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Dr Samuel Pattisson
Teams and roles for Samuel Pattisson
Research Associate
Overview
My research is focused on the development, evaluation and characterisation of novel heterogeneous catalysts for a range of academically and industrially relevant reactions. My principle interests lie in the use of these materials for both the selective and total oxidation of organic molecules for the respective production of value added products and environmental protection.
For more information please refer to the "Research" tab
Publication
2026
- Alnahdi, N. A. et al. 2026. The pH-dependant stabilization and interphase coupling of Pd species during alcohol oxidation. Nature Catalysis 9 , pp.609-619. (10.1038/s41929-026-01547-2)
- Sullivan-Allsop, S. et al., 2026. Atomic-resolution imaging of gold species at organic liquid-solid interfaces. Science 392 (6793), pp.77-82. (10.1126/science.adw2469)
- Cartwright, J. et al. 2026. Cationic gold on heteroatom doped carbon supports for vinyl chloride production. Catalysis Letters 156 (4) 104. (10.1007/s10562-026-05351-2)
- Kim, B. et al., 2026. Designing physically separated bimetallic catalysts through cooperative redox enhancement (CORE). Chemical Society Reviews 55 (3), pp.1293-1305. (10.1039/d4cs00479e)
- McIntosh, S. et al., 2026. Leveraging co-operative redox enhancement (CORE) for efficient electrochemicals production. Faraday Discussions
2025
- Daniel, I. T. et al. 2025. Uncovering cooperative redox enhancement effects in bimetallic catalysis. Accounts of Chemical Research 58 (21), pp.3235-3246. (10.1021/acs.accounts.5c00446)
- Kim, B. et al., 2025. Galvanic coupling measurements are a predictive tool for cooperative redox enhancement (CORE) in thermocatalytic alcohol oxidation. ACS Catalysis 15 , pp.18063-18068. (10.1021/acscatal.5c04484)
- Wang, K. et al., 2025. The effect of support calcination on carbon supported palladium catalysts for solvent-free benzyl alcohol oxidation. Catalysis Science & Technology 15 (18), pp.5346-5353. (10.1039/d5cy00027k)
- Lin, D. et al. 2025. Radical-constructed intergrown titanosilicalite interfaces for efficient direct propene epoxidation with H 2 and O 2. Nature Communications 16 (1) 5515. (10.1038/s41467-025-60637-0)
- Parmentier, T. E. et al., 2025. Influence of surface functionalities on Au/C catalysts for oxidative homocoupling of phenylboronic acid. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 13 (25), pp.9654-9667. (10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c02262)
2024
- Li, X. et al., 2024. Solvent-free benzyl alcohol oxidation using spatially separated carbon-supported Au and Pd nanoparticles. ACS Catalysis 14 , pp.16551–16561. (10.1021/acscatal.4c05019)
- 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)
- Kim, B. et al. 2024. Tafel analysis predicts cooperative redox enhancement effects in thermocatalytic alcohol dehydrogenation. ACS Catalysis 14 , pp.8488-8493. (10.1021/acscatal.3c06103)
2023
- Daniel, I. et al. 2023. Electrochemical polarization of disparate catalytic sites drives thermochemical rate enhancement. ACS Catalysis 13 (21), pp.14189-14198. (10.1021/acscatal.3c03364)
- Zhao, L. et al. 2023. Insights into the effect of metal ratio on cooperative redox enhancement effects over au- and pd-mediated alcohol oxidation. ACS Catalysis 13 (5), pp.2892-2903. (10.1021/acscatal.2c06284)
- Lazaridou, A. et al. 2023. Recognizing the best catalyst for a reaction. Nature Reviews Chemistry (10.1038/s41570-023-00470-5)
- Delarmelina, M. et al. 2023. The effect of dissolved chlorides on the photocatalytic degradation properties of titania in wastewater treatment. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 25 , pp.4161-4176. (10.1039/D2CP03140J)
2022
- Daniel, I. T. et al. 2022. Kinetic analysis to describe co-operative redox enhancement effects exhibited by bimetallic Au-Pd systems in aerobic oxidation. Catalysis Science & Technology (10.1039/D2CY01474B)
- Pattisson, S. et al. 2022. Lowering the operating temperature of gold acetylene hydrochlorination catalysts using oxidized carbon supports. ACS Catalysis 12 , pp.14086–14095. (10.1021/acscatal.2c04242)
- Hutchings, G. J. et al. 2022. Facile synthesis of a porous 3D g-C3N4 photocatalyst for the degradation of organics in shale gas brines. Catalysis Communications 169 106480. (10.1016/j.catcom.2022.106480)
