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  1. Direct oxidation of methane to methanol using copper phthalocyanines as precursors

    Article • Applied Catalysis B Environment and Energy, December 2026, Elsevier

    Luis A. Gallego-Villada

  2. Enhancing Biomass: Characterization and Application of Rice Husk-Based Catalysts Functionalized with Sn and Mo Oxides for Sustainable Furfural Production

    Article • ACS Sustainable Resource Management, July 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Luis A. Gallego-Villada

  3. Solventless hydrodeoxygenation of dihydroeugenol in a continuous reactor over Ni catalysts modified by Fe and Ce

    Article • Reaction Kinetics Mechanisms and Catalysis, June 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Luis A. Gallego-Villada

  4. Pathways of Geraniol Transformation over a Mironekuton Catalyst

    Article • Catalysts, May 2026, MDPI AG

    Luis A. Gallego-Villada

  5. Liquid-phase direct oxidation of methane to methanol: systematic study of copper speciation, dispersion, zeolite acidity, and framework aluminum coordination

    Article • Journal of Catalysis, April 2026, Elsevier

    Luis A. Gallego-Villada

  6. Isomerization of α- and β-pinene epoxides over dendritic ZSM-5 zeolites

    Article • Chemical Engineering Journal, March 2026, Elsevier

    Luis A. Gallego-Villada

  7. Production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Precursors by Aldol Condensation of Cyclopentanone and Furfural on Ce-Based Catalysts

    Article • Energy & Fuels, February 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Luis A. Gallego-Villada

  8. Physicochemical Characterization of Solid Catalysts: Morphological, Structural, Textural, Reducibility, and Acid‐Base Insights

    Article • ChemCatChem, November 2025, Wiley

    Luis A. Gallego-Villada

  9. One-Pot Transformation of R-(+)-Limonene over Sr- and Sn-Modified Hierarchical Y Zeolite Catalysts: Toward Sustainable Conversion Routes

    Article • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, November 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Luis A. Gallego-Villada

  10. Green chemistry metrics: Insights from case studies in fine chemical processes

    Article • Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, August 2025, Elsevier

    Luis A. Gallego-Villada

  11. Microwave‐Assisted One‐Pot Synthesis of Alkyl Levulinates From Post‐Harvest Vegetable Waste

    Article • Advanced Sustainable Systems, June 2025, Wiley

    Luis A. Gallego-Villada, Dr José J. Martínez

  12. One-Pot tandem catalysis: Green synthesis of β-pinene derivatives with MgO and mesoporous catalysts

    Article • Journal of Catalysis, October 2024, Elsevier

    Luis A. Gallego-Villada

  13. Synthesis of dihydrocarvone over dendritic ZSM-5 Zeolite: A comprehensive study of experimental, kinetics, and computational insights

    Article • Chemical Engineering Journal, October 2024, Elsevier

    Luis A. Gallego-Villada

  14. Kinetic modeling of microwave-assisted esterification for biofuel additive production: conversion of levulinic acid with pentanol using Dowex® 50WX8 catalyst

    Article • Reaction Kinetics Mechanisms and Catalysis, June 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Luis A. Gallego-Villada

  15. Zeolite Y-based catalysts for efficient epoxidation of R-(+)-Limonene: Insights into the structure-activity relationship

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, May 2024, Elsevier

    Luis A. Gallego-Villada

  16. Micro and mesoporous materials based on zeolite Y for the florol synthesis via the prins cyclization of isoprenol

    Article • Catalysis Today, May 2024, Elsevier

    Luis A. Gallego-Villada

  17. Upgrading biomass to high-added value chemicals: synthesis of monoterpenes-based compounds using catalytic green chemical pathways

    Article • Catalysis Reviews, April 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Luis A. Gallego-Villada

  18. Dendritic ZSM-5 zeolites as highly active catalysts for the valorization of monoterpene epoxides

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Luis A. Gallego-Villada

  19. One-Pot Tandem Catalysis: Green Synthesis of Β-Pinene Derivatives with Mgo and Mesoporous Catalysts

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    Luis A. Gallego-Villada

  20. Versatile Heterogeneous Catalytic System for the Selective Synthesis of Limonene Epoxide and Diepoxide

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, November 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Luis A. Gallego-Villada

  21. Levulinic Acid Esterification with n-Butanol over a Preyssler Catalyst in a Microwave-Assisted Batch Reactor: A Kinetic Study

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, July 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Luis A. Gallego-Villada

  22. Kinetic study of the esterification of t-cinnamic acid over Preyssler structure acid

    Article • Molecular Catalysis, August 2022, Elsevier

    Luis A. Gallego-Villada

  23. Nanofuel additives

    Article • January 2022, Elsevier

    Luis A. Gallego-Villada

  24. Efecto de las características de las materias primas nacionales en la eficiencia de la producción de nopol

    Article • January 2022, Universidad Internacional de Andalucia

    Luis A. Gallego-Villada

  25. Identification by Life Cycle Assessment of the critical stage in the synthesis of nopol

    Article • Sustainable Production and Consumption, July 2021, Elsevier

    Luis A. Gallego-Villada

  26. Kinetics for the biodiesel production from lauric acid over Keggin heteropolyacid

    Article • Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, December 2020, Elsevier

    Luis A. Gallego-Villada

  27. Evaluation of nopol production obtained from turpentine oil over Sn/MCM-41

    Article • Molecular Catalysis, December 2020, Elsevier

    Luis A. Gallego-Villada

  28. Effect of Colombian raw materials on the Prins condensation reaction over Sn/MCM-41

    Article • Catalysis Today, November 2020, Elsevier

    Luis A. Gallego-Villada