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  1. Hydrotalcites in Organic Synthesis: Multicomponent Reactions

    Article • Current Organic Synthesis, December 2018, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr José J. Martínez

  2. Plants and residues into chemicals: what has been done and what we can improve.

    Article • Current Green Chemistry, June 2018, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Layla Filiciotto

  3. TiO2 @C Nanostructured Electrodes for the Anodic Removal of Cocaine

    Article • Electroanalysis, June 2018, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  4. Microalgae cultivation and metabolites production: a comprehensive review

    Article • Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining, February 2018, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  5. A review of progress in (bio)catalytic routes from/to renewable succinic acid

    Article • Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining, June 2017, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  6. The Role of Bioenergy in a Fully Sustainable Global Energy System

    Article • April 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  7. Seed-mediated growth of MOF-encapsulated Pd@Ag core–shell nanoparticles: toward advanced room temperature nanocatalysts

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Professor Yingwei Li

  8. Mechanistic insights into the hydroconversion of cinnamaldehyde using mechanochemically-synthesized Pd/Al-SBA-15 catalysts

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  9. Mechanochemical synthesis of advanced nanomaterials for catalytic applications

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  10. Efficient and selective hydrogenation of biomass-derived furfural to cyclopentanone using Ru catalysts

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Professor Yingwei Li

  11. Catalysis for production of renewable energy

    Article • Chemical Society Reviews, October 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Jinlong Gong

  12. Current and future trends in food waste valorization for the production of chemicals, materials and fuels: a global perspective

    Article • Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining, July 2014, Wiley

    Professor Avtar S Matharu, Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  13. Unprecedented photocatalytic activity of carbonized leather skin residues containing chromium oxide phases

    Article • Applied Catalysis B Environment and Energy, May 2014, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  14. Mechanochemical Synthesis of Maghemite/Silica Nanocomposites: Advanced Materials for Aqueous Room‐Temperature Catalysis

    Article • ChemSusChem, April 2014, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  15. Microwave-assisted oxidation of benzyl alcohols using supported cobalt based nanomaterials under mild reaction conditions

    Article • Green Processing and Synthesis, April 2014, De Gruyter

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  16. Efficient aromatic C–H bond activation using aluminosilicate-supported metal nanoparticles

    Article • Catalysis Communications, March 2014, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  17. Solventless acetylation of alcohols and phenols catalyzed by supported iron oxide nanoparticles

    Article • Catalysis Communications, February 2014, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  18. Microwave-assisted depolymerisation of organosolv lignin via mild hydrogen-free hydrogenolysis: Catalyst screening

    Article • Applied Catalysis B Environment and Energy, February 2014, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Jalel Labidi

  19. Continuous flow transformations of glycerol to valuable products: an overview

    Article • Sustainable Chemical Processes, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  20. To be or not to be metal-free: trends and advances in coupling chemistries

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  21. Heterogeneous photocatalytic nanomaterials: prospects and challenges in selective transformations of biomass-derived compounds

    Article • Chemical Society Reviews, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Professor Juan Carlos Colmenares

  22. Facile preparation of a nanostructured functionalized catalytically active organosalt

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Mohammad Ali Zolfigol

  23. Nanoparticle tracking analysis of gold nanomaterials stabilized by various capping agents

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  24. Catalytic conversion of starch into valuable furan derivatives using supported metal nanoparticles on mesoporous aluminosilicate materials

    Article • Catalysis Science & Technology, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  25. An efficient renewable-derived surfactant for aqueous esterification reactions

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Fatemeh Rajabi

  26. Bio(chemo)technological strategies for biomass conversion into bioethanol and key carboxylic acids

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  27. Development and characterization of novel poly(ether ether ketone)/ZnO bionanocomposites

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry B, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  28. Efficient and simple reactive milling preparation of photocatalytically active porous ZnO nanostructures using biomass derived polysaccharides

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  29. Solventless mechanochemical synthesis of magnetic functionalized catalytically active mesoporous SBA-15 nanocomposites

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  30. Pollutants remotion by ionic liquids

