Prof Donald Bethell
Senior Fellow Chemistry
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2022
Au-Pd separation enhances bimetallic catalysis of alcohol oxidation. (Journal article)
Huang, X., Akdim, O., Douthwaite, M., Wang, K., Zhao, L., Lewis, R. J., . . . Hutchings, G. J. (2022). Au-Pd separation enhances bimetallic catalysis of alcohol oxidation.. Nature, 603(7900), 271-275. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04397-72020
Author Correction: Tuning of catalytic sites in Pt/TiO2 catalysts for the chemoselective hydrogenation of 3-nitrostyrene (Journal article)
Macino, M., Barnes, A. J., Althahban, S. M., Qu, R., Gibson, E. K., Morgan, D. J., . . . Hutchings, G. J. (n.d.). Author Correction: Tuning of catalytic sites in Pt/TiO2 catalysts for the chemoselective hydrogenation of 3-nitrostyrene. Nature Catalysis, 3(8), 683. doi:10.1038/s41929-020-00500-1The photocatalytic destruction of cinnamic acid and cinnamyl alcohol: Mechanism and the effect of aqueous ions (Journal article)
Bouleghlimat, E., Bethell, D., & Davies, P. R. (2020). The photocatalytic destruction of cinnamic acid and cinnamyl alcohol: Mechanism and the effect of aqueous ions. Chemosphere, 251, 126469. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126469Enhancing the understanding of the glycerol to lactic acid reaction mechanism over AuPt/TiO<sub>2</sub> under alkaline conditions. (Journal article)
Evans, C. D., Douthwaite, M., Carter, J. H., Pattisson, S., Kondrat, S. A., Bethell, D., . . . Hutchings, G. J. (2020). Enhancing the understanding of the glycerol to lactic acid reaction mechanism over AuPt/TiO<sub>2</sub> under alkaline conditions.. The Journal of chemical physics, 152(13), 134705. doi:10.1063/1.51285952019
Author Correction: Tuning of catalytic sites in Pt/TiO2 catalysts for the chemoselective hydrogenation of 3-nitrostyrene (Journal article)
Macino, M., Barnes, A. J., Althahban, S. M., Qu, R., Gibson, E. K., Morgan, D. J., . . . Hutchings, G. J. (n.d.). Author Correction: Tuning of catalytic sites in Pt/TiO2 catalysts for the chemoselective hydrogenation of 3-nitrostyrene. Nature Catalysis, 2(12), 1132. doi:10.1038/s41929-019-0396-2Synthetic Control of Quantum Interference by Regulating Charge on a Single Atom in Heteroaromatic Molecular Junctions. (Journal article)
Naghibi, S., Ismael, A. K., Vezzoli, A., Al-Khaykanee, M. K., Zheng, X., Grace, I. M., . . . Nichols, R. J. (2019). Synthetic Control of Quantum Interference by Regulating Charge on a Single Atom in Heteroaromatic Molecular Junctions.. The journal of physical chemistry letters. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02319Tuning of catalytic sites in Pt/TiO<sub>2</sub> catalysts for the chemoselective hydrogenation of 3-nitrostyrene (Journal article)
Macino, M., Barnes, A. J., Qu, R., Gibson, E. K., Morgan, D. J., Freakley, S. J., . . . Althahban, S. M. (2019). Tuning of catalytic sites in Pt/TiO<sub>2</sub> catalysts for the chemoselective hydrogenation of 3-nitrostyrene. NATURE CATALYSIS, 2(10), 873-881. doi:10.1038/s41929-019-0334-32018
On the development of kinetic models for solvent-free benzyl alcohol oxidation over a gold-palladium catalyst (Journal article)
Galvanin, F., Sankar, M., Cattaneo, S., Bethell, D., Dua, V., Hutchings, G. J., & Gavriilidis, A. (2018). On the development of kinetic models for solvent-free benzyl alcohol oxidation over a gold-palladium catalyst. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 342, 196-210. doi:10.1016/j.cej.2017.11.1652017
