Alfons Baiker (born April 14, 1945 in Zürich) is a Swiss Chemist specializing in Catalysis. Baiker studied chemistry at ETH Zurich. After obtaining his PhD in 1974 he followed several post-doctoral stays at various universities. In 1989 he became a full professor in catalysis and reaction engineering at ETH where he worked until his retirement in 2010.

Alfons Baiker, 1997

Research

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Dr. Baiker's research covers a wide range of topics, including: Asymmetric catalysis,[1] chiral surfaces, catalytic oxidation,[2] utilization of carbon dioxide in catalytic synthesis,[3] environmental catalysis,[4] reactions in supercritical fluids,[5] flame synthesis of catalysts[6] and in situ spectroscopy of catalytic surface processes.[7]

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  1. ^ Mallat, T.; Orglmeister, E.; Baiker, A. (2007). "Asymmetric Catalysis at Chiral Metal Surfaces". Chemical Reviews. 107 (11): 4863–4890. doi:10.1021/cr0683663. ISSN 0009-2665. PMID 17927256.
  2. ^ Mallat, Tamas; Baiker, Alfons (2004). "Oxidation of Alcohols with Molecular Oxygen on Solid Catalysts". Chemical Reviews. 104 (6): 3037–3058. doi:10.1021/cr0200116. ISSN 0009-2665. PMID 15186187.
  3. ^ Baiker, Alfons (2000). "Utilization of carbon dioxide in heterogeneous catalytic synthesis". Applied Organometallic Chemistry. 14 (12): 751–762. doi:10.1002/1099-0739(200012)14:12<751::AID-AOC85>3.0.CO;2-J. ISSN 0268-2605.
  4. ^ Roy, Sounak; Baiker, Alfons (2009). "NOxStorage−Reduction Catalysis: From Mechanism and Materials Properties to Storage−Reduction Performance". Chemical Reviews. 109 (9): 4054–4091. doi:10.1021/cr800496f. ISSN 0009-2665. PMID 19456148.
  5. ^ Baiker, Alfons (1999). "Supercritical Fluids in Heterogeneous Catalysis". Chemical Reviews. 99 (2): 453–474. doi:10.1021/cr970090z. ISSN 0009-2665. PMID 11848989.
  6. ^ Schimmoeller, Bjoern; Pratsinis, Sotiris E.; Baiker, Alfons (2011). "Flame Aerosol Synthesis of Metal Oxide Catalysts with Unprecedented Structural and Catalytic Properties". ChemCatChem. 3 (8): 1234–1256. doi:10.1002/cctc.201000425. ISSN 1867-3880. S2CID 98092646.
  7. ^ Bürgi, Thomas; Baiker, Alfons (2006). Attenuated Total Reflection Infrared Spectroscopy of Solid Catalysts Functioning in the Presence of Liquid-Phase Reactants. Vol. 50. pp. 227–283. doi:10.1016/S0360-0564(06)50005-7. ISBN 9780120078509. ISSN 0360-0564. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
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