    Article • Energy & Environmental Science, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Rafael Martinez

  31. Mesoporous Zr–SBA-16 catalysts for glycerol valorization processes: towards biorenewable formulations

    Article • Catalysis Science & Technology, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  32. Editorial for the special issue on greener catalysis

    Article • Catalysis Communications, January 2014, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  33. Metal−organic framework encapsulated Pd nanoparticles: towards advanced heterogeneous catalysts

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Professor Yingwei Li

  34. Microwave-induced low temperature pyrolysis of macroalgae for unprecedented hydrogen-enriched syngas production

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  35. Lignin depolymerisation strategies: towards valuable chemicals and fuels

    Article • Chemical Society Reviews, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Jalel Labidi

  36. Solvent‐Free and Catalysts‐Free Chemistry: A Benign Pathway to Sustainability

    Article • ChemSusChem, December 2013, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Manoj B. B Gawande, Dr Vasco Bonifácio, Professor Rajender S Varma

  37. Efficient and recyclable carbon-supported Pd nanocatalysts for the Suzuki–Miyaura reaction in aqueous-based media: Microwave vs conventional heating

    Article • Applied Catalysis A General, November 2013, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  38. Producing Fuels and Fine Chemicals from Biomass Using Nanomaterials

    Article • October 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  39. Introduction to Production of Valuable Compounds from Biomass and Waste Valorization Using Nanomaterials

    Article • October 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  40. Valorisation of food residues: waste to wealth using green chemical technologies

    Article • Sustainable Chemical Processes, July 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  41. Advances on waste valorization: new horizons for a more sustainable society

    Article • Energy Science & Engineering, July 2013, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  42. Molecular‐Level Understanding of the Carbonisation of Polysaccharides

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, June 2013, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  43. An overview of novel technologies to valorise coke oven gas surplus

    Article • Fuel Processing Technology, June 2013, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  44. Simple Preparation of Novel Metal-Containing Mesoporous Starches

    Article • Materials, May 2013, MDPI AG

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  45. From Waste to Healing Biopolymers: Biomedical Applications of Bio-Collagenic Materials Extracted from Industrial Leather Residues in Wound Healing

    Article • Materials, April 2013, MDPI AG

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  46. Editorial: From Mesoporous Supports to Mesoporous Catalysts: Introducing Functionality to Mesoporous Materials

    Article • ChemCatChem, March 2013, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Professor Javier Garcia Martinez

  47. Cover Picture: Sol–Gel Coordination Chemistry: Building Catalysts from the Bottom‐Up / Editorial: From Mesoporous Supports to Mesoporous Catalysts: Introducing Functionality to Mesoporous Materials (ChemCatChem 4/2013)

    Article • ChemCatChem, March 2013, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Jesús R. Berenguer, Professor Javier Garcia Martinez

  48. A Comprehensive Study on the Activity and Deactivation of Immobilized Lecitase Ultra in Esterifications of Food Waste Streams to Monoacylglycerols

    Article • ChemSusChem, March 2013, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Professor Rodrigo Octavio Mendonça Alves de Souza, Yraima Cordeiro

  49. Iron oxide functionalised MIL-101 materials in aqueous phase selective oxidations

    Article • Applied Catalysis A General, March 2013, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  50. Activity of amino-functionalised mesoporous solid bases in microwave-assisted condensation reactions

    Article • Catalysis Communications, March 2013, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  51. Fractionation of Organosolv Lignin from Olive Tree Clippings and its Valorization to Simple Phenolic Compounds

    Article • ChemSusChem, February 2013, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU, Dr Jalel Labidi

  52. Natural porous agar materials from macroalgae

    Article • Carbohydrate Polymers, February 2013, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  53. Microwave-assisted catalysis by iron oxide nanoparticles on MCM-41: Effect of the support morphology

    Article • Applied Catalysis A General, February 2013, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Professor Javier Garcia Martinez

  54. Benign by design: catalyst-free in-water, on-water green chemical methodologies in organic synthesis

    Article • Chemical Society Reviews, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Manoj B. B Gawande, Dr Vasco Bonifácio, Professor Rajender S Varma

