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University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.

Hugo Apolo Nambo Salgado

Mahendra Kumar Sunkara

Juan He

Sivakumar Vasireddy

Daniel F Jaramillo-Cabanzo

Babajide Patrick Ajayi

The present development is a method for the selective conversion of furfural to 2-methylfuran (2-MF) using a catalyst comprising non-toxic and non-noble metals and wherein the method requires relatively mild processing conditions. The catalyst comprises copper metal particles, used alone or in combination with cobalt, nickel, manganese, ruthenium, gallium, zinc, aluminum or a combination thereof, on a nanowire support. The catalyst is stable in liquid phase reactions and in the presence of water. The present development also includes a process for producing the catalyst.

Catalyst compositions for conversion of furfural to 2-methylfuran and their applications

A method for the rapid and controlled synthesis of mixed metal oxide nanoparticles using relatively low temperature plasma oxidation of liquid droplets of predetermined mixed metal precursors is disclosed. The resulting nanoparticles reflect the metal precursor stoichiometries and the mixed metal oxide's metastable phase can be controlled. The synthesis of mixed transition metal oxide comprising binary metal oxides, ternary mixed metal oxides, quaternary mixed metal oxides and pentanary mixed metal oxides are demonstrated herein.

Production of mixed metal oxide nanostructured compounds

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Hugo Apolo Nambo Salgado