Project description and impact

The purpose of this project is to reinforce the cooperation between France and Romania in a scientific area of mutual interest. Through scientific meetings in France and Romania, the proposed network will implement more coherent national and European research activities in the field of metal nanoparticles supported on mesoporous materials and heterogeneous catalysis for fine chemistry applications and, therefore, will allow closer relations between the two Institutes, i.e. Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi-TUIASI and University of Poitiers-UP. The proposed project will also promote a greater European cohesion in this research field based on the best experiences of knowledge transfer at European levels. The synergy of the know-how present in the collaborated research groups, both with international reputation in their subfields, concerning i.e. design and synthesis of mesoporous materials, development of catalytic materials, characterization of molecular and electronic structure of complex materials and investigation of catalytic properties of porous solids, will ensure a more rapid progress and provide the appropriate conditions for breakthroughs in this fundamentally important research field. The teams participating in this project are very experienced in their fields of expertise. The proposed project is expected to contribute significantly to the progress of knowledge in catalysis based on supported nanoparticles, an area in which the EU is one of the world-leaders. Specifically, the results of this work are expected to provide a tool of knowledge in order to understand the fundamental processes governing the stabilization of metal nanoparticles on the surface of ordered mesoporous alumina and the nanocatalyst structure-catalytic activity/selectivity relationship. These results will contribute to the European expertise by adding complementary knowledge at an advanced level. The successful synthetic strategies proposed to be employed under this bilateral collaboration will pave the way for the preparation of new materials with potential applications in various catalytic processes of the heterogeneous catalysis field. In addition, this project will provide young researchers with very strong theoretical and experimental background, forming a core of highly-trained and specialized individuals capable of strengthening the potential of research institutes and/or industrial units based in France and Romania

 

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