Deactivation Behavior of Supported Gold Palladium Nanoalloy Catalysts during the Selective Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol in a Micropacked Bed Reactor (Journal article)
Al-Rifai, N., Miedziak, P. J., Morad, M., Sankar, M., Waldron, C., Cattaneo, S., . . . Gavriilidis, A. (2017). Deactivation Behavior of Supported Gold Palladium Nanoalloy Catalysts during the Selective Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol in a Micropacked Bed Reactor. INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, 56(45), 12985-12994. doi:10.1021/acs.iecr.7b01159Multifunctional supported bimetallic catalysts for a cascade reaction with hydrogen auto transfer: synthesis of 4-phenylbutan-2-ones from 4-methoxybenzyl alcohols (Journal article)
Morad, M., Nowicka, E., Douthwaite, M., Iqbal, S., Miedziak, P., Edwards, J. K., . . . Hutchings, G. J. (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), 1928-1936. doi:10.1039/c7cy00184c2016
Oxidation of cinnamyl alcohol using bimetallic Au-Pd/TiO<sub>2</sub> catalysts: a deactivation study in a continuous flow packed bed microreactor (Journal article)
Wu, G., Brett, G. L., Cao, E., Constantinou, A., Ellis, P., Kuhn, S., . . . Gavriilidis, A. (2016). Oxidation of cinnamyl alcohol using bimetallic Au-Pd/TiO<sub>2</sub> catalysts: a deactivation study in a continuous flow packed bed microreactor. CATALYSIS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 6(13), 4749-4758. doi:10.1039/c6cy00232c2015
Continuous Heterogeneously Catalyzed Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol in a Ceramic Membrane Packed-Bed Reactor (Journal article)
Constantinou, A., Wu, G., Corredera, A., Ellis, P., Bethell, D., Hutchings, G. J., . . . Gavriilidis, A. (2015). Continuous Heterogeneously Catalyzed Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol in a Ceramic Membrane Packed-Bed Reactor. ORGANIC PROCESS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, 19(12), 1973-1979. doi:10.1021/acs.oprd.5b00220Continuous Heterogeneously Catalyzed Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol Using a Tube-in-Tube Membrane Microreactor (Journal article)
Wu, G., Constantinou, A., Cao, E., Kuhn, S., Morad, M., Sankar, M., . . . Gavriilidis, A. (2015). Continuous Heterogeneously Catalyzed Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol Using a Tube-in-Tube Membrane Microreactor. INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, 54(16), 4183-4189. doi:10.1021/ie5041176Solvent-free oxidation of dec-1-ene using gold/graphite catalyst using an <i>in situ</i> generated oxidant (Journal article)
Gupta, U. N., Alshammari, H., Dummer, N. F., Jenkins, R. L., Bethell, D., & Hutchings, G. J. (2015). Solvent-free oxidation of dec-1-ene using gold/graphite catalyst using an <i>in situ</i> generated oxidant. CATALYSIS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 5(2), 1307-1313. doi:10.1039/c4cy01355g2014
The benzaldehyde oxidation paradox explained by the interception of peroxy radical by benzyl alcohol (Journal article)
Sankar, M., Nowicka, E., Carter, E., Murphy, D. M., Knight, D. W., Bethell, D., & Hutchings, G. J. (2014). The benzaldehyde oxidation paradox explained by the interception of peroxy radical by benzyl alcohol. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 5. doi:10.1038/ncomms4332Solvent-free aerobic oxidation of alcohols using supported gold palladium nanoalloys prepared by a modified impregnation method (Journal article)
