Catalysis: Principles & Basic Concepts

“Catalysis: Principles and Basic Concepts” covers a wide range of topics and issues such as heterogeneous, homogeneous, photo-catalysis, bio-catalysis, phase transfer catalysis, energy and environment, etc. Enough importance is given to the quality and stress to each chapter. This book is useful to UG and PG students of chemistry and chemical engineering, researcher and scientists in catalysis, teachers of catalytic stream of chemical sciences including chemists and chemical engineers from industries. One of the most important aspects of energy is to develop method for exploiting, converting, and optimizing energy sources. Catalysis serves as a crosscutting science in this aspect, with the potential to lead and to bring out of the energy crisis.  All round efforts are made to include as many as required chapters for the introductory courses and some advance stage level courses on catalysis for chemical sciences. Catalysis is an interdisciplinary subject and required to be flourished to under-graduate and graduate curriculum in chemistry and chemical technology. This book shall help as a suitable text or reference book for such curriculum.

• Origin and Development of Catalysts
• Introduction to Heterogeneous Catalysis
• Adsorption Phenomenon
• Types of Catalysts
• Characterization, Spectroscopicand Structural Aspects
• Surface Reactions and Kinetics
• Catalyst Deactivations and Regenerations 
• Theories in Heterogeneous Catalysis
• Introduction to Homogeneous Catalysis
• Acid Base Catalysis
• Decomposition of H2O2
• Selected Examples of Homogeneous Catalytic Reactions
• Catalytic Polymerization Reactions 
• Photo-catalysis
• Boi-catalysis
• Phase Transfer Catalysis
• Catalysts for Energy and Environment
• Appendix
• Index

Dr. Arun V. Salker, is a Professor of Chemistry at Goa University, Goa. He obtained Ph.D. degree from IIT - Bombay in 1986. He did his Post-Doctoral Research at University of Karlsruhe, Germany. He was a visiting Professor at Kungpook National University, South Korea, in 2003-04. He served Goa University for last 30 years in Research, teaching Material Chemistry and Catalysis. He was Head of Chemistry Department, during the period 2009 to 2012 and 'Dean' Faculty of Natural Science, for the period May 2014 to May 2017. He has nearly hundred research publications in reputed international and national journals, ninety paper presentations in Symp./conferences, granted two Indian patents to his credit, guided several Ph.D. students and written two books. In recognition to his contribution of teaching and research, the Department of Higher Education, Govt. of Goa, conferred on him “Goa State Award for Meritorious Teacher” in Higher Education for the year 2015, in public recognition as a Teacher of outstanding merit.