Conte, Marco, Dr

Dr Marco Conte

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Lecturer in Physical Chemistry

m.conte@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 9506

Dainton Building

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Dr Marco Conte
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Dainton Building
13 Brook Hill
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Profile: Dr. Marco Conte obtained a Laurea in Chemistry from the University of Padova in 2003. This was followed by a PhD from Cardiff University in 2006. He was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of York from 2006 to 2009, at the Cardiff School of Chemistry from 2010 to 2011, and at the Cardiff Catalysis Institute from 2011 to 2013. He was appointed as Lecturer with teaching duties at the University of ��߲ݴ�ý in 2013, followed by further appointment as Lecturer with research in physical chemistry and catalysis in 2014.

Qualifications

MRSC
FHEA

Research interests

The research activity of our group is centred on heterogeneous catalysis, with the aim of development and design of new materials for: selective hydrocarbon or alcohol oxidation reactions, isomerization reactions of sugars, and decomposition of pollutants for water treatment processes. In our research approach, particular emphasis is placed on the identification of structure-activity correlations and kinetic studies. In fact, unveiling the actual structure of a catalyst, together with the identification of the intermediates generated during a catalytic process, are essential factors in designing catalysts with enhanced selectivity towards specific and desired products.

Our research makes use of an array of spectroscopic tools and characterization methods involving: magnetic resonance spectroscopies (NMR and EPR), optical spectroscopies (IR, Raman), thermal methods of analysis (TGA), chromatographic techniques (GC/MS), surface science characterizations (XPS), bulk analysis of solids (XRPD, and in situ XRD employing state-of-the-art high temperature cell), and elemental analysis (ICP). Methods above are complemented by computational studies. Research areas of interest are:

Nanostructured metal oxides
This research area is centred in the synthesis and testing of metal oxides for the oxidation of hydrocarbons to alcohols and ketones, and oxidative dehydrogenation to alkenes, using molecular oxygen as oxidant.

Zeolites
Research on zeolites includes: development of hierarchical zeolites for isomerization and oxidation reactions under mild conditions, studies on the formation and nucleation of zeolite crystals from nematic phases, development of novel materials and methodologies for environmental remediation.

Metal nanoparticles
Supported metal nanoparticles are developed within the group principally for studies on oxidative kinetic resolution, and the determination of the activation parameters of these processes.

Activated carbons
Activated carbons are a complex framework presenting several functionalised groups and a vast range of pore size distributions. Methods for the modification of these structural features, and how these affect the diffusion of fluids within a carbon matrix are investigated.

Molecular modelling
Computational methods are used to gather insights in the oxidation of hydrocarbons,and especially for the study of autoxidation pathways and H-abstraction reactions.

Research Keywords

Heterogeneous catalysis, zeolites, metal oxides, metal nanoparticles. In situ techniques, reaction mechanisms, kinetics, molecular modelling. X-ray powder diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, electron paramagnetic resonance.