Morad, M., Sankar, M., Cao, E., Nowicka, E., Davies, T. E., Miedziak, P. J., . . . Hutchings, G. J. (2014). Solvent-free aerobic oxidation of alcohols using supported gold palladium nanoalloys prepared by a modified impregnation method. CATALYSIS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 4(9), 3120-3128. doi:10.1039/c4cy00387j2012
Involvement of Surface-Bound Radicals in the Oxidation of Toluene Using Supported Au-Pd Nanoparticles (Journal article)
bin Saiman, M. I., Brett, G. L., Tiruvalam, R., Forde, M. M., Sharples, K., Thetford, A., . . . Hutchings, G. J. (2012). Involvement of Surface-Bound Radicals in the Oxidation of Toluene Using Supported Au-Pd Nanoparticles. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 51(24), 5981-5985. doi:10.1002/anie.201201059Comparison of the Conductance of Three Types of Porphyrin-Based Molecular Wires: β,<i>meso</i>,β-Fused Tapes, <i>meso</i>-Butadiyne-Linked and Twisted <i>meso-meso</i> Linked Oligomers (Journal article)
Sedghi, G., Esdaile, L. J., Anderson, H. L., Martin, S., Bethell, D., Higgins, S. J., & Nichols, R. J. (2012). Comparison of the Conductance of Three Types of Porphyrin-Based Molecular Wires: β,<i>meso</i>,β-Fused Tapes, <i>meso</i>-Butadiyne-Linked and Twisted <i>meso-meso</i> Linked Oligomers. ADVANCED MATERIALS, 24(5), 653-+. doi:10.1002/adma.2011031092011
Long-range electron tunnelling in oligo-porphyrin molecular wires (Journal article)
Sedghi, G., Garcia-Suarez, V. M., Esdaile, L. J., Anderson, H. L., Lambert, C. J., Martin, S., . . . Nichols, R. J. (2011). Long-range electron tunnelling in oligo-porphyrin molecular wires. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY, 6(8), 517-523. doi:10.1038/NNANO.2011.111Large Conductance Changes in Peptide Single Molecule Junctions Controlled by pH (Journal article)
Scullion, L., Doneux, T., Bouffier, L., Fernig, D. G., Higgins, S. J., Bethell, D., & Nichols, R. J. (2011). Large Conductance Changes in Peptide Single Molecule Junctions Controlled by pH. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 115(16), 8361-8368. doi:10.1021/jp201222b2010
The experimental determination of the conductance of single molecules (Journal article)
Nichols, R. J., Haiss, W., Higgins, S. J., Leary, E., Martin, S., & Bethell, D. (2010). The experimental determination of the conductance of single molecules. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 12(12), 2801-2815. doi:10.1039/b922000c2009
Solvent-free oxidation of benzyl alcohol using Au-Pd catalysts prepared by sol immobilisation (Journal article)
Dimitratos, N., Lopez-Sanchez, J. A., Morgan, D., Carley, A. F., Tiruvalam, R., Kiely, C. J., . . . Hutchings, G. J. (2009). Solvent-free oxidation of benzyl alcohol using Au-Pd catalysts prepared by sol immobilisation. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 11(25), 5142-5153. doi:10.1039/b900151b2008
Single molecule conductance of porphyrin wires with ultralow attenuation (Journal article)
Sedghi, G., Sawada, K., Esdaile, L. J., Hoffmann, M., Anderson, H. L., Bethell, D., . . . Nichols, R. J. (2008). Single molecule conductance of porphyrin wires with ultralow attenuation. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 130(27), 8582-+. doi:10.1021/ja802281c2007
Single-molecule conductance of redox molecules in electrochemical scanning tunneling microscopy (Journal article)
Haiss, W., Albrecht, T., van Zalinge, H., Higgins, S. J., Bethell, D., Hoebenreich, H., . . . Ulstrup, J. (2007). Single-molecule conductance of redox molecules in electrochemical scanning tunneling microscopy. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 111(24), 6703-6712. doi:10.1021/jp068692m2006
Thermal gating of the single molecule conductance of alkanedithiols (Journal article)