  55. Food waste as a valuable resource for the production of chemicals, materials and fuels. Current situation and global perspective

    Article • Energy & Environmental Science, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  56. Chemical transformations of glucose to value added products using Cu-based catalytic systems

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  57. Microcystin-LR removal from aqueous solutions using a magnetically separable N-doped TiO2 nanocomposite under visible light irradiation

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Professor Rajender S Varma, Professor Dionysios D Dionysiou

  58. Continuous flow nanocatalysis: reaction pathways in the conversion of levulinic acid to valuable chemicals

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Professor Javier Garcia Martinez

  59. Versatile low-loaded mechanochemically synthesized supported iron oxide nanoparticles for continuous flow alkylations

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  60. Nanocatalysis in continuous flow: supported iron oxide nanoparticles for the heterogeneous aerobic oxidation of benzyl alcohol

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  61. Evaluation of biomass-derived stabilising agents for colloidal silver nanoparticles via nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA)

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  62. The Role of Heterogeneous Catalysis in the Biorefinery of the Future

    Article • January 2013, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  63. Aqueous oxidation of alcohols catalysed by recoverable iron oxide nanoparticles supported on aluminosilicates

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  64. SnTUD-1: a solid acid catalyst for three component coupling reactions at room temperature

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  65. Laser-driven heterogeneous catalysis: efficient amide formation catalysed by Au/SiO2 systems

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU, Dr victor sebastian, Professor Jesus Santamaria

  66. Unprecedented oxidative properties of mesoporous silica materials: Towards microwave-assisted oxidation of lignin model compounds

    Article • Catalysis Communications, January 2013, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  67. Catalytic applications of a versatile magnetically separable Fe–Mo (Nanocat-Fe–Mo) nanocatalyst

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Manoj B. B Gawande

  68. Continuous flow valorization of fatty acid waste using silica-immobilized lipases

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Yraima Cordeiro

  69. A highly stable and active magnetically separable Pd nanocatalyst in aqueous phase heterogeneously catalyzed couplings

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  70. Heterogeneously Catalysed Mild Hydrogenolytic Depolymerisation of Lignin Under Microwave Irradiation with Hydrogen‐Donating Solvents

    Article • ChemCatChem, December 2012, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU, Dr Jalel Labidi

  71. Microwave‐Assisted Heterogeneously Catalyzed Processes

    Article • December 2012, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  72. Catalytic transformations of biomass-derived acids into advanced biofuels

    Article • Catalysis Today, November 2012, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  73. Microwave-assisted mild-temperature preparation of neodymium-doped titania for the improved photodegradation of water contaminants

    Article • Applied Catalysis A General, October 2012, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Miss Virginia Gomez, Professor Jesus Santamaria, Dr Alina M. BALU

  74. From Alkyl Aromatics to Aromatic Esters: Efficient and Selective CH Activation Promoted by a Bimetallic Heterogeneous Catalyst

    Article • ChemSusChem, September 2012, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  75. Efficient Room‐Temperature O‐Silylation of Alcohols Using a SBA‐15‐Supported Cobalt(II) Nanocatalyst

    Article • Chemistry & Biodiversity, September 2012, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  76. Helical Al- and Ce-MCM-41 materials as novel catalyst for acid and redox processes

    Article • Applied Catalysis A General, September 2012, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Professor Javier Garcia Martinez

  77. Valorisation of Orange Peel Residues: Waste to Biochemicals and Nanoporous Materials

    Article • ChemSusChem, August 2012, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  78. Green Chemistry, Biofuels, and Biorefinery

    Article • Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, July 2012, Annual Reviews

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Professor Avtar S Matharu

  79. Continuous-Flow Processes in Heterogeneously Catalyzed Transformations of Biomass Derivatives into Fuels and Chemicals

    Article • Challenges, July 2012, MDPI AG

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  80. Unprecedented Selective Oxidation of Styrene Derivatives using a Supported Iron Oxide Nanocatalyst in Aqueous Medium

