10th Scientific Bases for the Preparation of Heterogeneous Catalysts

Johnson Matthey Technology Centre, Blounts Court, Sonning Common, Reading RG4 9NH, UK; E-mail: jennifer.houghton@matthey.com The 10th International Symposium on the Scientific Bases for the Preparation of Heterogeneous Catalysts (‘PREPA10’) was held in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium from 11th–15th July 2010 (1). It was attended by over 270 delegates from 34 countries, of whom more than 20% were from industry. A scientific committee consisting mainly of industrial representatives refereed all published submissions and selected the presentations, which gave the symposium a strong industrial focus.The symposium included the following session topics: scaling up, shaping and macrostructured catalysts; basic understanding and innovations in unit operations; nanostructured catalysts; hierarchical porous supports and hybrid catalysts; and in situ spectroscopic analysis during catalyst preparation. In addition, almost 200 posters were presented in two sessions.