Porous compartmentalized multi-catalytic electrospun membranes for reaction cascades in one-pot using ‘Wolf-Lamb’ catalysts (A12)

• Subject Area: Polymer Materials ; Statistical Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Complex Systems, Soft and Fluid Matter, Biological Physics
• Term: from 2013 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 79971943

Compartmentalized fibrous membranes and fiber morphologies with very high porosity and diverse pore size will be explored as novel multi-catalysts carrier for site-isolated immobilisation of incompatible (Wolf-Lamb type) catalysts in one-pot cascade reactions. The side-by-side and coaxial structures established in the first part of the project offer a unique opportunity for immobilisation of multiple catalysts in a site-specific manner with additional advantages of high porosity required for mass transport, upscalability and reusability. The study will combine experiments and computer simulations to make quantitative predictions and to understand the catalytic processes in flows through geometrically complex media.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 840: From Particulate Nanosystems to Mesotechnology
• Applicant Institution: Universität Bayreuth
• Project Heads: Professorin Dr. Seema Agarwal; Professor Dr. Stephan Gekle; Professor Dr. Thomas Scheibel, until 6/2017