Dr Ewa Nowicka-Ratajczak

2024

• Parker, L. A. et al. 2024. Investigating periodic table interpolation for the rational design of nanoalloy catalysts for green hydrogen production from ammonia decomposition. Catalysis Letters 154, pp. 1958-1969. (10.1007/s10562-023-04446-4)

2019

• Engel, R. V. et al. 2019. Solvent-free aerobic epoxidation of 1-decene using supported cobalt catalysts. Catalysis Today 333, pp. 154-160. (10.1016/j.cattod.2018.09.005)
• Carter, J. H., Shah, P. M., Nowicka, E., Freakley, S. J., Morgan, D., Golunski, S. and Hutchings, G. J. 2019. Enhanced activity and stability of Gold/Ceria-Titania for the low-temperature water-gas shift reaction. Frontiers in Chemistry 7, article number: 443. (10.3389/fchem.2019.00443)
• Nowicka, E. et al. 2019. Benzyl alcohol oxidation with Pd-Zn/TiO2: computational and experimental studies. Science and Technology of Advanced Materials 20(1), pp. 367-378. (10.1080/14686996.2019.1598237)

2018

• Nowicka, E. et al. 2018. Highly selective PdZn/ZnO catalysts for the methanol steam reforming reaction. Catalysis Science and Technology 8(22), pp. 5848-5857. (10.1039/C8CY01100A)
• Richards, N., Nowicka, E., Carter, J. H., Morgan, D. J., Dummer, N. F., Golunski, S. and Hutchings, G. J. 2018. Investigating the influence of Fe speciation on N2O decomposition over Fe–ZSM-5 catalysts. Topics in Catalysis 61(18-19), pp. 1983-1992. (10.1007/s11244-018-1024-0)
• Nowicka, E. et al. 2018. Mechanistic insights into selective oxidation of polyaromatic compounds using RICO chemistry. Chemistry - A European Journal 24(47), pp. 12359-12369. (10.1002/chem.201800423)
• Engel, R. V. et al. 2018. Oxidative carboxylation of 1-decene to 1,2-decylene carbonate. Topics in Catalysis 61(5-6), pp. 509-518. (10.1007/s11244-018-0900-y)
• Nowicka, E. et al. 2018. Elucidating the role of CO2 in the soft oxidative dehydrogenation of propane over ceria-based catalysts. ACS Catalysis 8, pp. 3454-3468. (10.1021/acscatal.7b03805)

2017

• Hutchings, G. J. et al. 2017. New insights into the activation and deactivation of Au/CeZrO4 in the low-temperature water-gas shift reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 56(50), pp. 16037-16041. (10.1002/anie.201709708)
• Taylor, S. H. et al. 2017. Oxidation of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons using ruthenium ion catalyzed oxidation: The role of aromatic ring number in reaction kinetics and product distribution. Chemistry - a European Journal (10.1002/chem.201704133)
• Guadix Montero, S. et al. 2017. Deactivation studies of bimetallic AuPd nanoparticles supported on MgO during selective aerobic oxidation of alcohols. Applied Catalysis A: General 546, pp. 58-66. (10.1016/j.apcata.2017.07.045)
• Morad, M. et al. 2017. Multifunctional supported bimetallic catalysts for a cascade reaction with hydrogen auto transfer: synthesis of 4-phenylbutan-2-ones from 4-methoxybenzyl alcohols. Catalysis Science & Technology 7(9), pp. 1928-1936. (10.1039/C7CY00184C)
• Alsaiari, R. et al. 2017. The effect of ring size on the selective carboxylation of cycloalkene oxides. Catalysis Science & Technology 2017(6), pp. 1433-1439. (10.1039/C6CY02448C)

2016

• Carter, J. et al. 2016. Synergy and anti-synergy between palladium and gold in nanoparticles dispersed on a reducible support. ACS Catalysis 6(10), pp. 6623-6633. (10.1021/acscatal.6b01275)
• Pattisson, S. et al. 2016. Tuning graphitic oxide for initiator- and metal-free aerobic epoxidation of linear alkenes. Nature Communications 7, article number: 12855. (10.1038/ncomms12855)
• Meenakshisundaram, S. et al. 2016. Supported bimetallic nano-alloys as highly active catalysts for the one-pot tandem synthesis of imines and secondary amines from nitrobenzene and alcohols. Catalysis Science and Technology 6(14), pp. 5473-5482. (10.1039/C6CY00425C)
• Gandarias, I., Nowicka, E., May, B. J., Alghareed, S., Armstrong, R. D., Miedziak, P. J. and Taylor, S. H. 2016. The selective oxidation of n-butanol to butyraldehyde by oxygen using stable Pt-based nanoparticulate catalysts: an efficient route for upgrading aqueous biobutanol. Catalysis Science & Technology 6(12), pp. 4201-4209. (10.1039/C5CY01726B)