Publications

Journal articles

Huang Z-S, Wang Y-F, Qi M-Y, Conte M, Tang Z-R & Xu Y-J (2024) . Angewandte Chemie International Edition, e202412707.
Adams C, Conte M, Alborzi E, Meijer AJHM, Hughes K & Pourkashanian M (2024) . Fuel, 360, 130470-130470.
Forster L, Kashbor MMM, Railton J, Chansai S, Hardacre C, Conte M & D'Agostino C (2023) . Journal of Catalysis, 425, 269-285.
Wang Y-F, Qi M-Y, Conte M, Tang Z-R & Xu Y-J (2023) . Angewandte Chemie International Edition, e202304306.
Kashbor MMM, Sutarma D, Railton J, Sano N, Cumpson PJ, Gianolio D, Cibin G, Forster L, D’Agostino C, Liu X , Chen L et al (2022) . Applied Catalysis A: General, 642.
Qi M-Y, Conte M, Anpo M, Tang Z-R & Xu Y-J (2021) . Chem Rev.
Begum H, Horoshenkov KV, Conte M, Malfait WJ, Zhao S, Koebel MM, Bonfiglio P & Venegas R (2021) . The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 149(6), 4149-4158.
Lu K-Q, Li Y-H, Zhang F, Qi M-Y, Chen X, Tang Z-R, Yamada YMA, Anpo M, Conte M & Xu Y-J (2020) . Nature Communications, 11.
Razali NA, Conte M & McGregor J (2019) . Catalysis Letters.
Wilde CA, Ryabenkova Y, Firth IM, Pratt L, Railton J, Bravo-Sanchez M, Sano N, Cumpson PJ, Coates PD, Liu X & Conte M (2019) . Applied Catalysis A: General, 570, 271-282.
Weston JO, Miyamura H, Yasukawa T, Sutarma D, Baker CA, Singh PK, Bravo-Sanchez M, Sano N, Cumpson PJ, Ryabenkova Y , Kobayashi S et al (2017) . Catal. Sci. Technol., 7(18), 3985-3998.
Liu X, Conte M, He Q, Knight D, Murphy D, Taylor S, Whiston K, Kiely C & Hutchings GJ (2017) . Chemistry, 23(49), 11834-11842.
Ryabenkova Y, Jadav N, Conte M, Hippler MFA, Reeves-McLaren N, Coates PD, Twigg P & Paradkar A (2017) . Langmuir, 33(12), 2965-2976.
Conte M & Hippler MFA (2016) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 120(34), 6677-6687.
Liu X, Conte M, Elias D, Lu L, Morgan DJ, Freakley SJ, Johnston P, Kiely CJ & Hutchings GJ (2016) . Catalysis Science and Technology, 6(13), 5144-5153.
Conte M, Liu X, Murphy DM, Taylor SH, Whiston K & Hutchings GJ (2016) . Catalysis Letters, 146(1), 126-135.
Horoshenkov K, Pelegrinis M, Conte M, Venegas R & Umnova O (2015) . The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 138(3), 1885-1885.
Liu X, Conte M, Sankar M, He Q, Murphy DM, Morgan D, Jenkins RL, Knight D, Whiston K, Kiely CJ & Hutchings GJ (2015) . Applied Catalysis A: General, 504, 373-380.
Alhumaimess M, Lin Z, Dimitratos N, Dummer NF, Conte M, Taylor SH, Bartley JK, Hutchings GJ, Kiely CJ, He Q & Lu L (2014) . Chemistry - A European Journal.
Conte M, Davies CJ, Morgan DJ, Carley AF, Johnston P & Hutchings GJ (2014) . Catalysis Letters, 144(1), 1-8.
Behera GC, Parida K, Dummer NF, Whiting G, Sahu N, Carley AF, Conte M, Hutchings GJ & Bartley JK (2013) . Catalysis Science and Technology, 3(6), 1558-1564.
Conte M, Davies CJ, Morgan DJ, Davies TE, Elias DJ, Carley AF, Johnston P & Hutchings GJ (2013) . Journal of Catalysis, 297, 128-136.
Conte M, Davies CJ, Morgan DJ, Davies TE, Carley AF, Johnston P & Hutchings GJ (2013) . Catalysis Science and Technology, 3(1), 128-134.
Conte M & Hutchings GJ (2012) . ChemInform, 43(52), no-no.
Conte M, Liu X, Murphy DM, Whiston K & Hutchings GJ (2012) . Phys Chem Chem Phys, 14(47), 16279-16285.
Conte M, Xu B, Davies TE, Bartley JK, Carley AF, Taylor SH, Khalid K & Hutchings GJ (2012) . Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 164, 207-213.
Lopez-Sanchez JA, Conte M, Landon P, Zhou W, Bartley JK, Taylor SH, Carley AF, Kiely CJ, Khalid K & Hutchings GJ (2012) . Catalysis Letters, 142(9), 1049-1056.
Pradhan S, Bartley JK, Bethell D, Carley AF, Conte M, Golunski S, House MP, Jenkins RL, Lloyd R & Hutchings GJ (2012) . Nat Chem, 4(2), 134-139.
Conte M, Lopez-Sanchez JA, He Q, Morgan DJ, Ryabenkova Y, Bartley JK, Carley AF, Taylor SH, Kiely CJ, Khalid K & Hutchings GJ (2012) . Catalysis Science and Technology, 2(1), 105-112.
Weng W, Al Otaibi R, Alhumaimess M, Conte M, Bartley JK, Dummer NF, Hutchings GJ & Kiely CJ (2011) . Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21(40), 16136-16146.
Brett GL, He Q, Hammond C, Miedziak PJ, Dimitratos N, Sankar M, Herzing AA, Conte M, Lopez-Sanchez JA, Kiely CJ , Knight DW et al (2011) . Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 50(43), 10136-10139.
Brett GL, He Q, Hammond C, Miedziak PJ, Dimitratos N, Sankar M, Herzing AA, Conte M, Lopez-Sanchez JA, Kiely CJ , Knight DW et al (2011) . Angewandte Chemie, 123(43), 10318-10321.
Conte M, Wilson K & Chechik V (2010) . Rev Sci Instrum, 81(10), 104102.
Conte M & Chechik V (2010) . Chem Commun (Camb), 46(22), 3991-3993.
Chechik V, Conte M, Dransfield T, North M & Omedes-Pujol M (2010) . Chem Commun (Camb), 46(19), 3372-3374.
Conte M, Miyamura H, Kobayashi S & Chechik V (2010) . Chem Commun (Camb), 46(1), 145-147.
Conte M, Carley AF, Attard G, Herzing AA, Kiely CJ & Hutchings GJ (2009) . Journal of Catalysis, 266(1), 164-164.
Conte M, Ma Y, Loyns C, Price P, Rippon D & Chechik V (2009) . Org Biomol Chem, 7(13), 2685-2687.
Conte M, Miyamura H, Kobayashi S & Chechik V (2009) . J Am Chem Soc, 131(20), 7189-7196.
Conte M, Wilson K & Chechik V (2009) . Org Biomol Chem, 7(7), 1361-1367.
Conte M, Carley AF & Hutchings GJ (2008) . Catalysis Letters, 124(3-4), 165-167.
Conte M, Carley AF, Attard G, Hutchings GJ, Herzing AA & Kiely CJ (2008) . Journal of Catalysis, 257(1), 190-198.
Conte M, Davies T, Carley AF, Herzing AA, Kiely CJ & Hutchings GJ (2007) . JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS, 252(1), 23-29.
Ionita P, Conte M, Gilbert BC & Chechik V (2007) . Org Biomol Chem, 5(21), 3504-3509.
Conte M, Carley AF, Heirene C, Willock DJ, Johnston P, Herzing AA, Kiely CJ & Hutchings GJ (2007) . Journal of Catalysis, 250(2), 231-239.
Conte M, Budroni G, Bartley JK, Taylor SH, Carley AF, Schmidt A, Murphy DM, Girgsdies F, Ressler T, Schlögl R & Hutchings GJ (2006) . Science, 313(5791), 1270-1273.
Solsona B, Conte M, Cong Y, Carley A & Hutchings G (2005) . Chemical Communications(18), 2351-2353.
Huang Z-S, Wang Y-F, Qi M-Y, Conte M, Tang Z-R & Xu Y-J () . Angewandte Chemie.
Wang Y-F, Qi M-Y, Conte M, Tang Z-R & Xu Y-J () . Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
Wang Y-F, Qi M-Y, Conte M, Tang Z-R & Xu Y-J () . Angewandte Chemie.
Li Y-H, Wang Y-F, Li J-Y, Qi M-Y, Conte M, Tang Z-R & Xu Y-J () . ACS Catalysis, 657-669.
Wang Y-F, Qi M-Y, Conte M, Tang Z-R & Xu Y-J () . Angewandte Chemie.
Qi M-Y, Conte M, Tang Z-R & Xu Y-J () . ACS Nano.
Liu X, Ryabenkova Y & Conte M () . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17(2), 715-731.
Herzing AA, Watanabe M, Edwards JK, Conte M, Tang Z-R, Hutchings GJ & Kiely CJ () . FARADAY DISCUSSIONS, 138, 337-351.
Alghamdi N, Alqahtani Z, Zhou C, Sano N, Conte M & Grell M () . Chemical Papers.
Liu X, Conte M, Weng W, He Q, Jenkins RL, Watanabe M, Morgan DJ, Knight DW, Murphy DM, Whiston K , Kiely CJ et al () . Catalysis Science & Technology, 5(1), 217-227.

Chapters

Conte M & Hutchings GJ (2012) Hydrochlorination of acetylene catalyzed by gold In Hashmi ASK & Toste FD (Ed.), Modern Gold Catalyzed Synthesis Wiley-VCH

Conference proceedings papers

Adams C, Conte M, Alborzi E, Meijer AJHM, Hughes K & Pourkashanien M (2022) PREDICTING THERMAL STABILITY BEHAVIOR WITH QUANTUM CHEMISTRY. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Stability Handling and Use of Liquid Fuels, IASH 2022

Teaching interests: Physical Chemistry, Catalysis, Physics

Teaching activities

Undergraduate and postgraduate taught modules

Physical Principles in Chemistry (Level 1)
The course develops the skills and ability in physical science required for Chemistry. Successful students will, at the end of the course, be able to perform the necessary physical analysis required for a modern Chemistry degree.
The Physical Chemistry of Heterogeneous Catalysis (Year 4)
This course is focused on the description and application of physical chemistry principles that are at the basis of heterogeneous catalysis, applied to relevant industrial processes.

Support Teaching:

Tutorials: Level 2 Physical Chemistry
Level 3 Literature Review

Laboratory Teaching:

Level 2 Physical Laboratories
Level 4 Research Project

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School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Dr Marco Conte

Research Keywords

Journal articles

Chapters

Conference proceedings papers

Undergraduate and postgraduate taught modules

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