    Article • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, June 2012, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Professor Rajender S Varma

  81. High alkylation activities of ball-milled synthesized low-load supported iron oxide nanoparticles on mesoporous aluminosilicates

    Article • Catalysis Today, June 2012, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  82. Low temperature microwave-assisted vs conventional pyrolysis of various biomass feedstocks

    Article • Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry, May 2012, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  83. Carbonaceous residues from biomass gasification as catalysts for biodiesel production

    Article • Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry, May 2012, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  84. Editorial [Hot Topic: New Biotechnologies for Biofuels and Advanced Chemicals Production (Guest Editors: Dr. Juan Carlos Serrano-Ruiz and Dr. Rafael Luque)]

    Article • Current Chemical Biology, March 2012, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  85. Catalytic applications of mesoporous silica-based materials

    Article • February 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  86. Maximizing the Accessibility of Active Species in Weakly Acidic Zr‐SBA‐15 Materials

    Article • ChemCatChem, February 2012, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  87. Facile preparation of controllable size monodisperse anatase titania nanoparticles

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  88. Significant promoting effects of Lewis acidity on Au–Pd systems in the selective oxidation of aromatic hydrocarbons

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  89. Metallacarboranes and their interactions: theoretical insights and their applicability

    Article • Chemical Society Reviews, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  90. Design and development of catalysts for Biomass-To-Liquid-Fischer–Tropsch (BTL-FT) processes for biofuels production

    Article • Energy & Environmental Science, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  91. Microwave-assisted pyrolysis of biomass feedstocks: the way forward?

    Article • Energy & Environmental Science, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  92. Sustainable Preparation of Metal Nanoparticles

    Article • January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Professor Rajender S Varma

  93. Advances in biodiesel production

    Article • January 2012, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  94. CHAPTER 1. Introduction

    Article • January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Professor Rajender S Varma

  95. Tailor-made biopolymers from leather waste valorisation

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  96. Versatile dual hydrogenation–oxidation nanocatalysts for the aqueous transformation of biomass-derived platform molecules

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  97. Investigations on microalgal oil production from Arthrospira platensis: towards more sustainable biodiesel production

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  98. Efficient microwave-assisted production of furfural from C5 sugars in aqueous media catalysed by Brönsted acidic ionic liquids

    Article • Catalysis Science & Technology, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  99. Insights into the microwave-assisted preparation of supported iron oxide nanoparticles on silica-type mesoporous materials

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU, Dr Francisco Balas

  100. Biofuels as Suitable Replacement for Fossil Fuels

    Article • December 2011, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  101. Efficient and straightforward preparation of a building block for (−)-teubrevin G synthesis via chemically diversed oriented synthesis

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, December 2011, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  102. Secondary Processing of Plant Oils

    Article • November 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  103. A Tuneable Bifunctional Water‐Compatible Heterogeneous Catalyst for the Selective Aqueous Hydrogenation of Phenols

    Article • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, November 2011, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  104. Wheat‐based biorefining strategy for fermentative production and chemical transformations of succinic acid

    Article • Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining, October 2011, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  105. Starbon® acids in alkylation and acetylation reactions: Effect of the Brönsted-Lewis acidity

    Article • Catalysis Communications, September 2011, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  106. A Dry Milling Approach for the Synthesis of Highly Active Nanoparticles Supported on Porous Materials

    Article • ChemSusChem, August 2011, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Professor Jesus Santamaria, Dr Francisco Balas, Dr Alina M. BALU

  107. ChemInform Abstract: Magnetically Recoverable Nanocatalysts

    Article • ChemInform, August 2011, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  108. Efficient and Highly Selective Aqueous Oxidation of Sulfides to Sulfoxides at Room Temperature Catalysed by Supported Iron Oxide Nanoparticles on SBA‐15

    Article • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, July 2011, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  109. Co(salen)/SBA-15 catalysed oxidation of a β-O-4 phenolic dimer under microwave irradiation

    Article • Catalysis Communications, June 2011, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  110. Production of a new second generation biodiesel with a low cost lipase derived from Thermomyces lanuginosus: Optimization by response surface methodology

