Self‐Pillared,Single‐Unit‐Cell Sn‐MFI Zeolite Nanosheets and Their Use for Glucose and Lactose Isomerization |
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| Authors: | Dr Limin Ren Dr Qiang Guo Prashant Kumar Marat Orazov Dandan Xu Prof Saeed M Alhassan Prof K Andre Mkhoyan Prof Mark E Davis Prof Michael Tsapatsis |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (USA);2. Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 (USA);3. Department of Chemical Engineering, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) |
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| Abstract: | Single‐unit‐cell Sn‐MFI, with the detectable Sn uniformly distributed and exclusively located at framework sites, is reported for the first time. The direct, single‐step, synthesis is based on repetitive branching caused by rotational intergrowths of single‐unit‐cell lamellae. The self‐pillared, meso‐ and microporous zeolite is an active and selective catalyst for sugar isomerization. High yields for the conversion of glucose into fructose and lactose to lactulose are demonstrated. |
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| Keywords: | heterogeneous catalysis layered materials nanosheets self‐pillared structures zeolite |
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