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Research & Reviews: Journal of Material Sciences | ISSN: 2321-6212 | Volulme 6
November 07-08, 2018 | Atlanta, USA
Materials Science and Engineering
15
th
International Conference and Exhibition on
Applied Crystallography
3
rd
International Conference on
&
Inorganic, hybridized and living macrocellular foams: "Out of the box" heterogeneous catalysis
through the integrative chemistry input
Renal Backov
1,2
1
University of Bordeaux, France
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
W
e will show how when combining chemistry and the physical chemistry of complex fluids, we can trigger the design of
highly efficient heterogeneous catalysts. We will thus focus the topic on 3D-Macrocellular monolithic foams bearing
hierarchical porosities and applications thereof toward heterogeneous catalysis where both activities and mass transport are
enhanced. We will first depict the overall synthetic path, focusing on concentrated emulsions and lyotropic mesophases,
acting as soft templates at various length scales. We will see how we can design cellular materials being either, inorganic,
carbonaceous, hybridized or living ones where heterogeneous catalysis applications are addressed while considering
respectively acidic, metallic, enzymatic or bacterial processes. Along, we will demonstrate how the fluid hydrodynamic, the
low molecular hindrance and the easiest accessibility occurring within these foams are offering advanced "out of the box"
heterogeneous catalysis whatever acting in batch, on-line or when dedicated toward cascade-type chemical reactions. Finally,
we will depict the first CO
2
photo-reduction process acting in volume and not on the surface anymore, enhancing electronic
density, minimizing foot-print penalty as well as back-reactions.
Biography
Renal Backov obtained his PhD in 1997 at the University of Montpellier II, France. After being Associate Researcher at the University of Florida, to address inorganic
chemistry, he was hired as Associated Professor at the University of Bordeaux in 2001 while being full Professor since 2010. He is currently invited Professor at the
MIT. With more than 140 articles, 35 patents and 350 contributed papers, his field of research encompasses the domains of energy conversion (hydrogen storage,
batteries, biofuel cells), drug delivery, sensors, heterogeneous catalysis (enzymatic, metallic, bacteriologic), photocatalysis, photonics and beyond.
backov@mit.eduRenal Backov, Res. Rev. J Mat. Sci. 2018, Volume 6
DOI: 10.4172/2321-6212-C8-035