2015

• Davies, T. E., Kondrat, S. A., Nowicka, E., Graham, J. J., Apperley, D. C., Taylor, S. H. and Graham, A. E. 2015. Dehydrative etherification reactions of glycerol with alcohols catalyzed by recyclable nanoporous aluminosilicates: telescoped routes to glyceryl ethers. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 4(3), pp. 835-843. (10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b00894)
• Ramdas, R., Nowicka, E., Jenkins, R. L., Sellick, D., Davies, C. and Golunski, S. E. 2015. Using real particulate matter to evaluate combustion catalysts for direct regeneration of diesel soot filters. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 176-17, pp. 436-443. (10.1016/j.apcatb.2015.04.031)
• Lari, G. M., Nowicka, E., Morgan, D. J., Kondrat, S. A. and Hutchings, G. J. 2015. The use of carbon monoxide as a probe molecule in spectroscopic studies for determination of exposed gold sites on TiO2. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 17(35), pp. 23236-23244. (10.1039/C5CP02512E)
• Nowicka, E. et al. 2015. Selective oxidation of alkyl-substituted polyaromatics using ruthenium-ion-catalyzed oxidation. Chemistry - A European Journal 21(11), pp. 4285-4293. (10.1002/chem.201405831)
• Nowicka, E. et al. 2015. Selective oxidation of alkyl-substituted polyaromatics using ruthenium-ion-catalyzed oxidation [Cover Profile]. Chemistry - A European Journal 21(11), pp. 4169. (10.1002/chem.201406658)
• Davies, T. E. et al. 2015. Nanoporous alumino- and borosilicate-mediated Meinwald rearrangement of epoxides. Applied Catalysis A: General 493, pp. 17-24. (10.1016/j.apcata.2014.12.031)
• Gandarias Goikoetxea, I., Miedziak, P. J., Nowicka, E., Douthwaite, M., Morgan, D. J., Hutchings, G. J. and Taylor, S. H. 2015. Selective oxidation of n-butanol using gold-palladium supported nanoparticles under base-free conditions. Chemsuschem 8(3), pp. 473-480. (10.1002/cssc.201403190)

2014

• Morad, M. et al. 2014. Solvent-free aerobic oxidation of alcohols using supported gold palladium nanoalloys prepared by a modified impregnation method. Catalysis Science and Technology 4(9), pp. 3120-3128. (10.1039/c4cy00387j)
• Meenakshisundaram, S., Nowicka, E., Carter, E., Murphy, D. M., Knight, D. W., Bethell, D. and Hutchings, G. J. 2014. The benzaldehyde oxidation paradox explained by the interception of peroxy radical by benzyl alcohol. Nature Communications 5, pp. ., article number: 3332. (10.1038/ncomms4332)

2013

• Nowicka, E. et al. 2013. In situ spectroscopic investigation of oxidative dehydrogenation and disproportionation of benzyl alcohol. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 15(29), pp. 12147-12155. (10.1039/c3cp50710f)
• Cao, E. et al. 2013. Selective suppression of disproportionation reaction in solvent-less benzyl alcohol oxidation catalysed by supported Au-Pd nanoparticles. Catalysis Today 203, pp. 146-152. (10.1016/j.cattod.2012.05.023)

2012

• Nowicka, E. 2012. Selective oxidation of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.

2011

• Meenakshisundaram, S. et al. 2011. Controlling the duality of the mechanism in liquid-phase oxidation of benzyl alcohol catalysed by supported Au-Pd nanoparticles. Chemistry - A European Journal 17(23), pp. 6524-6532. (10.1002/chem.201003484)
• Mantle, M. D. et al. 2011. Pulsed-field gradient NMR spectroscopic studies of alcohols in supported gold catalysts. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 115(4), pp. 1073-1079. (10.1021/jp105946q)

2010

• Meenakshisundaram, S. et al. 2010. Oxidation of alcohols using supported gold and gold-palladium nanoparticles. Faraday Discussions 145, pp. 341-356. (10.1039/b908172k)