Heterogeneous ketonic decarboxylation of dodecanoic acid: studying reaction parameters (2021)
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Perera-Solis, D. D., Zholobenko, V. L., Whiting, A., & Greenwell, H. C. (2021). Heterogeneous ketonic decarboxylation of dodecanoic acid: studying reaction parameters. RSC Advances, 11(56), https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ra06871g

Ketonic decarboxylation has gained significant attention in recent years as a pathway to reduce the oxygen content within biomass-derived oils, and to produce sustainable ketones. The reaction is base catalysed, with MgO an economic, accessible and h... Read More about Heterogeneous ketonic decarboxylation of dodecanoic acid: studying reaction parameters.

Adding Value to Waste Minerals in a Circular Economy Framework: Ochre-Derived Layered Double Hydroxide Catalysts in Fatty Acid Ketonisation (2019)
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Perera-Solis, D. D., Pimlott, M., Fidment, E., Whiting, A., & Greenwell, H. C. (2019). Adding Value to Waste Minerals in a Circular Economy Framework: Ochre-Derived Layered Double Hydroxide Catalysts in Fatty Acid Ketonisation. Minerals, 9(11), Article 681. https://doi.org/10.3390/min9110681

Mineral carbonation is known to be among the most efficient ways to reduce the anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide. Serpentine minerals (Mg3Si2O5(OH)4), have shown great potential for carbonation. A way to improve yield is to thermally activate... Read More about Adding Value to Waste Minerals in a Circular Economy Framework: Ochre-Derived Layered Double Hydroxide Catalysts in Fatty Acid Ketonisation.

Reduced to hierarchy: carbon filament supported mixed metal oxide nanoparticles (2019)
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Manohara, G. V., Whiting, A., & Greenwell, C. (2019). Reduced to hierarchy: carbon filament supported mixed metal oxide nanoparticles. ACS Omega, 4(23), 20230-20236. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b02534

We describe a one-pot synthesis method for carbon filament-supported mixed metal oxide nanoparticles. The thermal intracrystalline reaction of adamantanecarboxylate ions confined inside interlayer galleries of layered double hydroxide materials under... Read More about Reduced to hierarchy: carbon filament supported mixed metal oxide nanoparticles.

Interlayer structure and bonding in nonswelling primary amine intercalated clays (2005)
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Greenwell, H., Harvey, M., Boulet, P., Bowden, A., Coveney, P., & Whiting, A. (2005). Interlayer structure and bonding in nonswelling primary amine intercalated clays. Macromolecules, 38(14), 6189-6200. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma0503817

Preparation of industrially useful clay-polymer nanocomposite materials often requires the dispersal of clay particles within a polymer matrix. The degree to which the clay particles may be dispersed has an effect on the resultant properties of the m... Read More about Interlayer structure and bonding in nonswelling primary amine intercalated clays.