The ZeoMorph project is funded as a European Industrial Doctorates project (FP7 ITN-EID), part of the Marie Curie actions (http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/about-mca/actions/itn/index_en.htm).
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 606965.
PhD Theses
- Espín, Juan Salvador Martínez - Mechanistic and kinetic investigations on the role of methanol and dimethyl ether in the Methanol-To-Hydrocarbons reaction - https://www.duo.uio.no/handle/10852/58380
- Rojo-Gama, Daniel - Investigations of the Long Term Catalytic Activity and Stability of Zeolite-based Catalysts in the Conversion of Methanol-to-Hydrocarbons - https://www.duo.uio.no/handle/10852/59127
- Nielsen, Malte - Computational Investigations of the Framework in Zeolite Catalysis -From Crystal Growth to Deactivation.
Publications in peer reviewed journals
- “Morphology-induced shape selectivity in zeolite catalysis” S. Teketel, Lars. F. Lundegaard, W. Skistad, U. Olsbye, K. P. Lillerud, P. Beato, S. Svelle, Journal of Catalysis 327 (2015) 22-32.
- "Kinetics of zeolite dealumination: insights from H-SSZ-13" Malte Nielsen, Rasmus Yding Brogaard, Hanne Falsig, Pablo Beato, Ole Swang, Stian Svelle, ACS Catalysis 5 (2015) 7131–7139.
- "The effect of zeolite catalyst particle morphology on catalyst performance in the conversion of methanol to hydrocarbons" Katarzyna Anna Łukaszuk, Pablo del Campo Huertas, Andrea Molino, Malte Nielsen, Daniel Rojo-Gama, Juan Salvador Martinez-Espin, Karl Petter Lillerud, Unni Olsbye, Silvia Bordiga, Pablo Beato, Stian Svelle In: Nanotechnology for Energy Sustainability, B. Raj, M. Van de Voorde, Y. Mahajan (Eds.), Wiley, 2016, Vol. 1, pp 3-39.
- "Time- and space-resolved study of the Methanol to Hydrocarbons (MTH) reaction – influence of zeolite topology on deactivation patterns" Daniel Rojo-Gama, Samaneh Etemadi, Eliot Kirby, Karl Petter Lillerud, Pablo Beato, Stian Svelle, Unni Olsbye, Faraday Discussions, 197 (2016) 421-446.
- "New insights in catalyst deactivation and product distribution of zeolites in the Methanol-To-Hydrocarbons (MTH) reaction with methanol and dimethyl ether feeds" Juan Salvador Martinez-Espin, Magnus Morten, Ton V.W. Janssens, Stian Svelle, Pablo Beato, Unni Olsbye, Catalysis Science and Technology, 7 (2017) 2700-2716.
- "Benzene co-reaction with methanol and dimethyl ether over zeolite and zeotype catalysts: Evidence of parallel reaction paths to toluene and diphenylmethane" Juan S. Martinez-Espin, Kristof De Wispelaere, Marius Westgård Erichsen, Stian Svelle, Ton V.W. Janssens, Veronique Van Speybroeck, Pablo Beato, Unni Olsbye, Journal of Catalysis 349 (2017) 136-148.
- "Structure–deactivation relationships in zeolites during the methanol–to-hydrocarbon reaction: complementary assessments of the coke content" Daniel Rojo-Gama, Matteo Signorile, Francesca Bonino, Silvia Bordiga, Unni Olsbye, Karl Petter Lillerud, Pablo Beato, Stian Svelle, Journal of Catalysis 351 (2017) 33–48.
- "Conversion of methanol to hydrocarbons over zeolite ZSM-23 (MTT): exceptional effects of particle size on catalyst lifetime" A. Molino, K. A. Łukaszuk, D. Rojo-Gama, K. P. Lillerud, U. Olsbye, S. Bordiga, S. Svelle and P. Beato, Chem. Commun. 53 (2017) 6816-6819.
- "Hydrogen Transfer versus Methylation: On the Genesis of Aromatics Formation in the Methanol-To-Hydrocarbons Reaction over H‑ZSM‑5" Juan S. Martínez-Espín, Kristof De Wispelaere, Ton V. W. Janssens, Stian Svelle, Karl Petter Lillerud, Pablo Beato, Veronique Van Speybroeck, and Unni Olsbye, ACS Catalysis 7 (2017) 5773-5780.
- "Zeolite morphology and catalyst performance: conversion of methanol to hydrocarbons over offretite" Katarzyna Anna Łukaszuk, Daniel Rojo-Gama, Sigurd Øien-Ødegaard, Andrea Lazzarini, Gloria Berlier, Silvia Bordiga, Karl Petter Lillerud, Unni Olsbye, Pablo Beato, Lars Fahl Lundegaard and Stian Svelle, Catal. Sci. Technol., 7 (2017) 5435-5447 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7CY00996H
- “A Straightforward Descriptor for the Deactivation of Zeolite Catalyst H‑ZSM‑5” Daniel Rojo-Gama, Malte Nielsen, David S. Wragg, Michael Dyballa, Julian Holzinger, Hanne Falsig, Lars Fahl Lundegaard, Pablo Beato, Rasmus Yding Brogaard, Karl Petter Lillerud, Unni Olsbye, and Stian Svelle. ACS Catalysis 7 (2017) 8235-8246.
