Last update: March 8, 2001
FIN-02460 Kantvik
FINLAND
Contact person:
Dr. Juho Jumppanen
Tel. +358-9-2974 674
Fax. +358-9-2982 203
Total staffing of the research center:
Total: 110
Current catalytic research interests:
Carbohydrate reduction
Enzymatic conversions
Microbial conversions
Equipment resources:
Reactors:
batch, CSTR, flow through reactors, hydrogenation pilot, glass line apparatus
partially available
Analytical:
HPLC, GC, GC-MS, CE, AAS, FTIR, UV/VIS spectroscopy, IR, SEM, NMR
Keywords:
Carbohydrate conversion, hydrogenations, reaction kinetics, transition metal
catalysts, biocatalysts, immobilized cells/enzymes
Department of Chemical Technology
Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry
P.O.Box 6100
FIN-02015 HUT
Finland
pt.hut.fi/teke/
Contact person:
Prof. Outi Krause
Tel: +358-9-451 2613
Fax: +358-9-451 2622
E-mail: krause@polte.hut.fi
Total staffing of the research center:
People working in the field of catalysis: 18
Current catalytic research interests:
Hydrogenation
Dehydrogenation
Dimerisation
Hydrodesulfurisation and hydrodeoxygenation
Oxygenation
Esterification
C1-chemistry
Equipment resources:
Barth, CSTR and flow reactors for atmospheric and high pressure catalytic
studies
Gas chromatographs
TPD, TPR
Physisorption and chemisorption
FTIR gas and solid analyzers
Sulfur and carbon analyzer
HPLC
UV-Vis spectrofotometer
Keywords:
Reaction kinetics, hydrogenation, dehydrogenation, hydrodesulfurization,
hydrodeoxygenation, esterification, dimerisation, oxidation, heterogeneous
transition metal catalysts.
Department of Chemical Technology
Laboratory of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
P.O.Box 6100
FIN-02015 HUT
Finland
http://www.hut.fi/Units/Inorganic
Contact person:
Professor Lauri Niinistö
Tel: +358-9-4512600
Fax: +358-9-462373
Total staffing of research centre:
People working in the field of catalysis: 2
Current research interest:
Modified supports, catalyst preparation by ALE
Equipment resources:
XRD, XRF, FTIR, AAS, ALE-reactors, TG/DTG/DTA, gas analysis system
Keywords:
Modified supports, ALE
Laboratory of Physics
P.O. Box 1100
FIN-02015 HUT
Finland
http://www.fyslab.hut.fi/laboratory/Research/
Contact person:
Dr. Jouko Lahtinen
Phone: +358-9-451 3131
Fax: +358-9-451 3116
E-mail: Jouko.Lahtinen@hut.fi
Total staffing of research centre:
People working in the field of catalysis: 4
Interests:
Surface science related to catalysis in ultra high vacuum (UHV)
Structures of surface/adsorbate layers
Modification of surface properties
Equipment:
2 UHV systems equipped with XPS, ESCA
AES, LEISS, TDS, TPD
Preparation chamber for catalyst reduction in situ
Keywords:
Surface science, ultra high vacuum
Catalyst Research
P.O.Box 171
FIN-90101 Oulu
Finland
Contact person:
R&D Manager Matti Härkönen
Tel: +358-8-3138 617
Fax: +358-8-3138 766
E-mail: Matti.Harkonen@kemira.com
Total staffing of the research center:
People working in the field of catalysis: 15
Current catalytic research interests:
Heterogeneous catalysis
Catalytic flue gas purification
Automotive exhaust gas catalysis
Industrial catalysts
Catalysts for small engines and natural gas applications
Equipment resources:
Several automatic microreactor systems for catalyst studies
FTIR and DRIFT
CHN analyzer, MSD, GC
Physisorption and chemisorption
TPD, TPR
Gas analyzers: NOx, SOx, hydrocarbons, oxygen
Keywords:
Auto catalysts, emissions, testing, characterization
Department of Chemical Technology
P.O.Box 20
FIN-52851 Lappeenranta
Finland
Contact persons:
Prof. Erkki Paatero
Tel: +358-5-621 2163
Fax: +358-5-621 2199
E-mail: epaatero@lut.fi
Assoc.Prof. Matti Lindström
Tel: +358-5-621 2107
Fax: +358-5-621 2199
Total staffing of the research center:
People working in the field of catalysis: 6
Current catalytic research interests:
Use of ion-exchanged materials as catalysts
Zeolite catalysts
Isomerization reactions
Equipment resources:
Tubular reactor with on-line analysis, autoclaves, CSTR, fixed-bed reactors
Test facilities for characterization of ion-exchanged materials
Particle laboratory
FTIR with a microscopy
SEM/EDS
Keywords:
Ion-exchange, characterization and testing of ion-exchanged materials, zeolite
