Chularat Wattanakit

2023-Present: Associate Professor, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Thailand

2020-2023: Assistant Professor, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Thailand

2020: Visiting Professor, University of Bordeaux, France.

2015-2020: Lecturer, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Thailand

2014-2015: Researcher, Heterogeneous catalyst unit, R&D center, SCG Chemicals Co., Ltd., Thailand

2013-2014: Postdoctoral researcher, Research center for materials science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Mizuki Tada

2011-2013: Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Alexander Kuhn

2008-2013: Ph.D. in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Jumras Limtrakul

2003-2006: B.Sc. in Chemistry (1^st Class Honors), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand

2024: Being recognized by the French Alumni Awards from Association des Anciens Étudiants en France, Thailand, for the field of research.

2024: Innovation award for pilot plant project (Hierarchical catalysts for bioethanol dehydration to ethylene), National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT), Thailand.

2023: “Tremplin ASEAN de coopération bilatérale en recherche" prize for bilateral cooperation in research between French (Alexander Kuhn) and Thai researchers (Chularat Wattanakit) awarded by the French Academy of Sciences and the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research

2021: CST Distinguished Young Chemist Award 2020 (Physical Chemistry) by Chemical Society of Thailand

2021: Visiting professor at Hokkaido University (August to October 2021)

2021: Outstanding research award from National Research Council of Thailand: “Enantioselective synthesis and separation using advanced electrochemical techniques over hierarchical porous metal electrodes”

2020: The CSJ Distinguished Lectureship award 2020 in the field of Electrochemistry given by the Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ)

2020: Outstanding research award from National Research Council of Thailand: “Design of 2D-zeolites for the production of high value-added chemicals and transportation fuels from biomass”

2019: To be selected as a list of 100 Asia’s most outstanding researchers by Asian Scientist Magazine (https://www.asianscientist.com/as100)

2019: Thailand Toray Science Foundation Science and Technology Research Grant (“Enantioselective electro-synthesis and chiral electro-separation using electrochemical techniques”).                         

2019: Wiley-CST Award for Contribution to Green Chemistry 2018 by Chemical Society of Thailand

2018: Recipient of the L'oreal-Unesco Fellowship 2018 for Woman in Science in Thailand in Physical Science

2018: Young Scientist Award 2018 by the Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Technology under the Patronage of His Majesty the King

2018-2020: Research grant for new researchers (MRG), from the Thailand Research Fund (TRF)

2017: The PTT group RD&T achievement awards 2017 (Silver) in “Application of hierarchical 2D zeolite nanosheets for petrochemical processes”

2016: Junior research fellowship program 2016, Campus France, France

2016: Outstanding oral presentation award, The 3rd International Congress on Advanced Materials (AM 2016), Thailand. “Chiral recognition and asymmetric synthesis at mesoporous chiral metal surfaces”

2016-2018: Research grant for new researchers (MRG), from the Thailand Research Fund (TRF)

2014: The Distinction Award for graduation (Ph.D. level) with the most research outstanding from Professor Tab Nilanidhi Foundation, Thailand

2013: Outstanding poster presentation award, RGJ-Ph. D. Congress, Thailand. “Chiral recognition by molecular imprinted metal electrodes”

2008: Outstanding research award from the Thailand Research Fund (TRF) “Development on nanozeolite catalysts for petrochemical industry”

2008-2013: The Royal Golden Jubilee Ph.D. Program (RGJ-Ph. D. program), the Thailand Research Fund (TRF), Thailand

2011-2012: French Government’s scholarship contribution to the RGJ-Ph. D. program

2010: The JENESYS Programme 2010, JASSO Exchange Program for East Asian Postgraduate Students, from    Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), Okazaki, Japan

2002-2006: Human Resource Development in Science Project (Science Achievement Scholarship of Thailand, SAST), Thailand 

2024-2025:    Research grant for High Caliber Impact-oriented Researchers PMUB (136,590 EUR)

2023-2024:    Global partnership grant from PMUB (135,000 EUR)         

2022-2025:    US. Research Grant (Aerospace Research and Development (AOARD)) ($166,000)

2023-2025:    Mid-Career Research Grant from NRCT (82,000  EUR)      