- Sun, S. et al. 2022. Selective oxidation of methane to methanol and methyl hydroperoxide over palladium modified MoO3 photocatalyst under ambient conditions. Catalysis Science & Technology 12 (11), pp.3727-3736. (10.1039/D2CY00240J)
- Miedziak, P. J. et al. 2022. The over-riding role of autocatalysis in alllylic oxidation. Catalysis Letters 152 , pp.1003-1008. (10.1007/s10562-021-03707-4)
- Huang, X. et al. 2022. Au-Pd separation enhances bimetallic catalysis of alcohol oxidation. Nature 603 , pp.271-275. (10.1038/s41586-022-04397-7)
- Richards, N. et al. 2022. Effect of the preparation method of LaSrCoFeOx perovskites on the activity of N2O decomposition. Catalysis Letters 152 , pp.213-226. (10.1007/s10562-021-03619-3)
2021
- Najafishirtari, S. et al., 2021. A perspective on heterogeneous catalysts for the selective oxidation of alcohols. Chemistry - A European Journal 27 (68), pp.16809-16833. (10.1002/chem.202102868)
- Yang, N. et al. 2021. Influence of stabilizers on the performance of Au/TiO2 catalysts for CO oxidation. ACS Catalysis 11 (18), pp.11607-11615. (10.1021/acscatal.1c02820)
- Dawson, S. R. et al. 2021. Sulfur promotion in Au/C catalyzed acetylene hydrochlorination. Small 17 (16) 2007221. (10.1002/smll.202007221)
- Chachvalvutikul, A. et al. 2021. Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants and hydrogen production by a visible light-responsive Bi2WO6/ZnIn2S4 heterojunction. Applied Surface Science 544 148885. (10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.148885)
2020
- Pattisson, S. et al. 2020. Low temperature solvent-free allylic oxidation of cyclohexene using graphitic oxide catalysts. Catalysis Today 357 , pp.3-7. (10.1016/j.cattod.2019.04.053)
- Malta, G. et al. 2020. Can gold be an effective catalyst for the Deacon reaction?. Catalysis Letters 150 , pp.2991-2995. (10.1007/s10562-020-03204-0)
- Rogers, O. et al. 2020. Adipic acid formation from cyclohexanediol using platinum and vanadium catalysts: elucidating the role of homogeneous vanadium species. Catalysis Science and Technology 10 (13), pp.4210-4218. (10.1039/D0CY00914H)
- Richards, N. et al. 2020. Structure-sensitivity of alumina supported palladium catalysts for N2O decomposition. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 264 118501. (10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.118501)
- Richards, N. et al. 2020. Lowering the operating temperature of perovskite catalysts for N2O decomposition through control of preparation methods. ACS Catalysis 10 (10), pp.5430-5442. (10.1021/acscatal.0c00698)
- Pudkon, W. et al., 2020. Enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic H2 production and Cr(vi) reduction of a ZnIn2S4/MoS2 heterojunction synthesized by the biomolecule-assisted microwave heating method. Catalysis Science and Technology 10 (9), pp.2838-2854. (10.1039/D0CY00234H)
- Caswell, T. et al. 2020. Enhancement in the rate of nitrate degradation on Au- and Ag-decorated TiO2 photocatalysts. Catalysis Science and Technology 10 (7), pp.2083-2091. (10.1039/C9CY02473E)
- Evans, C. D. et al. 2020. Enhancing the understanding of the glycerol to lactic acid reaction mechanism over AuPt/TiO2 under alkaline conditions. Journal of Chemical Physics 152 (13) 134705. (10.1063/1.5128595)
- Rucinska, E. et al. 2020. Cinnamyl alcohol oxidation using supported bimetallic Au-Pd nanoparticles: An optimization of metal ratio and investigation of the deactivation mechanism under autoxidation conditions. Topics in Catalysis 63 , pp.99-112. (10.1007/s11244-020-01231-0)
2019
- Dai, X. et al., 2019. Efficient elimination of chlorinated organics on a phosphoric acid modified CeO2 catalyst: a hydrolytic destruction route. Environmental Science and Technology 53 (21), pp.12697-12705. (10.1021/acs.est.9b05088)
- Pudkon, W. et al., 2019. Microwave synthesis of ZnIn2S4/WS2 composites for photocatalytic hydrogen production and hexavalent chromium reduction. Catalysis Science and Technology 9 (20), pp.5698-5711. (10.1039/C9CY01553A)
- He, C. et al., 2019. Recent advances in the catalytic oxidation of volatile organic compounds: a review based on pollutant sorts and sources. Chemical Reviews 119 (7), pp.4471-4568. (10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00408)