- “Understanding zeolite-catalyzed benzene methylation reactions by methanol and dimethyl ether at operating conditions from first principle microkinetic modeling and experiments” Kristof De Wispelaere, Juan S. Martínez-Espín, Max J. Hoffmann, Stian Svelle, Unni Olsbye, Thomas Bligaard. Catalysis Today (2018) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2018.02.042
- “Deactivation of Zeolite Catalyst H-ZSM-5 during Conversion of Methanol to Gasoline: Operando Time- and Space-Resolved X-ray Diffraction” Daniel Rojo-Gama, Lukasz Mentel, Georgios N. Kalantzopoulos, Dimitrios K. Pappas, Iurii Dovgaliuk, Unni Olsbye, Karl Petter Lillerud, Pablo Beato, Lars Fahl Lundegaard, David S. Wragg, Stian Svelle, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 9 (2018) 1324-1328.
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"Topology-dependent hydrocarbon transformations in the methanol to hydrocarbons reaction studied by operando UV-Raman spectroscopy" Matteo Signorile, Daniel Rojo-Gama, Francesca Bonino, Pablo Beato, Stian Svelle, Silvia Bordiga, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (2018) DOI:10.1039/C8CP04240C.
Conference presentations
Only the name of the presenting author(s) is given. Occasionally, the presentation title is omitted pending publication.
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Stian Svelle - “Coking of zeolite ZSM-5 during the conversion of methanol to hydrocarbons monitored by X-ray diffraction tomography” Oral presentation at: 8th Nordic Symposium on Catalysis, Copenhagen, August 26-28, 2018.
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Stian Svelle - "Experimental and theoretical studies of reversible and irreversible zeolite catalyst deactivation" – Invited seminar speaker at IFPEN Lyon, France, September 29th 2017.
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Stian Svelle - Spatiotemporal studies of the deactivation of zeolites by coking – Oral presentation at the 13th EuropaCat Conference, Florence, Italy, August 27th-31st, 2017.
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Andrea Molino - Conversion of methanol to hydrocarbons over zeolite ZSM-23: exceptional effects of particle size on catalyst lifetime – Short oral presentation at the 13th EuropaCat Conference, Florence, Italy, August 27th-31st, 2017.
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Stian Svelle - Ab initio molecular dynamics and microkinetic modeling of zeolite dealumination - Oral presentation at the 7th FEZA Conference, Sofia, Bulgaria, July, 3-7, 2017.
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Unni Olsbye - Benzene co-reaction with methanol and dimethyl ether over zeolitic catalysts - Oral presentation at the 25th North American Catalysis Society Meeting, Denver, USA, June 4th-9th, 2017.
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Unni Olsbye - "Time- and space-resolved study of the methanol to hydrocarbons (MTH) reaction – influence of zeolite topology on axial deactivation patterns" - Catalysis for Fuels Faraday Discussion, Cape Town, South Africa, 24 - 26 January 2017.
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Malte Nielsen - Kinetics of Zeolite Dealumination – Insights from H-SSZ-13 - Oral presentation at International Zeolite Conference 18, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, June 19th to 24th, 2016 (Brazil).
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Katarzyna Anna Lukaszuk - The importance of crystal morphology in the Methanol-To-Hydrocarbons reaction - Poster presentation at the
18th International Zeolite Conference, Rio de Janeiro, June 19th to 24th, 2016 (Brazil). -
Daniel Rojo-Gama - Zeolite deactivation by coking in the Methanol to Hydrocarbons process- Poster presentation at The 11th Natural Gas Conversion Symposium, Tormsø, June 6th 9th 2016 (Norway).
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Daniel Rojo-Gama - Spatiotemporal study on the deactivation of zeolites by coking in the Methanol to Hydrocarbon Process. Poster presentation at the 17th Nordic Symposium on Catalysis, Lund, June 14th-16th 2016 (Sweden).
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Juan Salvador Martínez-Espín - Distinct reactivity of methanol and dimethyl ether toward benzene within MTH context - Oral presentation at 18th International Zeolite Conference, Rio de Janeiro, June 19th-June 24th, 2016 (Brazil).
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Stian Svelle - Distinct reactivity of methanol and dimethyl ether toward benzene within MTH context - Oral presentation at 17th Nordic Symposium on Catalysis, Lund, June 14th-June 16th, 2016 (Sweden).
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Andrea Molino - Transmission electron microscopy and electron diffraction as tools for morphology analysis of nanosized zeolites - Poster presentation at the ED-XRD Workshop, Stockholm, June 6th-10th (Sweden).
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Malte Nielsen - Oral presentation at the PhDs and Postdocs Workshop Meeting at Haldor Topsøe A/S, Copenhagen (Denmark, February 25th, 2016).