2021-2022:    Pilot plant for ethylene production, ENCON (850,000 EUR)

2021-2022:    Chiral catalysts and electrocatalysts, NXPO (50,000 EUR)

2021-2022:    Design of catalysts for sugar conversion, TSRI (22,500 EUR)

2021-2022:    Design of advanced materials IV, PTTEP (130,000 EUR)

2021:                      Design of advanced materials III, PTTEP (80,000 EUR)

2020-2021:    Chiral electrocatalysts, NXPO (32,500 EUR)

2020-2021:    Design of catalysts for sugar conversion, TSRI (56,250 EUR)

2020-2021:    Design of advanced materials II, PTTEP (105,000 EUR)

2020:                     Design of advanced materials I, PTTEP (65,000 EUR)

2016 -2020:   Design of catalysts for petrochemical industry I, PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited (354,200 EUR)

2018-2019:    Design of catalysts for methane utilization, PTTEP (62,500 EUR)

2017-2018:    Design of catalysts for petrochemical industry, PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited (50,000 EUR)

2018-2020:    Design of hierarchical porous electrocatalysts for applications in the conversion of biomass-derived platform molecules to fuels and fine chemicals (TRF) (15,000 EUR)

2016-2018:    Catalytic upgrading of bio-oils by novel hierarchical zeolite nanosheets (TRF) (15,000 EUR)

•   Materials Chemistry (Porous materials: Porous metals, Zeolites and related materials) 
•   Heterogeneous Catalysis
•   Electrosynthesis

•      Member of the early-career editorial advisory board: ChemPlusChem (2021-Present)
•      PI in the industrial collaborative projects and academic projects with total budget volumes > 1,500,000 EUR (2015-2024)
•      PI in Pilot-plant projects (Synthesis of hierarchical zeolites for bioethanol conversion to ethylene) (2021-2023)
•      Peer-reviewer: > 100 publications in Q1 journals (2015-2024)
•      International teaching experience: Summer school course at Hokkaido University, Japan (2022)
•      Invited talks: > 30 talks at international conferences and communities (2015-2024)
•      Head of Porous Heterogeneous Catalysis Center (PHCC)@VISTEC mentoring > 20 Ph.D. candidates and > 20 researchers (including postdoctoral researchers and research assistants) (2015-2024)
•      International collaboration: University of Bordeaux (Prof. Alexander Kuhn), The Eindhoven University of Technology (Prof. Emiel Hensen), Hokkaido University (Prof. Tetsu Yonezawa), The University of Manchester (Prof. Xiaolei Fan), Institute of Chemical Technology (ITQ) (Prof. Avelino Corma), University of Canterbury (Prof. Dr. Alex Yip), and Technical University of Denmark (Prof. Søren Kegnæs), for example

Authors of patents > 15 (> 4 for international patents) and > 70 publications in Q1 (Chem. Commun, Chem. Sci, Nat. Commun, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, etc.)

(1) Pornsetmetakul, P.; Maineawklang, N.; Wattanakit, C.* Preparation of Metal-Supported Nanostructured Zeolite Catalysts and their Applications in the Upgrading of Biomass-Derived Furans: Advances and Prospects, ChemPlusChem. 2024. Accepted.

(2) Nunthakitgoson, W.; Chaipornchalerm, P.; Sohail, A.; Thivasasith, A.; Wattanakit, C.* Ni-decorated carbon nanotubes (CNTs) derived from ethanol for electrooxidation of furan derivatives featuring H2 production, Chem. Commun., 2024, 60, 12177-12180. (The Pioneering Investigators collection 2024)

(3) Chaipornchalerm, P.; Prasertsab, A.; Prasanseang, W.; Wattanakit, C.* Perspectives on Recent Advances in Hierarchical Zeolites for Bioethanol Conversion to Chemicals, Jet Fuels, and Carbon Nanotubes, Energy & Fuels., 2024 38 (15), 13612-13636.

(4) Chaipornchalerm, P.; Nunthakitgoson, W.; Mano, P.; Kidkhunthod, P.; Montoya, A.; Namuangruk, S.; Wattanakit, C.* Rational design of Fe single sites supported on hierarchical zeolites via atomic layer deposition for few-walled carbon nanotube production, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces., 2024, 16, 26, 33590–33600.

(5) Xu, S*.; Dugkhuntod, P.; Ding, S.; Zhang, Y.; Gosalvitr, P.; Chen, S.; Huang, J.; Klinyod, S.; Chansai, S.; Hardacre, C.; Wattanakit, C*.; Fan, X*.; Product selectivity controlled by the nano-environment of Ru/ZSM-5 catalysts in nonthermal plasma catalytic CO2 hydrogenation, Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 2024, 348, 123826

(6) Prasertsab, A.; Nunthakitgoson, W.; Pornsetmetakul, P.; Chaipornchalerm, P.; Iamsaard, K.; Wattanakit, C.* Selective hydrogenation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl) tetrahydrofuran with NaBH4 over non-thermal plasma treated Ru supported on hierarchical MFI, Catalysis Today, 2024, 437, 114785.

(7) Iadrat, P.;, Prasertsab, A.; Limlamthong, M.; Choi, J.; Park, E. H.; Wattanakit, C.*, Yip C.K.A.* Modification of zeolite morphology via NH4F etching for catalytic bioalcohol conversion, ChemCatChem, 2024, e202301208.

(8) Klinyod, S.; Yodsin, N.; Nguyen, M. T.; Pasom, Z.; Assavapanumat, S.; Ketkaew, M.; Kidkhunthod, P.; Yonezawa, T.; Namuangruk, S.; Wattanakit, C.* Unraveling the electrocatalytic activity in HMF oxidation to FDCA by fine‐tuning the degree of NiOOH phase over Ni nanoparticles supported on graphene oxide, Small, 2024, 2400779.

(9) Suwankaisorn, B.; Aroonratsameruang, P.; Kuhn, A.*; Wattanakit, C.* Enantioselective recognition, synthesis, and separation of pharmaceutical compounds at chiral metallic surfaces, ChemMedChem, 2024,19, e2023005.

(10) Pornsetmetakul, P.; Coumans, F. J.; van de Poll, R. C.; Liutkova, A.; Suttipat, D.; Mezari, B.; Wattanakit, C*.; Hensen, E.J.M.* Post‐synthesis metal (Sn, Zr, Hf) modification of BEA zeolite: Combined Lewis and Brønsted acidity for cascade catalysis, Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2023, 55, 200–215.

(11) Pornsetmetakul, P.; Coumans, F. J.; Heinrichs, J. M.; Zhang, H.; Wattanakit, C.; Hensen, E.J.M.* Accelerated synthesis of nanolayered MWW zeolite by interzeolite transformation, Chem.Eur. J. 2023, e202302931.

(12) Nunthakitgoson, W.; Rodaum, C.; Pornsetmetakul, P.; Wattanakit, C.; Wattana, P.; Thivasasith, A.* Transformation of CO2 to carbonnanotubes by catalytic chemical vapor deposition using a metal-supported hierarchical zeolite template, ChemPlusChem, 2023, e202300345.

(13) Chaipornchalerm, P.; Nunthakitgoson, W.; Thepphankulngarm, N.; Namuangruk, S.; Wattanakit, C.* Rational design of ultrasmall PtZn nanoparticles supported on zeolite composites as bifunctional catalysts for n-butane dehydroisomerization, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2023, 62, 43, 17513–17526. (The 2023 Class of Influential Researchers – Asia and Pacific)

(14) Pornsetmetakul, P.; Maineawklang, N.; Prasertsab, A.; Salakhum, S.; J.M. Hensen, E., Wattanakit, C.* Mild hydrogenation of 2-furoic acid by Pt nanoparticles dispersed in hierarchical ZSM-5 zeolite, Chem. Asian J., 2023, 8, e2023007.

(15) Iadrat, P.; Jongthong, J.; Prasertsab, A.; Thanphrom, S.; Toewiwat, N.; Ittisanronnachai, S.; Wongnate. T.; Wattanakit, C.* Nanocrystalline BEA-CNT composites with high metal dispersion obtained via inter-zeolite transformation for antibacterial application, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces., 2023, 15, 36, 42854–42867.

(16) Prasertsab, A.; Leangsiri, W.; Salakhum, S.; Yomthong, K.; Ittisanronnachai, S.; Watcharasing, S.; Kiattikomol, P.; Wattanakit, C.* Transformation of production sand waste to FAU and LTA zeolites for selective moisture adsorption and ethanol conversion, Topics in Catalysis, 2023, 66:1631–1648

(17) Supattra, S.; Suwankaisorn, B.; Yomthong, K.; Srisuwanno, W.; Klinyod, S.; Kuhn, A.*; Wattanakit, C.* Highly enantioselective synthesis of pharmaceuticals at chiral-encoded metal surfaces 
Chem. Eur. J., 2023, 29,   e2023020 (Cover page).

(18) Tantisriyanurak, S.; Klinyod, S.; Leangsiri, W.; Nunthakitgoson, W.; Soyphet, A.; Ketkaew, M.; Thivasasith, A.; Iadrat, P.; Rodaum, C.; Atithep, T.; Nguyen, M. T.; Yonezawa, T.; Wattanakit, C.* Carbon nanotubes deposited on mordenite zeolite/NiAl-layered double hydroxide composites as electrocatalysts for 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid production from 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2023, 6, 10, 8784–8794.

(19) Somsri, S.; Prasertsab, A.; Pornsetmetakul, P.; Maineawklang, N.; Nguyen, M. N.; Yonezawa, T.; Wattanakit, C.* Synthesis of cyclodextrin-stabilized gold nanoparticles supported hierarchical zeolites for the facile production of furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) from 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), Microporous and Mesoporous Mater., 2023, 354, 112559.

(20) Pornsetmetakul, P.; Klinyod, S.; Rodaum, C.; Salakhum, S.; Iadrat, P.;  Hensen, J. M. E.*; Wattanakit, C.* Fine-Tuning Texture of Highly Acidic HZSM-5 Zeolite for Efficient Ethanol Dehydration, ChemCatChem, 2023, e202201387.

(21) Iadrat, P.; Yomthong, K.; Rodaum, C.; Pornsetmetakul, P.; Thivasasith, A.; Prasertsab, A.; Fan, X.; Sooknoi, T.; Wattanakit, C.* Effects of zeolite frameworks and hierarchical structures on catalytic bioethanol dehydration: In-situ DRIFTS and DFT studies, Fuel, 2023, 338, 127208.

(22) Srisuwanno, W.; Saenluang, K.; Prasertsab, A.; Salakhum, S.; Kidkhunthod, P.; Namuangruk, S.*; Wattanakit, C.* Isolated Hf-isomorphously substituted zeolites for one-pot HMF synthesis from glucose, Adv. Sustain. Syst., 2023, 7, 2200403. 

(23) Rodaum, C.; Klinyod, S.; Nunthakitgoson,  W.; Chaipornchalerm, P.; Liwatthananukul, N.; Iadrat, P.;   Wattanakit, C.* Binder-free hierarchical zeolite pellets and monoliths derived from ZSM-5@LDHs composites for bioethanol dehydration to ethylene, Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 9618-9621.

(24) Rodaum, C.; Chaipornchalerm, P.; Nunthakitgoson, W.; Thivasasith, A.; Maihom, T.; Atithep, T.; Kidkhunthod, P.; Uthayopas, C.; Natanong, S.; Thongratkaew, S.; Faungnawakij, K.; Wattanakit, C.* Highly efficient propane dehydrogenation promoted by reverse water–gas shift reaction on Pt-Zn alloy surfaces, Fuel, 2022, 325, 124833.

(25) Ketkaew, M.; Assavapanumat, S.; Klinyod, S.; Kuhn, A*.; Wattanakit, C.* Bifunctional Pt/Au Janus electrocatalysts for simultaneous oxidation/reduction of furfural with bipolar electrochemistry, Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 4312-4315.

(26) Butcha, S.; Lapeyre, V.; Wattanakit, C.*; Kuhn, A.* Self-assembled monolayer protection of chiral-imprinted mesoporous platinum electrodes for highly enantioselective synthesis, Chem. Sci., 2022, 13, 2339 - 2346.

(27) Rodaum, C.; Thivasasith, A.; Iadrat, P.; Kidkhunthod, P.; Pengpanich, S.; Wattanakit, C.*, Ge‐substituted hierarchical ferrierite for n‐pentane cracking to light olefins: Mechanistic investigations via in‐situ DRIFTS studies and DFT calculations, ChemCatChem., 2022, 14, e202101045.

(28) Dugkhuntod, P.; Maineawklang, N.; Rodaum, C.; Pornsetmetakul, P.; Saenlung, K.; Salakhum, S.; Wattanakit, C.* Synthesis and characterization of Sn, Ge, and Zr isomorphous substituted MFI nanosheets for glucose isomerization to fructose, ChemPlusChem, 2022, 2, 87, e202100289.

(29) Thivasasith, A.; Rodaum, C.; Nunthakitgoson, W.; Assavapanumat, S.; Wattanakit, C.* Fine-tuning the catalytic cracking-assisted synthesis of plastic-derived MWCNTs-supported metal oxides for methanol electrooxidation, Carbon Trends, 2022, 7, 100158.

(30) Salakhum, S.; Prasertsab, A.; Pornsetmetakul, P.; Saenluang, K.; Iadrat, P.; Chareonpanich, M,; Wattanakit, C.* Pt Nanoparticles on ZSM-5 Nanoparticles for Base-Free Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid, ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2021, 4, 12, 14047–14059.

(31) Saenluang, K.; Srisuwanno, W.; Salakhum, S.; Rodaum, C.; Dugkhuntod, P.; Wattanakit, C.* Nanoporous Sn-Substituted ZSM-48 nanostructures for glucose isomerization, ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2021, 4, 11, 11661–11673.

(32) Iadrat, P.; Wattanakit, C.* Bioethanol upgrading to renewable monomers using hierarchical zeolites: catalyst preparation, characterization, and catalytic studies, Catalysts, 2021, 11(10), 1162.

(33) Assavapanumat, S.; Butcha, S.; Ittisanronnachai, S; Kuhn, A.; Wattanakit, C.* Heterogeneous enantioselective catalysis with chiral encoded mesoporous Pt-Ir films supported on Ni foam, Chem. Asian J., 2021, 16, 3345– 3353

(34) Salakhum, S.; Prasertsab, A.; Klinyod, S.; Saenlung, K.; Witoon, T.; Wattanakit, C.* Sustainable transformation of natural silica-rich solid and waste to hierarchical zeolites for sugar conversion to hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF). Microporous and Mesoporous Mater., 2021, 111252.

(35) Rodaum, C.; Suttipat, D.; Morey, J.; Atithep, T.; Witoon, T.; Wattanakit, C.* Core‐shell faujasite@aqueous miscible organic‐layered double hydroxides composites with tunable acid/base properties for one‐pot synthesis of ethyl trans‐α‐cyanocinnamate. Adv. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 8, 2002259. 

(36) Wetchasat, P.; Salakhum, S.*; Imyen, T.; Suttipat, D.; Wannapakdee, W.; Ketkaew, M.; Prasertsab, A.; Kidkhunthod, P.; Witoon, T.; Wattanakit, C. One-pot synthesis of ultra-small Pt dispersed on hierarchical zeolite nanosheet surfaces for mild hydrodeoxygenation of 4-propylphenol. Catalysts, 2021, 11, 333.

(37) Butcha, S.; Assavapanumat, S.; Ittisanronnachai, S; Lapeyre, V.; Wattanakit, C.*; Kuhn, A.* Nanoengineered chiral Pt-Ir alloys for high-performance enantioselective electrosynthesis, Nat. Commun., 2021, 12, 1314.

(38) Iadrat, P.; Hori, N.; Atithep, T.; Wattanakit, C.* Effect of pore connectivity of pore-opened hierarchical MOR zeolites on catalytic behaviors and coke formation in ethanol dehydration, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 7, 8294–8305.

(39) Nunthakitgoson, W.; Thivasasith, A.*; Maihom, T.; Wattanakit, C. Effects of single and double active sites of Cu oxide clusters over the MFI zeolite for direct conversion of methane to methanol: DFT calculations, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021, 23, 2500-2510.

(40) Imyen, T.; Saenluang, K.; Dugkhuntod, P.; Wattanakit, C.* Investigation of ZSM-12 nanocrystals evolution derived from aluminosilicate nanobeads for sustainable production of ethyl levulinate from levulinic acid esterification with ethanol, Microporous Mesoporous Mater., 2020 312, 110768.

(41) Suttipat, D.; Saenluang, K.; Wannapakdee, W.; Dugkhuntod, P.; Ketkaew, M.; Pornsetmetakul, P.; Wattanakit, C*. Fine-tuning the surface acidity of hierarchical zeolite composites for methanol-to-olefins (MTO) reaction, Fuel., 2021, 286, 119306.

(42) Saenluang, K.; Thivasasith, A*, Dugkhuntod, P.; Pornsetmetakul, P.; Salakhum, S.; Namuangruk, S.; Wattanakit, C. In-situ synthesis of Sn-Beta zeolite nanocrystals for glucose to hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), Catalysts 2020, 10, 1249.

(43) Ketkaew, M.; Klinyod, S.; Saenluang, K.; Rodaum, C.; Thivasasith, A.; Kidkhunthod, P.; Wattanakit, C*. Fine-tuning the chemical state and acidity of ceria incorporated in hierarchical zeolites for ethanol dehydration, Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 11394-11397. 

(44) Suttipat, D.; Butcha, S.; Assavapanumat, S.; Maihom, T.; Gupta, B.; Perro, A.; Sojic, N. Kuhn, A*.; Wattanakit, C*. Chiral macroporous MOF surfaces for electroassisted enantioselective adsorption and separation, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 32, 36548–36557.

(45) Rodaum, C.; Thivasasith, A.; Suttipat, D.; Witoon.; T.; Pengpanich, S.; Wattanakit, C*. Modified acid‐base ZSM‐5 derived from core‐shell ZSM‐5@aqueous miscible organic‐layered double hydroxides for catalytic cracking of n‐pentane to light olefins, ChemCatChem, 2020, 12, 4288 –4296.

(46) Imyen, T.; Wannapakdee, W.; Ittisanronnachai, S.; Witoon, T.; Wattanakit, C*. Tailoring hierarchical zeolite composites with two distinct frameworks for fine-tuning the product distribution in benzene alkylation with ethanol, Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2020,2, 4437-4449.

(47) Imyen, T.; Emilie, Z.; Suttipat, D.; Iadrat, P.; Kidkhunthod, P.; Bureekaew, S.; Wattanakit, C*. Methane utilization to methanol by hybrid zeolite@Metal–organic framework, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 21, 23812–23821.

(48) Saenluang, K.; Imyen, T.; Wannapakdee, W.; Suttipat, D.; Dugkhuntod, P.; Ketkaew, M.; Thivasasith, A.; Wattanakit, C*. Hierarchical nanospherical ZSM-5 nanosheets with uniform Al distribution for alkylation of benzene with ethanol, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2020, 3, 4, 3252-3263.

(49) Dugkhuntod, P.; Wattanakit, C.*, A comprehensive review of the applications of hierarchical zeolite nanosheets and nanoparticle assemblies in light olefin production, Catalysts 2020, 10(2), 245.

(50) Wattanakit, C.; Kuhn, A*, Encoding chiral molecular information in metal structures, Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 2993-3003.

(51) Assavapanumat, S.; Ketkaew, M.; Kuhn, A*, Wattanakit, C.*; Synthesis, characterization and electrochemical applications of chiral imprinted mesoporous Ni surfaces, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 47, 18870-18876.

(52) Salakhum, S.; Saenluang, K.; Wattanakit, C.*; Stability of monometallic Pt and Ru supported on hierarchical HZSM-5 nanosheets for hydrodeoxygenation of lignin-derived compounds in aqueous-phase, Sustain. Energy Fuels, 2020, 4, 1126-1134.

(53) Ketkaew, M.; Suttipat, D.; Kidkhunthod, P.; Witoon, T.; Wattanakit, C.*; Nanoceria-modified platinum supported on hierarchical zeolites for selective alcohol oxidation, RSC Adv., 2019, 9, 36027-36033.

(54) Assavapanumat, S.; Ketkaew, M.; Garrigue, P.; Lapeyre, V.; Reculusa, S.; Wattanakit, C.*; Kuhn, A*, Hierarchical multiporous nickel for oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline media, ChemCatChem, 2019, 11, 5951–5960.

(55) Assavapanumat, S.; Gupta, B.; Salinas, G.; Goudeau, B.; Wattanakit, C.*, Kuhn, A.*, Chiral platinum–polypyrrole hybrid films as efficient enantioselective actuators, Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 10956-10959.

(56) Thivasasith, A.; Maihom, M.; Pengpanich, S.; Limtrakul, J.; Wattanakit, C.*, Nanocavity effects of various zeolite frameworks on n-pentane cracking to light olefins: combination studies of DFT calculations and experiments, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2019, 21, 22215-22223. 

(57) Suttipat, D.; Yutthalekha, T.; Wannapakdee, W.; Dugkhuntod, P.; Wetchasat, P.; Kidkhunthod, P.; Wattanakit, C.* Tunable acid‐base bifunction of hierarchical aluminum‐rich zeolites for the one‐pot tandem deacetalization‐henry reaction, ChemPlusChem, 2019, 84, 1–6.

(58) Imyen, T.; Wannapakdee, W.; Limtrakul, J.; Wattanakit, C.*; Role of hierarchical micro-mesoporous structure of ZSM-5 derived from an embedded nanocarbon cluster synthesis approach in isomerization of alkenes, catalytic cracking and hydrocracking of alkanes, Fuel 2019, 254, 115593.

(59) Dugkhuntod, P.; Imyen, T.*; Wannapakdee, W.; Yutthalekha, T.; Salakhum, S.; Wattanakit, C.; Synthesis of hierarchical ZSM-12 nanolayers for levulinic acid esterification with ethanol to ethyl levulinate, RSC Adv., 2019, 9, 18087-18097.

(60) Wannapakdee, W.; Meng, L.; van Hoof, A. J. F.; Bolshakov, A.; Wattanakit, C.; Hensen, E.J.E.*, The important role of rubidium hydroxide in the synthesis of hierarchical ZSM‐5 zeolite using cetyltrimethylammonium as structure‐directing agent, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 2493–2497.

(61) Salakhum, S.; Yutthalekha, T.; Shetsiri, S.; Witoon, T.; Wattanakit, C.*, Bifunctional and bimetallic Pt–Ru/HZSM-5 nanoparticles for the mild hydrodeoxygenation of lignin-derived 4-propylphenol, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2019, 2, 2, 1053-1062. 

(62) Assavapanumat, S.; Yutthalekha, T.; Garrigue, P.; Goudeau, B.; Lapeyre, V.; Perro, A.; Sojic, N.; Wattanakit, C.*; Kuhn A*, Potential induced fine‐tuning the enantioaffinity of chiral metal phases, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58,3471–3475.

(63) Shetsiri, S.; Thivasasith, A.; Wannapakdee, W.; Saenluang, K.; Wetchasat, P.; Salakhum, S.; Nokbin, S.; Limtrakul, J.; Wattanakit, C.*, Sustainable production of ethylene from bioethanol over hierarchical ZSM-5 nanosheets, Sustain. Energy Fuels, 2019, 3, 115-126.

(64) Wannapakdee, W.; Yutthalekha, T.; Dugkhuntod, P.; Rodponthukwaji, K.; Thivasasith, A.; Nokbin, S.; Witoon, T.; Pengpanich, S.; Wattanakit, C.*, Dehydrogenation of propane to propylene using promoter-free hierarchical Pt/silicalite-1 nanosheets, Catalysts, 2019, 9, 174.

(65) Thivasasith, A.; Maihom, M.; Pengpanich, S.; Limtrakul, J.; Wattanakit, C.*, Insights into the reaction mechanism of n-hexane dehydroaromatization to benzene over gallium embedded HZSM-5: Effect of H2 incorporated on active sites, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2019, 21, 5359-5367.

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