catalysts, isomerization reactions
P.O.Box 132
FIN-02631 Espoo
Finland
Contact person:
Dr. Suvi Haukka
Tel: +358-52 554 606
Fax: +358-52 554 600
E-mail: Suvi.Haukka@microchem.fi
Total staffing of the research center:
People working in the field of catalysis:
Current catalytic research interests:
Gas phase technique equipments for catalyst processing (Atomic layer chemical
vapor deposition, ALCVD)
Equipment resources:
Keywords:
Atomic layer chemical vapor deposition, ALCVD, thin film equipment, ALE CVD
reactor
P.O.Box 310
FIN-06101 Porvoo
Finland
Contact person:
Marina Lindblad
R&D Senior Associate in Catalysis
Tel: + 358-104 52 5705
Fax:+ 358- 104 52 5265
E-mail: marina.lindblad@fortum.com
Heidi Österholm
Catalyst characterization
Tel: +358-10452 3239
Fax: +358- 10452 3697
e-mail: heidi.osterholm@fortum.com
Marja Tiitta
Oil Research
Tel: +358- 010452 7580
Fax: + 358-010452 7072
e-mail: marja.tiitta@fortum.com
Total staffing of the research center:
Total:
Current catalytic research interests:
Catalytic processes in oil refining: catalytic cracking, reforming,
hydrodesulfurization, hydrogenation, etherification
Use of heterogeneous catalysts
Catalyst characterization and testing in micro, bench and pilot scale
Equipment resources:
Micro, bench and pilot scale catalytic reactors
Particle size analyzer (laser diffraction)
Dispersion of metals and surface acidity
Physisorption
NMR, MAS NMR, FT-IR, SEM, SEM/EDS, TEM, XRD, XPS
AAS, XRF, Carbon analyzer, Sulfur analyzer, GC
Keywords:
Zeolite catalysts, catalyst characterization and testing, oil refining
processes, cracking, reforming, HDS, hydrogenation, etherification
Institute of Physics
Surface Science Laboratory
P.O. Box 692
FIN-33101 Tampere
Finland
Contact person:
Doc. Mika Valden
Phone: +358 3 365 2555
Fax: +358 3 365 2600
E-mail: valden@alpha.cc.tut.fi
Total staffing of research centre:
People working in the field of catalysis: 7
Current research interests:
Surface reaction kinetics and dynamics
Activated adsorption systems
Structure sensitivity of surface reactions
Nanostructured materials
Surface analysis of supported noble metal catalysts
Equipment resources:
XPS, UPS, AES, XPD, LEED, TPDS, STM
Molecular beam surface scattering (MBSS) for surface reaction studies
Variable temperature and pressure scanning tunneling microscope (STM) for
structural characterisation of surfaces
Keywords:
XPS, UPS, MBSS, TPD, LEED, STM, adsorption, heterogeneous catalysis, supported
catalysts, surface analysis.
Department of Chemistry
Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry
P.O. Box 55
FIN-0014 Helsinki
Finland
Contact person:
Prof. Markku Leskelä
Phone: +358-9-191 50195
Fax: +358-9-191 50198
E-mail: markku.leskela@helsinki.fi
Total staffing of research centre:
Total: 40
People working in the field of catalysis: 15
Interests:
Synthetization of single site catalysts for oligomerization, homo- and
copolymerization of olefins:
metallocenes and half-metallocenes of group 4 metals
O,O-, N,O- and N,N- complexes of early (groups 4-6) and late (groups 9,10)
transition metals
Oxidation of organic compounds with transition metal complex
Equipments:
Vacuum lines for organometallic syntheses
2 single crystal XRDs with cooling systems
NMR, MS
An autoclave for polymerization experiments
Keywords:
Single site catalysts, polymerization catalysts, oligomerization catalysts,
metallocenes, polyolefins, oxidation catalysts
Department of Chemistry
P.O.Box 111
FIN-80101 Joensuu
Finland
http://www.chem.joensuu.fi/
Contact persons:
Prof. Tapani Pakkanen
Tel: +358 13 2513345
Fax: +358 13 2513344
E-mail: Tapani.Pakkanen@joensuu.fi
Prof. Tuula Pakkanen
Tel: +358 13 2513340
Fax: +358 13 2513344
E-mail: Tuula.Pakkanen@joensuu.fi
Total staffing of research centre:
People working in the field of catalysis: 25
Research interests:
Organometallic catalysts, polymerization catalysts, preparation of heterogeneous
catalysts, modeling
Equipment:
Single crystal x-ray, powder X-ray, NMR, MS, specialized spectroscopic
techniques, temperature programmed methods, chemisorption
Keywords:
Metallocenes, metal carbonyls, zeolites, polymerization, water gas shift
reaction, gas phase deposition
Department of Chemistry