    Article • Catalysis Today, June 2011, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  111. Magnetically Recoverable Nanocatalysts

    Article • Chemical Reviews, March 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, VIVEK POLSHETTIWAR

  112. Spontaneous Orthogonal Self‐Assembly of a Synergetic Gelator System

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, March 2011, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  113. Editorial [Hot topic: C-C and C-X Couplings in Organic Synthesis Part 2. C-C Couplings (Guest Editor: Rafael Luque)]

    Article • Current Organic Synthesis, February 2011, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  114. A silica supported cobalt (II) Salen complex as efficient and reusable catalyst for the selective aerobic oxidation of ethyl benzene derivatives

    Article • Catalysis Communications, February 2011, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  115. Al-promoted increase of surface area and adsorption capacity in ordered mesoporous silica materials with a cubic structure

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Esteban P. Urriolabeitia, Professor Jesus Santamaria, Dr Francisco Balas

  116. Incorporation of chemical functionalities in the framework of mesoporous silica

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU, Professor Javier Garcia Martinez

  117. Transformations of biomass-derived platform molecules: from high added-value chemicals to fuels via aqueous-phase processing

    Article • Chemical Society Reviews, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Professor Antonio Sepulveda-Escribano

  118. Heteronuclear (Co–Ca, Co–Ba) 2,3-pyridinedicarboxylate complexes: synthesis, structure and physico-chemical properties

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Ana B. Arauzo, Dr Alina M. BALU

  119. Advances on biomass pretreatment using ionic liquids: An overview

    Article • Energy & Environmental Science, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  120. A seawater-based biorefining strategy for fermentative production and chemical transformations of succinic acid

    Article • Energy & Environmental Science, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  121. Novel organogelators based on amine-derived hexaazatrinaphthylene

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  122. Handbook of biofuels production

    Article • January 2011, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  123. A versatile supported cobalt(ii) complex for heterogeneously catalysed processes: conventional vs. microwave irradiation protocols

    Article • Catalysis Science & Technology, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  124. Heterogeneously catalysed Strecker-type reactions using supported Co(ii) catalysts: microwave vs. conventional heating

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  125. Valorisation of corncob residues to functionalised porous carbonaceous materials for the simultaneous esterification/transesterification of waste oils

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  126. Magnetically separable nanocomposites with photocatalytic activity under visible light for the selective transformation of biomass-derived platform molecules

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU, Professor Rajender S Varma

  127. Biodiesel‐Like Biofuels from Simultaneous Transesterification/Esterification of Waste Oils with a Biomass‐Derived Solid Acid Catalyst

    Article • ChemCatChem, December 2010, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  128. Editorial [Hot Topic: C-C and C-X Couplings in Organic Synthesis Part 1. C-C Couplings (Guest Editor : Rafael Luque)

    Article • Current Organic Synthesis, December 2010, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  129. Industrial Applications of C-C Coupling Reactions

    Article • Current Organic Synthesis, December 2010, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  130. Towards Greener and More Efficient C-C and C-Heteroatom Couplings: Present and Future

    Article • Current Organic Synthesis, December 2010, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  131. Biomaterials supported CdS nanocrystals

    Article • Materials Chemistry and Physics, November 2010, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  132. A comprehensive study of reaction parameters in the enzymatic production of novel biofuels integrating glycerol into their composition

    Article • Bioresource Technology, September 2010, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Prof. Suzana Ferreira-Dias

  133. Phytosterols from Dunaliella tertiolecta and Dunaliella salina: A potentially novel industrial application

    Article • Bioresource Technology, June 2010, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  134. Efficient hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds using low-loaded supported copper nanoparticles under microwave irradiation

    Article • Applied Catalysis A General, May 2010, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  135. Water-tolerant Ru-Starbon® materials for the hydrogenation of organic acids in aqueous ethanol

    Article • Catalysis Communications, May 2010, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  136. ChemInform Abstract: Tuneable Porous Carbonaceous Materials from Renewable Resources