2018
- Weng, X. et al., 2018. Catalytic oxidation of chlorinated organics over lanthanide perovskites: effects of phosphoric acid etching and water vapor on chlorine desorption behavior. Environmental Science & Technology 53 (2), pp.884-893. (10.1021/acs.est.8b04582)
- Rogers, O. et al. 2018. The low temperature solvent-free aerobic oxidation of cyclohexene to cyclohexane diol over highly active Au/Graphite and Au/Graphene catalysts. Catalysts 8 (8), pp.311. (10.3390/catal8080311)
- Rucinska, E. et al. 2018. Cinnamyl alcohol oxidation using supported bimetallic Au-Pd nanoparticles: an investigation of autoxidation and catalysis. Catalysis Science and Technology 8 (11), pp.2987-2997. (10.1039/C8CY00155C)
- 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)
2017
- Al-Rifai, N. et al., 2017. Deactivation behaviour of supported gold palladium nanoalloy catalysts during the selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol in a micro-packed bed reactor. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 56 (45), pp.12984-12993. (10.1021/acs.iecr.7b01159)
- Fu, J. et al. 2017. The role of Mg(OH)2 in the so-called 'base-free' oxidation of glycerol with AuPd catalysts. Chemistry - A European Journal 24 (10), pp.2396-2402. (10.1002/chem.201704151)
2016
- Pattisson, S. et al. 2016. Tuning graphitic oxide for initiator- and metal-free aerobic epoxidation of linear alkenes. Nature Communications 7 12855. (10.1038/ncomms12855)
2015
- Pattisson, S. D. 2015. From support to carbocatalyst: the aerobic and solvent free epoxidation of dec-1-ene using graphitic oxide as a catalyst. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
2012
- Smith, K. et al. 2012. Highly regioselective di-tert-amylation of naphthalene over reusable H-mordenite zeolite. Green Chemistry 14 (4), pp.1103-1110. (10.1039/c2gc16443d)
Articles
- Alnahdi, N. A. et al. 2026. The pH-dependant stabilization and interphase coupling of Pd species during alcohol oxidation. Nature Catalysis 9 , pp.609-619. (10.1038/s41929-026-01547-2)
- Sullivan-Allsop, S. et al., 2026. Atomic-resolution imaging of gold species at organic liquid-solid interfaces. Science 392 (6793), pp.77-82. (10.1126/science.adw2469)
- Cartwright, J. et al. 2026. Cationic gold on heteroatom doped carbon supports for vinyl chloride production. Catalysis Letters 156 (4) 104. (10.1007/s10562-026-05351-2)
- Kim, B. et al., 2026. Designing physically separated bimetallic catalysts through cooperative redox enhancement (CORE). Chemical Society Reviews 55 (3), pp.1293-1305. (10.1039/d4cs00479e)
- McIntosh, S. et al., 2026. Leveraging co-operative redox enhancement (CORE) for efficient electrochemicals production. Faraday Discussions
- Daniel, I. T. et al. 2025. Uncovering cooperative redox enhancement effects in bimetallic catalysis. Accounts of Chemical Research 58 (21), pp.3235-3246. (10.1021/acs.accounts.5c00446)
- Kim, B. et al., 2025. Galvanic coupling measurements are a predictive tool for cooperative redox enhancement (CORE) in thermocatalytic alcohol oxidation. ACS Catalysis 15 , pp.18063-18068. (10.1021/acscatal.5c04484)
- Wang, K. et al., 2025. The effect of support calcination on carbon supported palladium catalysts for solvent-free benzyl alcohol oxidation. Catalysis Science & Technology 15 (18), pp.5346-5353. (10.1039/d5cy00027k)
- Lin, D. et al. 2025. Radical-constructed intergrown titanosilicalite interfaces for efficient direct propene epoxidation with H 2 and O 2. Nature Communications 16 (1) 5515. (10.1038/s41467-025-60637-0)
- Parmentier, T. E. et al., 2025. Influence of surface functionalities on Au/C catalysts for oxidative homocoupling of phenylboronic acid. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 13 (25), pp.9654-9667. (10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c02262)
- Li, X. et al., 2024. Solvent-free benzyl alcohol oxidation using spatially separated carbon-supported Au and Pd nanoparticles. ACS Catalysis 14 , pp.16551–16561. (10.1021/acscatal.4c05019)
- 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)
- Kim, B. et al. 2024. Tafel analysis predicts cooperative redox enhancement effects in thermocatalytic alcohol dehydrogenation. ACS Catalysis 14 , pp.8488-8493. (10.1021/acscatal.3c06103)
