Catalysis Today 204 ( 2013 ) v–vi

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PrefaceJ. Cejka and K. B. Yoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Generalized synthesis of core–shell structured nano-zeolite@ordered mesoporous silica compositesY. Lv, X. Qian, B. Tu and D. Zhao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Swelling of MCM-56 and MCM-22P with a new medium — surfactant–tetramethylammonium hydroxide mixturesW.J. Roth, P. Chlubná, M. Kubu and D. Vitvarová . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Theoretical investigation of layered zeolite frameworks: Interaction between IPC-1P layers derived from zeolite UTLL. Grajciar, O. Bludský, W.J. Roth and P. Nachtigall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Transformation of aromatic hydrocarbons over isomorphously substituted UTL: Comparison with large and medium pore zeolitesN. Zilková, M. Shamzhy, O. Shvets and J. Cejka. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Solid-state synthesis of mesoporous MFI zeolite from self-bonded silica pelletsR.-F. Tsai, K.-J. Du, T.-Y. Cheng, G.H. Ho, P.-H. Wu, S.-B. Liu and T.-C. Tsai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Zeolite-Beta-supported platinum catalysts for hydrogenation/hydrodeoxygenation of pyrolysis oil model compoundsJ. Horácek, G. Št’ávová, V. Kelbichová and D. Kubicka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

The effect of oxygenates structure on their deoxygenation over USY zeoliteR. Cerný, M. Kubu, and D. Kubicka. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

High temperature pretreatment of Fe-silicalite for the ammoxidation of propaneK. Raabová, R. Bulánek and E. Bad’urová . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Synthesis of large monodisperse ETS-10 crystals and observation of quantum confi nement effects from very long titanate quantum wiresS.J. Datta and K.B. Yoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

MFI-type materials prepared by co-condensation synthesis approachK.-L. Wong, M.E. Roz, L. Tosheva, J.-M. Goupil and S. Mintova. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Comparative study of zeolite catalyzed alkylation of benzene with alcohols of different chain length: H-ZSM-5 versus mordeniteT. Odedairo and S. Al-Khattaf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Adsorption/catalytic properties of MIL-125 and NH2-MIL-125S.-N. Kim, J. Kim, H.-Y. Kim, H.-Y. Cho and W.-S. Ahn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

The effect of substrate size in the Beckmann rearrangement: MOFs vs. zeolitesM. Opanasenko, M. Shamzhy, M. Lamac and J. Cejka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Theoretical investigation of the Friedländer reaction catalysed by CuBTC: Concerted effect of the adjacent Cu2+ sitesM. Polozij, E. Pérez-Mayoral, J. Cejka, J. Hermann and P. Nachtigall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Benzene oxidation with ozone over MnOx/SBA-15 catalystsM. Jin, J.H. Kim, J.M. Kim, J.-K. Jeon, J. Jurng, G.-N. Bae and Y.-K. Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Salicylaldiminato chromium complex supported on chemically modifi ed silica as highly active catalysts for the oxidation of cyclohexeneS.J.J. Titinchi and H.S. Abbo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Cage type mesoporous ferrosilicate catalysts with 3D structure for benzylation of aromaticsC. Anand, S.V. Priya, G. Lawrence, D.S. Dhawale, S. Varghese, M.A. Wahab, K.S. Prasad and A. Vinu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Hexagonal mesoporous titanosilicates as support for vanadium oxide—Promising catalysts for the oxidative dehydrogenation of n-butaneM. Setnicka, P. Cicmanec, R. Bulánek, A. Zukal and J. Pastva. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Flow-synthesis of mesoporous silicas and their use in the preparation of magnetic catalysts for Knoevenagel condensation reactionsX. Chen, M. Arruebo and K.L. Yeung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Pure silica nanoparticles for liposome/lipase system encapsulation: Application in biodiesel productionA. Macario, F. Verri, U. Diaz, A. Corma and G. Giordano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Mesoporous carbon nitride synthesized by nanocasting with urea/formaldehyde and metal-free catalytic oxidation of cyclic olefi nsB.-H. Min, M.B. Ansari, Y.-H. Mo and S.-E. Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Transesterifi cation of ethylacetoacetate catalysed by metal free mesoporous carbon nitrideC. Anand, S.V. Priya, G. Lawrence, G.P. Mane, D.S. Dhawale, K.S. Prasad, V.V. Balasubramanian, M.A. Wahab and A. Vinu . . . . . . . . . 164

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Catalytic pyrolysis of biomass components over mesoporous catalysts using Py-GC/MSM.-J. Jeon, J.-K. Jeon, D.J. Suh, S.H. Park, Y.J. Sa, S.H. Joo and Y.-K. Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Three single-crystal structures of Cd2+-exchanged zeolite Y (FAU). Cd(OH)2 imbibition increases with increasing ion exchange temperatureS.M. Seo and W.T. Lim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

n-Butane dehydrogenation over mono and bimetallic MCM-41 catalysts under oxygen free atmosphereB.P. Ajayi, B.R. Jermy, K.E. Ogunronbi, B.A. Abussaud and S. Al-Khattaf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Structure and catalysis of layered Nb–W oxide constructed by the self-assembly of nanofi bersK. Okumura, S. Ishida, R. Takahata and N. Katada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197