    Article • ChemInform, March 2010, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  137. Amino Acids from Mytilus galloprovincialis (L.) and Rapana venosa Molluscs Accelerate Skin Wounds Healing via Enhancement of Dermal and Epidermal Neoformation

    Article • The Protein Journal, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  138. One-step microwave-assisted asymmetric cyclisation/hydrogenation of citronellal to menthols using supported nanoparticles on mesoporous materials

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  139. Biodiesel as feasible petrol fuel replacement: a multidisciplinary overview

    Article • Energy & Environmental Science, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  140. Fe/Al synergy in Fe2O3 nanoparticles supported on porous aluminosilicate materials: excelling activities in oxidation reactions

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  141. Introducing catalytic activity in helical nanostructures: microwave assisted oxathioacetalisation catalysed by Al-containing helical mesoporous silicas

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Professor Javier Garcia Martinez

  142. Algal biofuels: the eternal promise?

    Article • Energy & Environmental Science, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  143. Magnetically separable nanoferrite-anchored glutathione: aqueous homocoupling of arylboronic acids under microwave irradiation

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Professor Rajender S Varma

  144. Effect of Olive Oil on the Skin

    Article • January 2010, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  145. Catalytically active self-assembled silica-based nanostructures containing supported nanoparticles

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  146. Highly active and selective supported iron oxide nanoparticles in microwave-assisted N-alkylations of amines with alcohols

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  147. Supported cobalt complex-catalysed conjugate addition of indoles, amines and thiols to α,β-unsaturated compounds

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  148. Nanostructured Photocatalysts and Their Applications in the Photocatalytic Transformation of Lignocellulosic Biomass: An Overview

    Article • Materials, December 2009, MDPI AG

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr. Ramon Fernando Colmenares Quintero

  149. Evidences of the in situ generation of highly active Lewis acid species on Zr-SBA-15

    Article • Applied Catalysis A General, December 2009, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  150. Gas-phase Beckmann rearrangement of cyclododecanone oxime on Al,B-MCM-41 mesoporous materials

    Article • Journal of Materials Science, December 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  151. Biofuels for Transport: Prospects and Challenges

    Article • October 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  152. Tunable shapes in supported metal nanoparticles: From nanoflowers to nanocubes

    Article • Materials Chemistry and Physics, October 2009, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  153. Efficient hydrogenation of alkenes using a highly active and reusable immobilised Ru complex on AlPO4

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical, August 2009, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  154. Efficient preparation of silver nanoparticles supported on hybrid films and their activity in the oxidation of styrene under microwave irradiation

    Article • Applied Catalysis A General, July 2009, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  155. Sustainable preparation of a novel glycerol-free biofuel by using pig pancreatic lipase: Partial 1,3-regiospecific alcoholysis of sunflower oil

    Article • Process Biochemistry, March 2009, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  156. Modified SBA-1 materials for the Knoevenagel condensation under microwave irradiation

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, February 2009, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  157. Sustainable Preparation of Supported Metal Nanoparticles and Their Applications in Catalysis

    Article • ChemSusChem, January 2009, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  158. Efficient aqueous hydrogenation of biomass platform molecules using supported metal nanoparticles on Starbons®

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  159. Tuneable porous carbonaceous materials from renewable resources

    Article • Chemical Society Reviews, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  160. Nanotubular self-assembly of n-dodecylamine–TEOS–water–acetonitrile mixtures

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  161. Microwave-assisted versatile hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds using supported metal nanoparticles

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  162. Para-hydrogen induced polarisation effects in liquid phase hydrogenations catalysed by supported metal nanoparticles

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  163. Microwave efficient S-arylation of thiols with aryl iodides using supported metal nanoparticles

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  164. Supported metal nanoparticles on porous materials. Methods and applications

    Article • Chemical Society Reviews, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  165. Efficient solvent- and metal-free Sonogashira protocol catalysed by 1,4-diazabicyclo(2.2.2) octane (DABCO)

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  166. Microwave-assisted preparation of amides using a stable and reusable mesoporous carbonaceous solid acid

