trans. 40(15) (2011) 3927-3937

Front Cover Article

  • J. A. Lopez-Sanchez, N. Dimitratos, C. Hammond, G. L. Brett, L. Kesavan, S. White, P. Miedziak, R. Tiruvalam, R. L. Jenkins, A. F. Carley, D. Knight, C. J. Kiely, G. J. Hutchings; Facile removal of stabiliser-ligands from supported gold nanoparticles; Nature Chemistry, 3(7) (2011) 551-556
  • G. L. Brett, Q. He, C. Hammond, P. J. Miedziak, N. Dimitratos, R. L. Jenkins, A. F. Carley, Q. He, C. J. Kiely, D. W. Knights, G. J. Hutchings; Selective oxidation of glycerol by highly active bimetallic catalysts at ambient temperatures under base-free conditions; GAngew. Chem. Int. Ed. 123(43), (2011) 10318-10321

Featured and highlighted in the “One Hundred Years of the Fritz Haber Institute” issue

  • J. A. Lopez-Sanchez, N. Dimitratos, N. Glanville, L. Kesavan, C. Hammond, J. K. Edwards, A. F. Carley, C. J. Kiely, G. J. Hutchings; Reactivity of Au-Pd nanoparticles for catalytic applications; Appl. Catal. A: Gen. 391 (2011) 400
  • J. A. Lopez-Sanchez, C. Hammond, M. H. ab Rahim, N. Dimitratos, G. J. Hutchings; Heterogeneous catalytic systems for the synthesis of organic carbonates; 10th AIChE Spring Meeting, (2011)
  • J. A. Lopez-Sanchez, N. Dimitratos, C. Hammond, M. H. ab Rahim, J. M. Anthonyjutty, A. F. Carley, R. C. Tiruvalam, C. J. Kiely, D. W. Knight, G. J. Hutchings; Using gold catalysts for upgrading glycerol from biodiesel production: Selective oxidation and synthesis of glycerol carbonate; Abs. Pap. Am. Chem. Soc, 240 (2011)