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heteropoly acids, which resulted in the production of more than 25 catalysts for
various reactions of organic synthesis. He is the author of 48 patents in USSR and
2 patents in 6 European countries. Nowadays he is predominantly engaged with
catalytic synthesis of vitamins K and E.
MOROZ Ella Mikhailovna, doctor of chemical sciences (1989)
senior researcher.
X-ray diffraction of highly-dispersed systems is the main field of her research work. Using
this method Ella M. Moroz studies the structural and substructural properties of
catalysts and supports. With the up-to-date experimental and numerical methods she
has developed X-ray methods to study the multicomponent highly- dispersed
materials. The methods are based on the integral analysis of the X-ray intensity
curves. Method of radial atomic distribution (RAD) was used to study the phase
composition, structure and size of the crystallites of multicomponent catalysts. The
criterion of RAD curves reliability was found. The harmonic analysis of diffraction
peaks profile was used to identify the crystal dimensions and parameters of crystal
distribution and microdistortion. For the first time X-ray analysis was used to
determine the structure of low temperature alumina which is of key importance for
supported catalysts. Ella M. Moroz characterized the mechanism of interaction
between these compounds and promoters. Ella M. Moroz has studied the structural
and substructural characteristics of a series of monometallic supported catalysts
Me/(Al2O3, C, SiO2, spinels). (Me = Pt, Ir, Pd, Re, Ni) and bimetallic catalysts of
Pt-Me type (Me = Sn, Re, Ru, Ir, Ce, etc.) prepared via various procedures.
NOSKOV Aleksander Stepanovich doctor of technical sciences (1993)
Head of Chemical Engineering Department.
The main fields of his scientific interests are the mathematical modeling of catalytic fixed
bed reactors and forced unsteady-state catalytic processes, development and
commercialization of catalytic processes used to protect the environment from
wastes containing VOC, SO2 and NOx. At present his interests are focussed on the
use of the catalyst surface unsteady state in catalytic processes. He supervises the
design and commercialization of new catalytic processes for gas purification under
unsteady-state regimes.
PANOV Gennadii Ivanovich, doctor of chemical sciences (1985)
Associate Member of IUPAC (1989),
Head of the Laboratory for Catalytic Synthesis of Oxygen-Containing Compounds.
Dr. Panov studies the mechanism of molecules activation on solid surfaces and its
manifestation in heterogeneous catalysis. Using the isotope techniques for the
mechanistic studies, he has revealed general regularities in the activation of diatomic
molecules (N2, O2, H2). His recent activity relates to the oxidation catalysis over
zeolites and search of new routes in the oxidative organic synthesis. He and his
colleagues has discovered an efficient way for the direct hydroxylation of
aromatics. This way uses a biomimetic strategy based on a remarkable ability of Fe
complexes stabilized in the zeolite matrix to produce reactive oxygen species similar
to the active oxygen of enzyme monooxygenases.
PARMON Valentin Nikolaeyevich, Associated Members of RAS (1991)
doctor of sciences (1984), Professor (1991)
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