Linnanmaa
P.O.Box 444
FIN-90570 Oulu
Finland
Contact person:
Professor Risto Laitinen
Tel: +358 8 5531611
Fax: +358-8-553 1603
E-mail: Risto.Laitinen@oulu.fi
Assoc.Professor Jouni Pursiainen
Tel: +358-8-553 1641
Fax: +358-8-553 1608
E-mail: Jouni.Pursiainen@oulu.fi
Total staff of the research center:
People working in the field of catalysis: 10
Department: Total 80
Current catalytic research interests:
Preparation of catalyst precursors, especially ligands for catalyst development
Exhaust catalysts, flue gas catalysis
Equipment resources:
NMR, MS, specialized spectroscopic techniques for metal analysis (AAS, ICP),
FTIR, Raman, UV
Keywords:
Catalyst precursors, exhaust gas catalysis, transition metal complexes,
organometallic complexes, NMR
Department of Process and Environmental Engineering
Laboratory of Chemical Process Engineering
Linnanmaa
P.O.Box 4300
FIN-90014 University of Oulu
Finland
http://cc.oulu.fi/~posaa/osasto/welcome.html
Docent, Doctor of Technology Riitta Keiski
Tel: +358-8-553 2348, 358-40-7263018
Fax: +358-8-553 2304
E-mail: Riitta.Keiski@oulu.fi
Total staffing of the research center:
People working in the field of catalysis: 10
Total 180
Current catalytic research interests:
Process design and analysis of catalytic processes
Modelling of catalytic processes
Automotive exhaust gas catalysis: stationary and transient studies
Catalytic NOx decomposition and reduction
Use of the FTIR technique in catalyst research
Catalytic hydrogenation of aromatics
Water-gas shift reaction
Reactive distillation and catalytic membranes
Environmental catalysis
Molecular modelling
Equipment resources:
Micro and bench scale catalytic reactor equipment
Automatic microreactor system for catalytic studies (PFTR, CSTR)
Microreactor system with a tubular reactor for kinetic studies
Physisorption and chemisorption
FTIR gas analyzer
Temperature programmed methods (MS)
TGA-DTA
Gas analyzers: NOx, SOx, hydrocarbons, oxygen
Keywords:
Process design, Nox reduction, automotive exhaust gas catalysis, transient
studies, hydrogenation of aromatics, FTIR, reactive distillation, environmental
catalysis
Microelectronics Laboratory
Linnanmaa
FIN-90570 Oulu
Finland
Contact person:
Prof. Vilho Lantto
Tel: +358-8-553 2712
Fax: +358-8-553 2728
E-mail: vila@ee.oulu.fi
Approximate total staffing of the research center:
30
Current catalytic research interests:
Noble metal nanoparticle catalysts on oxide semiconductors used for modifying
the gas sensing properties of the semiconducting material.
Equipment resources:
Ceramic oxide semiconductor processing
Electronic response measurement in controlled gas atmosphere
XRD, XRF
Optical microscopy
SEM/TEM and electron microanalysis
AFM/STM
Keywords:
Ceramic gas sensors, tin dioxide, (author) Lantto V., (author) Rantala T.S.
P.O. Box 1401
02044 VTT
Finland
Contact person:
Marita Niemelä
Tel: +358-9-456 5935
Fax: +358-9-460041
E-mail: Marita.Niemela@vtt.fi
Total staffing of research centre:
VTT : 2800 persons
VTT Chemical technology: 280 persons
People working in the field of catalysis: 15 scientists
Current research interests:
Confidential industrial projects
Catalysts characterizations
Zeolites in catalysis
Antibody catalysts
Catalysts in organic syntheses
C1-chemistry
Transition metal catalysts
Equipment resources:
High pressure reactors
In situ high pressure FTIR
TPD/TPR
SEM/TEM
NMR 600 MHz
Sophisticated analytical services
Keywords:
http://www.vtt.fi
Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry
Biskopsgatan 8
FIN-20500 Åbo
Finland
Contact persons:
Professor Tapio Salmi
Phone: +358-2-2154427
Fax: +358-2-2154479
E-mail: Tapio.Salmi@abo.fi
Professor Dmitry Murzin
Phone: +358 2 21544985
Fax: +358 2 2154479
E-mail: Dmitry.Murzin@abo.fi
www.abo.fi/fak/ktf/tek/
Total staffing of research centre:
People working in the field of catalysis: 20 - 25
Current research interests:
Equipment resources:
Catalytic microreactors
High pressure autoclaves
Gas and liquid chromatographs
Chemisorption and physisorption equipment
FTIR
TPD
Two quadrupole mass spectometers
Keywords:
Zeolites, catalytic combustion, deNOx, hydrogenation, enantioselectivity,
transient techniques, catalytic reactors, diffusional effects