Haiss, W., van Zalinge, H., Bethell, D., Ulstrup, J., Schiffrin, D. J., & Nichols, R. J. (2006). Thermal gating of the single molecule conductance of alkanedithiols. FARADAY DISCUSSIONS, 131, 253-264. doi:10.1039/b507520n2004
Measurement of single molecule conductivity using the spontaneous formation of molecular wires (Journal article)
Haiss, W., Nichols, R. J., van Zalinge, H., Higgins, S. J., Bethell, D., & Schiffrin, D. J. (2004). Measurement of single molecule conductivity using the spontaneous formation of molecular wires. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 6(17), 4330-4337. doi:10.1039/b404929bMolecular wire formation from viologen assemblies (Journal article)
Haiss, W., van Zalinge, H., Höbenreich, H., Bethell, D., Schiffrin, D. J., Higgins, S. J., & Nichols, R. J. (2004). Molecular wire formation from viologen assemblies. LANGMUIR, 20(18), 7694-7702. doi:10.1021/la049183jWiring nanoparticles with redox molecules (Journal article)
Haiss, W., Nichols, R. J., Higgins, S. J., Bethell, D., Höbenreich, H., & Schiffrin, D. J. (2004). Wiring nanoparticles with redox molecules. FARADAY DISCUSSIONS, 125, 179-194. doi:10.1039/b303214k2003
Redox state dependence of single molecule conductivity (Journal article)
Haiss, W., van Zalinge, H., Higgins, S. J., Bethell, D., Höbenreich, H., Schiffrin, D. J., & Nichols, R. J. (2003). Redox state dependence of single molecule conductivity. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 125(50), 15294-15295. doi:10.1021/ja038214e2002
The fate of sulfur-bound hydrogen on formation of self-assembled thiol monolayers on gold:: <SUP>1</SUP>H NMR spectroscopic evidence from solutions of gold clusters (Journal article)
Hasan, M., Bethell, D., & Brust, M. (2002). The fate of sulfur-bound hydrogen on formation of self-assembled thiol monolayers on gold:: <SUP>1</SUP>H NMR spectroscopic evidence from solutions of gold clusters. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 124(7), 1132-1133. doi:10.1021/ja01205772000
A nanometre-scale electronic switch consisting of a metal cluster and redox-addressable groups (Journal article)
Gittins, D. I., Bethell, D., Schiffrin, D. J., & Nichols, R. J. (2000). A nanometre-scale electronic switch consisting of a metal cluster and redox-addressable groups. NATURE, 408(6808), 67-69. doi:10.1038/35040518Diode-like electron transfer across nanostructured films containing a redox ligand (Journal article)
Gittins, D. I., Bethell, D., Nichols, R. J., & Schiffrin, D. J. (2000). Diode-like electron transfer across nanostructured films containing a redox ligand. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY, 10(1), 79-83. doi:10.1039/a902960eOrdered colloidal nanoalloys (Journal article)
Kiely, C. J., Fink, J., Zheng, J. G., Brust, M., Bethell, D., & Schiffrin, D. J. (2000). Ordered colloidal nanoalloys. Advanced Materials, 12(9), 640-643. doi:3.0.CO;2-J">10.1002/(SICI)1521-4095(200005)12:9<640::AID-ADMA640>3.0.CO;2-JDOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4095(200005)12:9<640::AID-ADMA640>3.0.CO;2-J
1999
Redox-connected multilayers of discrete gold particles: A novel electroactive nanomaterial (Journal article)
Gittins, D. I., Bethell, D., Nichols, R. J., & Schiffrin, D. J. (1999). Redox-connected multilayers of discrete gold particles: A novel electroactive nanomaterial. ADVANCED MATERIALS, 11(9), 737-740. doi:3.0.CO;2-1">10.1002/(SICI)1521-4095(199906)11:9<737::AID-ADMA737>3.0.CO;2-1DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4095(199906)11:9<737::AID-ADMA737>3.0.CO;2-1