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Andrea Molino - Oral presentation at the PhDs and Postdocs Workshop Meeting at Haldor Topsøe A/S, Copenhagen (Denmark, February 25th, 2016).
- Juan Salvador Martinez - Poster presentation at the PhDs and Postdocs Workshop Meeting at Haldor Topsøe A/S, Copenhagen (Denmark, February 25th, 2016).
- Daniel Rojo-Gama - Oral presentation at the PhDs and Postdocs Workshop Meeting at Haldor Topsøe A/S, Copenhagen (Denmark, February 25th, 2016).
- Daniel Rojo-Gama - Quantitative studies in zeolite deactivation by coke in the methanol to hydrocarbon process - Poster presentation at the
Molecules@Surfaces International Winter School, Villaggio Olimpico di Bardonecchia, January 31st-February 5th, 2016 (Italy) - Juan S. Martinez-Espin - Syngas to clean-burn fuel via oxygenates: effect of effluent recycling - Poster presentation at the
Molecules@Surfaces International Winter School, Villaggio Olimpico di Bardonecchia, January 31st-February 5th, 2016 (Italy) - Andrea Molino - Structure analysis of nanometric-sized zeolites by transmission electron imaging and diffraction - Poster presentation at the
Molecules@Surfaces International Winter School, Villaggio Olimpico di Bardonecchia, January 31st-February 5th, 2016 (Italy) - Katarzyna Anna Lukaszuk - The importance of crystal morphology in the Methanol-To-Hydrocarbons reaction - Poster presentation at the
Molecules@Surfaces International Winter School, Villaggio Olimpico di Bardonecchia, January 31st-February 5th, 2016 (Italy) - Malte Nielsen - Kinetics of Zeolite Dealumination: Insights from H-SSZ-13 - Oral presentation at the annual SMN seminar, Norefjell, January 19th-20th, 2015 (Norway)
- Katarzyna Anna Lukaszuk "Zeolites - towards designing a superior catalyst". Oral presentatation at Anhui Normal University (China, 2016).
- Katarzyna Anna Lukaszuk - Shape selectivity of Offretite in the methanol to hydrocarbons reaction - Oral presentation at the Norwegian Catalysis Symposium, Bergen, December 3rd-4th 2015 (Norway).
- Malte Nielsen - Kinetics of Zeolite Dealumination: Insights from H-SSZ-13 - Poster presentation at the Norwegian Catalysis Symposium, Bergen, December 3rd-4th 2015 (Norway).
- Daniel Rojo-Gama - Zeolite Deactivation by Coking in the Methanol to Hydrocarbons Process - Oral presentation at the Norwegian Catalysis Symposium, Bergen, December 3rd-4th 2015 (Norway).
- Juan S. Martinez-Espin - The Effects of Methanol and Dimethyl Ether as Methylating Agent During Zeolite-Catalyzed Benzene Methylation - Oral presentation at the Norwegian Catalysis Symposium, Bergen, December 3rd-4th 2015 (Norway).
- Juan Salvador Martinez - Oral presentation at the EuropaCat 2015 Conference in Kazan (Russia, September 2015).
- Daniel Rojo Gama - Poster presented at: Catalysis: Fundamentals and Practice, University of Liverpool Summer School (UK, July 2015).
- Juan Salvador Martinez - Poster presented at: Catalysis: Fundamentals and Practice, University of Liverpool Summer School (UK, July 2015).
- Andrea Molino - Poster presentation at the PhDs and Postdocs Workshop Meeting at Haldor Topsøe A/S, Copenhagen (Denmark, February 2015).
- Malte Nielsen - Poster presented at Catalysis: Fundamentals and Practice, University of Liverpool Summer School (UK, July 2015).
- Juan Salvador Martinez - Oral presentation at the PhDs and Postdocs Workshop Meeting at Haldor Topsøe A/S, Copenhagen (Denmark, February 2015).
- Kasia Lukaszuk and Daniel Rojo Gama - Poster presentation at the PhDs and Postdocs Workshop Meeting at Haldor Topsøe A/S, Copenhagen (Denmark, February 2015).
- Katarzyna Anna Lukaszuk - Poster presented at the 16th Nordic symposium on Catalysis, University of Oslo, June 15th-17th 2014 (Norway June 2014).
Dissemination to the general public
- Katarzyna Anna Lukaszuk "Insiders perspective on doing research in Europe". Oral presentatation at Anhui Normal University (China, 2016).
- Stian Svelle, "FP7-ITN-EID ZeoMorph". Oral presentation during information day about Innovative Training Networks, organized by the Research Council of Norway, October 13th 2015, Research Council of Norway, Lysaker.
- Katarzyna Anna Lukaszuk "A Quest for Designing Superior Catalysts". Poster presented during the Chemistry Grand Prix at the Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo (Oslo, Norway 2015).
- Stian Svelle, Pablo Beato, "ZeoMorph: when size and shape matters. An industry PhD project" R&D Reflections, April 2015.
- Stian Svelle, "FP7-ITN-EID ZeoMorph". Oral presentation to NANO2021 research program of RCN steering board, March 16th 2015, University of Oslo.