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Professor Derouane has been Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Innovative
Catalysis at Liverpool University since 1995. His iAc lecture at the Royal
Institution on June 21, 2000, with the title given above, was part of an initiative
to broaden public appreciation of catalysis. He ended with his predictions
for the future
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2000 AD - 2005 AD
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| Zeolites in fine chemicals production · Biocatalytic removal of S, N and metals · Extensive use of metallocene-based polymers · Alkene-to-alkane feedstock transition · Catalytic combustion (VOC's, NOx) · Solid acids replace strong liquid acids |
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2005 AD - 2010 AD
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| Nanotechnology in catalyst manufacturing · Chemical-biochemical bifunctional catalysts · Engineered enzymes in chemicals/fuels production · Chiral polymeric materials |
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2010 AD - 2020 AD
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| Fuel cell powered vehicles · High-temperature inorganic-organic polymers · Membrane and other multifunctional reactors · Broader use of electrocatalysis · Biopolymers, e.g., biosilk, biodegradables |
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2020 AD - 2040 AD
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| Photocatalytic water splitting: hydrogen economy · Catalytic
antibodies, biomimetics, synthetic enzymes in chemicals production ·
Engineering of microbes for chemicals · Production of chemicals,
materials in living plants· |