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  167. Selective epoxidation of alkenes using highly active V-SBA-15 materials: microwave vs. conventional heating

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  168. Chemical transformations of succinic acid recovered from fermentation broths by a novel direct vacuum distillation-crystallisation method

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  169. Microwave oxidation of alkenes and alcohols using highly active and stable mesoporous organotitanium silicates

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical, October 2008, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  170. Activity of Gallium and Aluminum SBA-15 materials in the Friedel–Crafts alkylation of toluene with benzyl chloride and benzyl alcohol

    Article • Applied Catalysis A General, October 2008, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  171. Efficient Microwave Oxidation of Alcohols Using Low‐Loaded Supported Metallic Iron Nanoparticles

    Article • ChemSusChem, August 2008, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  172. Preparation of Mesoporous Organically Modified Titanium Materials and their Activity in the Oxidation of Cyclohexene

    Article • Catalysis Letters, August 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  173. Glycerol transformations on polysaccharide derived mesoporous materials

    Article • Applied Catalysis B Environment and Energy, August 2008, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  174. Physico‐Chemical Characterisation of Lipids from Mytilus galloprovincialis (L.) and Rapana venosa and their Healing Properties on Skin Burns

    Article • Lipids, July 2008, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Dr Alina M. BALU

  175. Preparation of Highly Active and Dispersed Platinum Nanoparticles on Mesoporous Al‐MCM‐48 and Their Activity in the Hydroisomerisation of n‐Octane

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, June 2008, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Professor Adam Lee

  176. Controlling selectivity in catalysis: Selective greener oxidation of cyclohexene under microwave conditions

    Article • Applied Catalysis A General, June 2008, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  177. A Simple and Efficient Route to Active and Dispersed Silica Supported Palladium Nanoparticles

    Article • Catalysis Letters, April 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  178. Microwave-assisted synthesis of oligothiophene semiconductors in aqueous media using silica and chitosan supported Pd catalysts

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  179. Biofuels: a technological perspective

    Article • Energy & Environmental Science, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  180. Palladium nanoparticles on polysaccharide-derived mesoporous materials and their catalytic performance in C–C coupling reactions

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  181. Microwave facile preparation of highly active and dispersed SBA-12 supported metal nanoparticles

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  182. Towards a Bio‐Based Industry: Benign Catalytic Esterifications of Succinic Acid in the Presence of Water

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, August 2007, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  183. Ga-MCM-41 synthesis and catalytic activity in the liquid-phase isomerisation of α-pinene

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, June 2007, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  184. Catalytic performance of Al-MCM-41 materials in the N-alkylation of aniline

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical, May 2007, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  185. Versatile mesoporous carbonaceous materials for acid catalysis

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2007, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  186. A microwave approach to the selective synthesis of ω-laurolactam

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2007, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  187. Tunable mesoporous materials optimised for aqueous phase esterifications

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2007, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  188. Starbons: New Starch‐Derived Mesoporous Carbonaceous Materials with Tunable Properties

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, May 2006, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  189. Starbons: New Starch‐Derived Mesoporous Carbonaceous Materials with Tunable Properties

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, May 2006, Wiley

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  190. New Heterogeneous Catalysts Derived from Chitosan for Clean Technology Applications

    Article • January 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  191. Catechol O-methylation with dimethyl carbonate over different acid–base catalysts

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2006, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  192. Green chemistry and the biorefinery: a partnership for a sustainable future

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2006, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  193. Structural and Catalytic Properties of Amorphous Mesoporous AlPO4 Materials Prepared in the Presence of 2,4-Pentanedione and 2,5-Hexanedione as Aluminium Chelating Agents

    Article • January 2006, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  194. Aryl alkynylation versus alkyne homocoupling: unprecedented selectivity switch in Cu, phosphine and solvent-free heterogeneous Pd-catalysed couplings

    Article • Tetrahedron, October 2005, Elsevier

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  195. A novel highly active biomaterial supported palladium catalyst

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2005, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  196. Structured mesoporous organosilicas from an acetonitrile–water template system

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2005, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor