CCT 2025 scientific program
Rome, Italy
Day 1
Oral · Virtual
Application of metal single-site zeolite catalysts in heterogeneous catalysis
Stanislaw Dzwigaj · Sorbonne University, France
The metal ions well dispersed at zeolite framework are considered to be active sites of catalytic processes. Therefore, the incorporation of these metals into zeolites as isolated tetrahedral sites appears to be the…
Oral · Virtual
One-pot multicomponent syntheses of functional chromophores – Synthetic efficiency meets functionality design
Thomas J J Muller · Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Dusseldorf, Germany
One-pot processes have considerably enhanced diversity-oriented syntheses in the past decades and have become an enabling tool for providing myriads of substance libraries, in particular, in pharmaceutical…
Oral · Virtual
The roles and capacity building of NGOs as agents responding to climate change
Dai Yeun Jeong · Asia Climate Change Education Center, Korea, Republic of
Climate change is one of the most serious environmental problems impacting on nature and humans at a global level. The major agents responding to climate change are government, enterprise, NGO, citizen, and UNFCCC…
Oral
Global cooling is not a cost but the best economic investment of the worlds people
Luigi Antonio Pezone · Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy
Energy development has produced global warming of the planet because the energies produced by humans nuclear, fossil, renewable are not integrated with the natural energy system of the earth, which does not like thermal…
Oral
The multidimensional topological shift of the KRASG12D proteins in catalytic environments and pertinent drugs-targetting
Orchidea Maria Lecian · Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
The properties of the KRASG12D proteins are analyzed; the behaviour in catalytic environment is recalled. The proposed Markov Models are reviewed after [F. Liang, Z. Kang, X. Sun, J. Chen, X. Duan, H. He, J. Cheng…
Oral
Eco-friendly synthesized SnO2@Cu(O,S) nanocomposite catalysts for (Photo-) catalytic removal of selected chemical pollutants
Misganaw Alemu Zeleke · University of Limerick, Ireland
The application of green technology in synthesizing single-phase, heterostructure, and composite heterogeneous catalyst nanomaterials addresses critical environmental challenges while improving synthesis precision…
Oral
Direct air capture cost reduction and market development via process intensification. Establishing the DAC insetting concept
Albert Pujol · Christen Ostenfeld and Wriborg Jonson, Denmark
Direct Air Capture (DAC) technologies are anticipated to achieve megaton-scale by 2030 and gigaton-scale by 2050. However, current capture costs and pace of development cast doubt on DAC's readiness to contribute to the…
Oral
Microwave transformation of high-density polyethylene to hydrogen: The role of CoFeAlOx catalyst
Michal Vastyl · Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
High-density polyethylene (HDPE) represents a persistent environmental burden due to its exceptional durability. Catalytic decomposition offers a transformative pathway to valorize this waste into valuable energy…
Oral
New methods for identifying in vivo biomedical reaction mechanisms
Dae Dong Sung · Korea University Sejong Campus, Korea, Republic of
Recently, biomedicine has made great advances in anti-aging and disease treatment. There are still many difficulties in accurately identifying the process by which the human body ages and the causes of chronic diseases.…
Oral
Design and optimization of a thermal air sterilizer prototype for airborne pathogen deactivation: A CFD approach
Amarendra Kumar · Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT) Tirupati, India
Airborne pathogens, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis and SARS-CoV-2, pose significant health risks due to their ability to remain suspended in air for extended periods. Traditional air sterilization technologies, such…
Oral
Studies towards at the synthesis of (+)-Adenophorine
Maria Candeia Kuliakita Sakukuma · Higher Institute of Education Sciences in Lubango/HuIla (ISCED-HUILA), Angola
Iminosugars are frequently synthesized from carbohydrates as chiral pool starting materials with use of an amination–intermolecular cyclization sequence or an intramolecular reductive amination cyclization anas the key…
Poster
Potential serum biomarkers for early detection of diabetic nephropathy
Tarek K Motawi · Cairo University, Egypt
Aim: Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is considered as one of the diabetic complications affectingup to 40% of patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. In clinical practice, the frequentlyused markers of renal disease and…
Day 2
Oral · Virtual
Personalized and Precision Medicine (PPM) as a unique healthcare model via design-driven bio- and chemical engineering view of biotech
Sergey Suchkov · N.D. Zelinskii Institute for Organic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation
A new healthcare-related systems approach resulted in a new trend in the healthcare services, namely, personalized and precision medicine (PPM) . In this sense, despite breakthroughs in research, the translation of…
Oral · Virtual
From photocatalysis to photon-phonon co-driven catalysis for inert molecules activation
Junwang Tang · Tsinghua University, China
Photon-driven small molecules activation, eg. H 2 O splitting, is scientifically and industrially of significance as it promises an efficient pathway for green H 2 production. However it is kinetically very challenging…
Oral
Antibody-proteases as a generation of unique biomarkers, potential targets and translational tools towards design-driven bio- and chemical engineering and personalized and precision medical practice
Sergey Suchkov · N.D. Zelinskii Institute for Organic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation
Biomarkers and targets as being crucial parts of the ligand-receptor tandems have induced an impulse to prompt the development of an upgraded concept of the targeted therapy. Among the best-validated canonical…
Oral
Platinum-incorporated nickel Iron oxide as a high-performance electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction: Elucidating substitutional and support strategy
Rajeshree Liya · Ahmedabad University, India