- Daniel, I. et al. 2023. Electrochemical polarization of disparate catalytic sites drives thermochemical rate enhancement. ACS Catalysis 13 (21), pp.14189-14198. (10.1021/acscatal.3c03364)
- Zhao, L. et al. 2023. Insights into the effect of metal ratio on cooperative redox enhancement effects over au- and pd-mediated alcohol oxidation. ACS Catalysis 13 (5), pp.2892-2903. (10.1021/acscatal.2c06284)
- Lazaridou, A. et al. 2023. Recognizing the best catalyst for a reaction. Nature Reviews Chemistry (10.1038/s41570-023-00470-5)
- Delarmelina, M. et al. 2023. The effect of dissolved chlorides on the photocatalytic degradation properties of titania in wastewater treatment. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 25 , pp.4161-4176. (10.1039/D2CP03140J)
- Daniel, I. T. et al. 2022. Kinetic analysis to describe co-operative redox enhancement effects exhibited by bimetallic Au-Pd systems in aerobic oxidation. Catalysis Science & Technology (10.1039/D2CY01474B)
- Pattisson, S. et al. 2022. Lowering the operating temperature of gold acetylene hydrochlorination catalysts using oxidized carbon supports. ACS Catalysis 12 , pp.14086–14095. (10.1021/acscatal.2c04242)
- Hutchings, G. J. et al. 2022. Facile synthesis of a porous 3D g-C3N4 photocatalyst for the degradation of organics in shale gas brines. Catalysis Communications 169 106480. (10.1016/j.catcom.2022.106480)
- Sun, S. et al. 2022. Selective oxidation of methane to methanol and methyl hydroperoxide over palladium modified MoO3 photocatalyst under ambient conditions. Catalysis Science & Technology 12 (11), pp.3727-3736. (10.1039/D2CY00240J)
- Miedziak, P. J. et al. 2022. The over-riding role of autocatalysis in alllylic oxidation. Catalysis Letters 152 , pp.1003-1008. (10.1007/s10562-021-03707-4)
- Huang, X. et al. 2022. Au-Pd separation enhances bimetallic catalysis of alcohol oxidation. Nature 603 , pp.271-275. (10.1038/s41586-022-04397-7)
- Richards, N. et al. 2022. Effect of the preparation method of LaSrCoFeOx perovskites on the activity of N2O decomposition. Catalysis Letters 152 , pp.213-226. (10.1007/s10562-021-03619-3)
- Najafishirtari, S. et al., 2021. A perspective on heterogeneous catalysts for the selective oxidation of alcohols. Chemistry - A European Journal 27 (68), pp.16809-16833. (10.1002/chem.202102868)
- Yang, N. et al. 2021. Influence of stabilizers on the performance of Au/TiO2 catalysts for CO oxidation. ACS Catalysis 11 (18), pp.11607-11615. (10.1021/acscatal.1c02820)
- Dawson, S. R. et al. 2021. Sulfur promotion in Au/C catalyzed acetylene hydrochlorination. Small 17 (16) 2007221. (10.1002/smll.202007221)
- Chachvalvutikul, A. et al. 2021. Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants and hydrogen production by a visible light-responsive Bi2WO6/ZnIn2S4 heterojunction. Applied Surface Science 544 148885. (10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.148885)
- Pattisson, S. et al. 2020. Low temperature solvent-free allylic oxidation of cyclohexene using graphitic oxide catalysts. Catalysis Today 357 , pp.3-7. (10.1016/j.cattod.2019.04.053)
- Malta, G. et al. 2020. Can gold be an effective catalyst for the Deacon reaction?. Catalysis Letters 150 , pp.2991-2995. (10.1007/s10562-020-03204-0)
- Rogers, O. et al. 2020. Adipic acid formation from cyclohexanediol using platinum and vanadium catalysts: elucidating the role of homogeneous vanadium species. Catalysis Science and Technology 10 (13), pp.4210-4218. (10.1039/D0CY00914H)
- Richards, N. et al. 2020. Structure-sensitivity of alumina supported palladium catalysts for N2O decomposition. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 264 118501. (10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.118501)
- Richards, N. et al. 2020. Lowering the operating temperature of perovskite catalysts for N2O decomposition through control of preparation methods. ACS Catalysis 10 (10), pp.5430-5442. (10.1021/acscatal.0c00698)
- Pudkon, W. et al., 2020. Enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic H2 production and Cr(vi) reduction of a ZnIn2S4/MoS2 heterojunction synthesized by the biomolecule-assisted microwave heating method. Catalysis Science and Technology 10 (9), pp.2838-2854. (10.1039/D0CY00234H)
