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Sankar Meenakshisundaram
Researcher at Cardiff University
Publications - 15
Citations - 502
Sankar Meenakshisundaram is an academic researcher from Cardiff University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Catalysis & Benzyl alcohol. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 15 publications receiving 428 citations. Previous affiliations of Sankar Meenakshisundaram include Utrecht University.
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Oxidation of alcohols using supported gold and gold–palladium nanoparticles
Sankar Meenakshisundaram,Ewa Nowicka,Peter J. Miedziak,Gemma Louise Brett,Robert Leyshon Jenkins,Nikolaos Dimitratos,Stuart Hamilton Taylor,David W. Knight,Donald Bethell,Graham J. Hutchings +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, a high-energy catalyst was used to oxidize alcohols to carbonyl compounds by molecular oxygen and showed that benzyl alcohol is oxidised primarily to benzaldehyde but small amounts of toluene are also formed.
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Selective formation of lactate by oxidation of 1,2-propanediol using gold palladium alloy supported nanocrystals
Nikolaos Dimitratos,Jose Antonio Lopez-Sanchez,Sankar Meenakshisundaram,Jinto Manjaly Anthonykutty,Gemma Louise Brett,Albert Frederick Carley,Stuart Hamilton Taylor,David W. Knight,Graham J. Hutchings +8 more
TL;DR: The use of bio-renewable resources, such as glycerol, a byproduct from bio-diesel manufacture, can provide a viable way to make valuable products using greener technology as mentioned in this paper.
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Enhanced selective glycerol oxidation in multiphase structured reactors
Stephen David Pollington,Dan I. Enache,Philip Landon,Sankar Meenakshisundaram,Nikolaos Dimitratos,Alison Mary Wagland,Graham J. Hutchings,E.H. Stitt +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the use of continuous flow structured reactors for the oxidation of glycerol under mild conditions using a gold/carbon catalyst is demonstrated, and both monolith and meso-scale structured downflow slurry bubble column designs lead to a significant enhancement in the reaction rate over autoclave studies.
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Gold, palladium and gold–palladium supported nanoparticles for the synthesis of glycerol carbonate from glycerol and urea
Mohd Hasbi Ab. Rahim,Qian He,Jose Antonio Lopez-Sanchez,Ceri Hammond,Nikolaos Dimitratos,Sankar Meenakshisundaram,Albert Frederick Carley,Christopher J. Kiely,David W. Knight,Graham J. Hutchings +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that magnesium oxide is an excellent support for gold and bimetallic gold-palladium nanoparticles for the reaction of glycerol with urea.
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Cinnamaldehyde hydrogenation using Au–Pd catalysts prepared by sol immobilisation
Stefano Cattaneo,Simon J. Freakley,David J. Morgan,Sankar Meenakshisundaram,Nikolaos Dimitratos,Graham J. Hutchings +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a series of bimetallic Au-Pd colloidal supported nanoparticles with different Au:Pd molar ratios and optimized the experimental parameters to achieve best catalyst performance for the hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde.