The development of catalysis : a history of key processes and personas in catalytic science and technology / Adriano Zecchina, Salvatore Califano.

From the Onset to the First Large-Scale Industrial Processes -- Historical Development of Theories of Catalysis -- Catalytic Processes Associated with Hydrocarbons and the Petroleum Industry -- Surface Science Methods in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century -- Development of Homogeneous Catalysis and Organocatalysis -- Material Science and Catalysis Design -- Photocatalysis -- Enzymatic Catalysis.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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