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Dr Geoffrey Akien

Experimental Officer (NMR)

  1. 2009
  2. Published

    A critical look at reactions in class I and II gas-expanded liquids using CO2 and other gases

    Akien, G. R. & Poliakoff, M., 2009, In: Green Chemistry. 11, 8, p. 1083-1100 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLiterature reviewpeer-review

  3. 2010
  4. Published

    Continuous heterogeneous catalytic oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols in scCO(2)

    Chapman, A. O., Akien, G. R., Arrowsmith, N. J., Licence, P. & Poliakoff, M., 2010, In: Green Chemistry. 12, 2, p. 310-315 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Conversion of carbohydrates to liquid fuels

    Akien, G., Qi, L. & Horváth, I. T., 2010, Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass to Liquid Fuels and Chemicals. Crocker, M. (ed.). Cambridge: RSC Publishing, p. 365-381 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  6. Published

    The continuous catalytic debenzylation of 1,4-Dibenzyloxybenzene with H-2 in THF expanded with high pressure CO2

    Akien, G. R., Legeay, J-C., Wells, A. & Poliakoff, M., 2010, In: Organic Process Research and Development. 14, 5, p. 1202-1208 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Pressure drop as a simple method for locating phase transitions in continuous flow high pressure reactors

    Akien, G. R., Skilton, R. A. & Poliakoff, M., 19/05/2010, In: Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 49, 10, p. 4974-4980 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Detecting phase transitions in supercritical mixtures: an enabling tool for greener chemical reactions

    Ke, J., Sanchez-Vicente, Y., Akien, G. R., Novitskiy, A. A., Comak, G., Bagratashvili, V. N., George, M. W. & Poliakoff, M., 8/10/2010, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 466, 2122, p. 2799-2818 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLiterature reviewpeer-review

  9. 2011
  10. Published

    Sustainable synthesis of gamma-valerolactone

    Horvath, I. T., Qi, L. & Akien, G. R., 27/03/2011, In: Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society. 241, 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineMeeting abstractpeer-review

  11. Published

    Self-optimizing continuous reactions in supercritical carbon dioxide

    Parrott, A. J., Bourne, R. A., Akien, G. R., Irvine, D. J. & Poliakoff, M., 11/04/2011, In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50, 16, p. 3788-3792 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. 2012
  13. Published

    Molecular mapping of the acid catalysed dehydration of fructose

    Akien, G. R., Qi, L. & Horvath, I. T., 2012, In: Chemical Communications. 48, 47, p. 5850-5852 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Synthesis in Green Solvents

    Orha, L., Akien, G. & Horvath, I. T., 15/04/2012, Handbook of Green Chemistry: Online. Wiley-VCH, Vol. 7.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  15. Published

    Sustainable catalytic reaction engineering with gas-expanded liquids

    Subramaniam, B. & Akien, G. R., 1/08/2012, In: Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering. 1, 3, p. 336-341 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. 2013
  17. Published

    Direct observation of the fructofuranosyl oxocarbenium ion: a critical intermediate in the valorization of carbohydrates

    Akien, G. & Subramaniam, B., 10/04/2013.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Abstractpeer-review

  18. Published

    Mechanistic studies on the dehydration of glucose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and xylose to furfural

    Akien, G., Qi, L. & Horvath, I. T., 10/04/2013.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Abstractpeer-review

  19. 2014
  20. Published

    Generation and characterization of the pyranosyl and furanosyl oxocarbenium ions from 2-deoxyaldoses

    Akien, G. & Subramaniam, B., 20/03/2014.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Abstractpeer-review

  21. Published

    Catalytic conversion of fructose, glucose, and sucrose to 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural and levulinic and formic acids in gamma-valerolactone as a green solvent

    Qi, L., Mui, Y. F., Lo, S. W., Lui, M. Y., Akien, G. R. & Horvath, I. T., 05/2014, In: ACS Catalysis. 4, 5, p. 1470-1477 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Supercritical fluids and gas-expanded liquids as tunable media for multiphase catalytic reactions

    Subramaniam, B., Chaudhari, R. V., Chaudhari, A. S., Akien, G. R. & Xie, Z., 1/08/2014, In: Chemical Engineering Science. 115, p. 3-18 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. 2015
  24. Published

    Definition and application of ethanol equivalent: sustainability performance metrics for biomass conversion to carbon-based fuels and chemicals

    Csefalvay, E., Akien, G. R., Qi, L. & Horvath, I. T., 1/01/2015, In: Catalysis Today. 239, p. 50-55 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Continuous hydroformylation with phosphine-functionalized polydimethylsiloxane rhodium complexes as nanofilterable homogeneous catalysts

    Xie, Z., Akien, G. R., Sarkar, B. R., Subramaniam, B. & Chaudhari, R. V., 14/10/2015, In: Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 54, 43, p. 10656-10660 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  26. Published

    Dinuclear Lanthanide (III) Coordination Polymers in a Domino Reaction

    Loukopoulos, E., Griffiths, K., Akien, G., Kourkomelis, N., Abdul-Sada, A. & Kostakis, G. E., 6/11/2015, In: Inorganics. 3, 4, p. 448-466 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. Published

    Liquid CO2 as a safe and benign solvent for the ozonolysis of fatty acid methyl esters

    Akien, G. R., Lundin, M. D., Danby, A. M., Binder, T. P., Busch, D. H. & Subramaniam, B., 7/12/2015, In: ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. 3, 12, p. 3307-3314 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  28. 2016
  29. Published

    Online quantitative mass spectrometry for the rapid adaptive optimisation of automated flow reactors

    Holmes, N., Akien, G. R., Savage, R. J. D., Stanetty, C., Baxendale, I. R., Blacker, A. J., Taylor, B. A., Woodward, R. L., Meadows, R. E. & Bourne, R. A., 2016, In: Reaction Chemistry and Engineering. 2016, 1, p. 96-100 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  30. Published

    Tetranuclear Zn/4f coordination clusters as highly efficient catalysts for Friedel–Crafts alkylation

    Griffiths, K., Kumar, P., Akien, G. R., Chilton, N. F., Abdul-Sada, A., Tizzard, G. J., Coles, S. J. & Kostakis, G. E., 25/06/2016, In: Chemical Communications. 52, 50, p. 7866-7869 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  31. Published

    Atomic details of the interactions of Glycosaminoglycans with amyloid-β fibrils

    Stewart, K., Hughes, E., Yates, E., Akien, G. R., Huang, T-Y., Lima, M., Rudd, T., Guerrini, M., Hung, S-C., Radford, S. & Middleton, D. A., 13/07/2016, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138, 27, p. 8328-8331 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  32. Published

    Self-optimisation of the final stage in the synthesis of EGFR kinase inhibitor AZD9291 using an automated flow reactor

    Holmes, N., Akien, G. R., Blacker, A. J., Woodward, R. L., Meadows, R. E. & Bourne, R. A., 1/08/2016, In: Reaction Chemistry and Engineering. 1, 4, p. 366-371 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  33. Published

    [N,N-Bis(2-hy­droxy­eth­yl)di­thio­carbamato-[kappa]2S,S']bis­(tri­phenyl­phosphane-[kappa]P)copper(I) chloro­form monosolvate: crystal structure, Hirshfeld surface analysis and solution NMR measurements

    Tan, S. L., Yeo, C. I., Heard, P. J., Akien, G. R., Halcovitch, N. R. & Tiekink, E. R. T., 12/2016, In: Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications. 72, 12, p. 1799-1805 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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