Oxygen evolution reaction (OER) doesn’t directly provide fuel or energy, but it has that much efficiency to facilitate the overall yield of energy conversion, storage, and usage (ECSU) devices [1], [2]. The development…
Oral
Understanding membrane fouling and chemical cleaning performance for cleaning agents, a review article
Hossam Ahmed Aly Moustafa Tieama · Abu Qir Fertilizers and Chemicals Industries Co., Egypt
A reverse osmosis membrane is an essential product for handling water and wastewater. There are three other types of membranes, categorized by membrane pore size, widely used for commercial purposes: Microfiltration…
Oral
Co-digestion of abattoir effluent and rumen content for waste management and biogas production – A case study
Mabatho Moreroa · University of South Africa, South Africa
This study examined the feasibility of utilizing two primary waste types from a local abattoir for waste management and subsequent biogas production. In the study, wastewater (WW) and rumen content (RC) found at a red…
Oral
Visible light-active bismuth oxide-based photocatalytic coatings and their potential against biological contaminants
Marina Ratova · Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
Rapid development of semiconductor photocatalysis over the past few decades resulted in realisation of growing potential of this technique for environmental remediation processes. Indeed, various types of photocatalytic…
Day 3
Keynote · Virtual
Distal functionalization via transition metal catalysis
Haibo Ge · Texas Tech University, United States
The ubiquitous presence of sp3 C−H bonds in natural feedstock makes them inexpensive, easily accessible, and attractive synthons for the preparation of common and/or complex molecular frameworks in biologically active…
Keynote · Virtual
Crystallization processes in Li,M,K||Cl (M=Nd,Pr) systems: Digital twins of phase diagrams, cross-validation of horizontal and vertical material balances, DTA spectrum simulation
Parfenova Maria · Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation
In many cases the chloride ternary systems are used as the catalytic materials. The publication of the graphics for the phase diagrams (PD) of many ternary systems makes it urgent to accelerate the training of students…
Keynote · Virtual
Universal mechanism of catalysis of low-temperature nuclear fusion
Mikhail Kashchenko · Ural Federal University, Russian Federation
The report proposes an interpretation of the observed low - temperature nuclear reactions based on a model that generalizes the muon catalysis variant. In the generalized model, the catalytic functions of the muon are…
Keynote · Virtual
Photocatalytic hydrogen energy recovery from sulfide-containing wastewater using thiol-UiO-66 /Mn0.5Cd0.5S nanocomposites
Delia Teresa Sponza · Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey
The worldwide environmental pollution and energy crisis have become two main challenges currently. To this end, we aim to build a win–win strategy of clean hydrogen energy recovery with simultaneous environmental…
Keynote · Virtual
Detergent wastewater treatment using catalytic and non-catalytic ozone gas: Current updates and future directions
Collin G Joseph · University Sabah, Malaysia
Laundry detergent wastewater is a potential renewable resource that can be recycled and reused in order to mitigate water scarcity. The treatment of laundry detergent wastewater is very challenging because of its…
Keynote · Virtual
Photocatalysis: An emerging route for waste water treatment
Suresh C Ameta · Paher University, India
Waste water pollution is increasing all over the globe at a rapid pace. Various pollutants are regularly discharged through the effluents of the chemical based industries into nearby water resources; such as rivers…
Keynote · Virtual
DMAP catalyzed heterocycle synthesis
Girijesh Kumar Verma · Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, India
4-(Dimethylamino)pyridine (DMAP) is a highly versatile and widely used nucleophilic organic catalyst, renowned for its ability to facilitate a broad spectrum of chemical transformations. Among organic catalysts, DMAP…
Keynote · Virtual
Development of a process for producing zirconium rich alkali-resistant glasses containing heavy metals present in fly ashes from municipal solids waste incineration
Mbemba Kiele Molingo · Marien Ngouabi University, Congo
The objective of this study is to develop a process for producing alkali-resistant zirconiumcontaining glasses for use as a heavy metal retention matrix contained in fly ashes. For this, we have developed 5 glass…
Keynote · In-Person
Synthesis and anticancer activity of a novel series of chalcone derivatives from Tetraclinis articulata (Thuya)
Ayoub Boualli · Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco
Objectives : The primary objective of this study is to isolate and characterize the major constituents of biomass derived from Tetraclinis articulata. Subsequently, the study aims to chemically modify these isolated…
Keynote · In-Person
Processing of polyethylene into hydrocarbon fuels by catalytic cracking on Pillared Inter Layered Clays (PILC)
Oleksandr Lozovskyi · Institue of Colloid Chemistry and Chemistry of Water, Ukraine
Resource conservation is an integral part of environmental protection. According to data (https://www.vtorma.ua/ru/utilizatsiya-musora-na-poligonah-tbo/) in 2018, more than 9 million tons of household waste were…
Keynote · Virtual
New sorbents based on natural mineral raw materials of Kazakhstan for aftertreatment of industrial wastewater from heavy metal ions
Saule Myrzalieva · National Center on complex processing of mineral raw materials of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan
When purifying water from heavy metal ions, as the most dangerous component of wastewater, the practical task is to select new, cheaper and widespread materials characterized by sufficiently high mechanical strength…
Poster · Virtual
Use of iron nanomaterials for the treatment of metals, metalloids and emergent contaminants in water
Marta Litter · Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Iron-based nanomaterials are increasingly used in environmental applications. Different types of iron-based nanomaterials, namely, zerovalent iron nanoparticles, nanoparticles of iron oxides, and nanoparticles prepared…
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