- Caswell, T. et al. 2020. Enhancement in the rate of nitrate degradation on Au- and Ag-decorated TiO2 photocatalysts. Catalysis Science and Technology 10 (7), pp.2083-2091. (10.1039/C9CY02473E)
- Evans, C. D. et al. 2020. Enhancing the understanding of the glycerol to lactic acid reaction mechanism over AuPt/TiO2 under alkaline conditions. Journal of Chemical Physics 152 (13) 134705. (10.1063/1.5128595)
- Rucinska, E. et al. 2020. Cinnamyl alcohol oxidation using supported bimetallic Au-Pd nanoparticles: An optimization of metal ratio and investigation of the deactivation mechanism under autoxidation conditions. Topics in Catalysis 63 , pp.99-112. (10.1007/s11244-020-01231-0)
- Dai, X. et al., 2019. Efficient elimination of chlorinated organics on a phosphoric acid modified CeO2 catalyst: a hydrolytic destruction route. Environmental Science and Technology 53 (21), pp.12697-12705. (10.1021/acs.est.9b05088)
- Pudkon, W. et al., 2019. Microwave synthesis of ZnIn2S4/WS2 composites for photocatalytic hydrogen production and hexavalent chromium reduction. Catalysis Science and Technology 9 (20), pp.5698-5711. (10.1039/C9CY01553A)
- He, C. et al., 2019. Recent advances in the catalytic oxidation of volatile organic compounds: a review based on pollutant sorts and sources. Chemical Reviews 119 (7), pp.4471-4568. (10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00408)
- Weng, X. et al., 2018. Catalytic oxidation of chlorinated organics over lanthanide perovskites: effects of phosphoric acid etching and water vapor on chlorine desorption behavior. Environmental Science & Technology 53 (2), pp.884-893. (10.1021/acs.est.8b04582)
- Rogers, O. et al. 2018. The low temperature solvent-free aerobic oxidation of cyclohexene to cyclohexane diol over highly active Au/Graphite and Au/Graphene catalysts. Catalysts 8 (8), pp.311. (10.3390/catal8080311)
- Rucinska, E. et al. 2018. Cinnamyl alcohol oxidation using supported bimetallic Au-Pd nanoparticles: an investigation of autoxidation and catalysis. Catalysis Science and Technology 8 (11), pp.2987-2997. (10.1039/C8CY00155C)
- 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)
- Al-Rifai, N. et al., 2017. Deactivation behaviour of supported gold palladium nanoalloy catalysts during the selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol in a micro-packed bed reactor. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 56 (45), pp.12984-12993. (10.1021/acs.iecr.7b01159)
- Fu, J. et al. 2017. The role of Mg(OH)2 in the so-called 'base-free' oxidation of glycerol with AuPd catalysts. Chemistry - A European Journal 24 (10), pp.2396-2402. (10.1002/chem.201704151)
- Pattisson, S. et al. 2016. Tuning graphitic oxide for initiator- and metal-free aerobic epoxidation of linear alkenes. Nature Communications 7 12855. (10.1038/ncomms12855)
- Smith, K. et al. 2012. Highly regioselective di-tert-amylation of naphthalene over reusable H-mordenite zeolite. Green Chemistry 14 (4), pp.1103-1110. (10.1039/c2gc16443d)
Thesis
- Pattisson, S. D. 2015. From support to carbocatalyst: the aerobic and solvent free epoxidation of dec-1-ene using graphitic oxide as a catalyst. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
Research
I supervise and conduct research on the following projects in collaboration with multiple academic and industrial partners:
Industrial Collaborations
- Adipic acid production utilising green oxidation procedures (INVISTA)
- Gold catalysed production of VCM from acetylene hydrochlorination (JM)
- Production of fragrance molecules by oxidation (IFF)
- Catalytic abatement of organic molecules within PET (Colormatrix)
Academic Projects
- Investigation of metal-free carbocatalysts for oxidation reactions
- Selective oxidation of biomass molecules for production of value-added projects
- Synthesis and evaluation of novel MOF materials with Hiearchical porosity (Bristol University)
- Novel photocatalysts for the abatement of organic pollutants and hydrogen production (Chiang Mai University)
Biography
- 2015: PhD in Heterogeneous Catalysis, Cardiff University
- 2011: MSc in Catalysis, Cardiff University
- 2010: BSc in Chemistry, Cardiff University
Committees and reviewing
Reviewer/Referee: ACS Catalysis, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Catalysis Science and Technology, Journal of Catalysis, Gold Bulletin, Scientific Reports
