Disclosed herein are modified zeolites and methods for making modified zeolites. In one or more embodiments disclosed herein, a zeolite may include a microporous framework comprising a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm. The microporous framework may include at least silicon atoms and oxygen atoms. The modified zeolite may further include organometallic moieties each bonded to bridging oxygen atoms. The organometallic moieties may include a zirconium atom. The zirconium atom may be bonded to a bridging oxygen atom, and the bridging oxygen atom may bridge the zirconium atom of the organometallic moiety and a silicon atom of the microporous framework.

A catalyst for a hydrogenation reaction including: a polymer support; and a catalytic component supported on the polymer support. The polymer support comprises a repeating unit represented by Formula 1.

A method for manufacturing a catalyst for a hydrogenation reaction, the method including: preparing a polymer support including a repeating unit of Formula 1, and supporting a catalytic component on the polymer support: ##STR00001##
wherein in Formula 1, means a point where the repeating units are linked, L1, L2 and L3 are O, R1 and R2 are the same as or different from each other, and are each independently hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, m is 0 or 1, and p and q are each independently an integer from 0 to 4.

Systems and methods for providing alternative fuel, in particular hydrogen photocatalytically generated by a system comprising photoactive nanoparticles and a nitrogenase cofactor are provided. In one aspect, the system includes a water soluble cadmium selenide nanoparticle (CdSe) surface capped with mercaptosuccinate (CdSe-MSA) and a NafY.FeMo-co complex comprising a NafY protein and an iron-molybdenum cofactor (FeMo-co), wherein the CdSe-MSA and NafY.Math.FeMo-co complex are present in about 1:2 to 1:10 molar ratio.

The present invention relates to a specific continuous process for preparing a zeolitic material having a framework structure type selected from the group consisting of MFI, MEL, IMF, SVY, FER, SVR, and intergrowth structures of two or more thereof, preferably an MFI- and/or MEL-type framework structure, comprising Si, Ti, and O, and to a zeolitic material as obtainable and/or obtained according to said process. Further, the present invention relates to a process for preparing a molding, and to a molding obtainable and/or obtained according to said process. Yet further, the present invention relates to a use of said zeolitic material and molding.

The present invention provides a process for the synthesis of furan dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) from glucose or crude hydroxy methyl furfural (HMF) using mixed metal oxides catalyst. The present invention further provides a process for preparation of the mixed metal oxides catalyst.

A rare earth element containing zeolitic material having an AEI-type framework structure, the framework structure of the zeolitic material comprising SiO.sub.2 and X.sub.2O.sub.3, X being a trivalent element, wherein the zeolitic material contains one or more rare earth elements as counter-ions at the ion exchange sites of the framework structure, and wherein the zeolitic material is obtainable and/or obtained according to a process involving the hydrothermal treatment of the rare earth element containing zeolitic material at a temperature in the range of from 400 to 1,000 C. A coated monolith substrate comprising a rare earth element containing zeolitic material having an AEI-type framework structure, wherein the zeolitic material is supported on the monolith substrate. A process for the production of a coated monolith substrate comprising a rare earth element containing zeolitic material having an AEI-type framework structure.

A heterogeneous catalyst composition for para-hydrogen induced polarization includes ligand-capped nanoparticles dispersed in water. The ligand-capped nanoparticles include metal nanoparticles that are surface functionalized with organic ligands, a molecular weight of the organic ligands is no greater than 300 g/mol, and the organic ligands each includes multiple binding moieties as coordinates sites for binding to a nanoparticle surface.

Provided is a novel synthetic crystalline borongermanosilicate molecular sieve material, designated boron SSZ-113. The boron SSZ-113 can be synthesized using 1,3 bis(2,3-dimethyl-1H-imidazolium) propane dications as a structure directing agent. The boron SSZ-113 may be used in organic compound conversion reactions and/or sorptive processes, and in particular, in reforming reactions.

The present disclosure relates to a titanium-organic framework photocatalyst for adsorption and decomposition of a volatile organic compound, a method for preparing the same and a method for removing a volatile organic compound using a titanium-organic framework photocatalyst. More specifically, a hierarchical pore structure can be formed and a pore size can be controlled by preparing a titanium-organic framework photocatalyst by coordination bonding a titanium precursor to a mixture of two carboxylic acid compounds having different electronegativity, as organic linkers, at an optimized ratio. The titanium-organic framework photocatalyst exhibits improved efficiency of adsorbing and decomposing a volatile organic compound (VOC) and can improve the photocatalytic degradation rate of the volatile organic compound (VOC).