THEME: "Stretching the Horizons of Expertise in Catalysis and Chemical Engineering"
Biphasiccatalysis is becoming an
area of environmentally responsible catalysis, here, the basic principles and
the design of features going into such systems are explained, and a general
overview is presented with the intention of encouraging greater interest in
this underutilised technique. Some well-established aqueous-organic regimes are
described and there is a discussion of some possible future directions
involving ionic-liquid organic systems.