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DESCRIPTION:Event co-organized with the Centre in Green Chemistry and Catal
 ysis\n\nLink to the event: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/88197868002\n\nAbstrac
 t:\n\nThe technical features of aerosol processes make them highly interes
 ting for the continuous\, large scale\, and tailored production of divided
  nanomaterials\, and in particular of advanced heterogeneous catalysts. In
  addition to the “simple” aggregation of preformed particles via spray dry
 ing\, reactive aerosol processes – such as the “aerosol-assisted sol-gel” 
 process (AASG) – allow synthesizing tailored-made catalysts with tunable s
 urface properties\, textures\, compositions\, etc. The method is based on 
 the sol-gel chemistry process\, often coupled with the evaporation-induced
  self-assembly (EISA) concept. It allows producing micronic or submicronic
 \, inorganic or hybrid organic-inorganic particles bearing tuneable and ca
 librated porous structures at different scales.\n	Here\, we present an over
 view of different types of aerosol-processed heterogeneous catalysts and w
 e explain why this peculiar mode of preparation has allowed reaching enhan
 ced performance\, with a strong focus on green chemistry applications: lac
 tate synthesis from glycerol\, CO2 hydrogenation\, (trans)-esterification 
 of bio-based alcohols. We will also demonstrate the concept of bi-function
 al hybrid catalyst\, combining a nano-zeolite and an enzyme to run a chemo
 -enzymatic cascade reaction. Our objective is to demonstrate the tremendou
 s possibilities offered by the coupling between bottom up synthesis routes
  and these aerosol processing technologies which will arguably represent a
  major route of innovation in the mushrooming field of catalyst preparatio
 n research.\n\nBio:\n\nDamien P. Debecker is a Professor at the Faculty of
  Bio-Science Engineering of the University of Louvain (UCLouvain\, Belgium
 )\, where he teaches physical chemistry\, process engineering\, and princi
 ples of biorefining. He received his PhD in heterogeneous catalysis at UCL
 ouvain in 2010\, under a fellowship from the FNRS (supervised by Prof. Eri
 c M. Gaigneaux). As a post-doctoral researcher he worked in the fields of 
 materials chemistry in France (with Prof. Clément Sanchez\, Sorbonne Unive
 rsité\, Collège de France) and biocatalysis in the UK (with Prof. Nicholas
  J. Turner\, University of Manchester). In 2012\, he settled at UCLouvain 
 as an Associate Professor\, where he started his own research group\, part
  of the Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences. He was appointed P
 rofessor in 2019. His research focuses on the development of innovative pr
 eparation routes to efficient heterogeneous catalysts and biocatalysts\, t
 argeting applications in green and sustainable chemical processes. He is c
 urrently the holder of the Francqui Research Professor chair and he has re
 cently received the “Young Researcher Award” 2020 from the Catalysis Divis
 ion of the French Chemical Society.\n
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SUMMARY:Chemical Society Seminar: Damien Debecker - Design of Heterogeneous
  Catalyst through Aerosol Processing
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