Abstract: The present invention relates to a nano-structured metal-carbon composite and applications thereof, and more specifically, to a nano-structured metal-carbon composite obtained by consecutively impregnating a transition metal precursor and a carbon precursor in a nano frame and reacting the precursors at high temperature. In the metal-carbon composite of the present invention, metal is orderly polydispersed with less than 1 nanometer within a mesoporous carbon, and metal is chemically combined with carbon. Therefore, the metal-carbon composite is useful for electrocatalyst of fuel cells.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method of providing a wet deposition process with a shutter driven in one axis direction in order to produce a thin film or powder array various in composition on a wafer or in a reactor having apertures as many as the number of sample to be produced. A material having various compositions is transferred to an area predetermined by means of a mask on the wafer to form an array having minimum 16 to about 20000 different compositions by mixture or reaction of at least two or more materials to a minimum in a liquid state. By the process, it is possible to develop materials for various use, e.g., ferroelectrics and inorganic material including fluorescencers, organic polymers, organic metals, ionic solids and metal alloys, more efficiently than by the current experiment. The invention also comprises a method of characteristic analysis of the aforementioned array within a short time, in addition to development of the array having aforementioned various compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for automotive lean-burn engine comprising platinum impregnated on a zeolite support and a process for preparing the same. In accordance with the invention, the catalyst comprising a platinum-impregnated zeolite support can be prepared by sublimation, where the zeolite support effectively eliminates hydrocarbons from automotive exhaust gases by adsorption, and platinum as an active component of the catalyst exerts its catalytic activity through the direct decomposition of nitrogen oxides contained in automotive exhaust gases. Furthermore, the catalyst of the invention provides a widened temperature window for maximum catalytic activity and improved catalytic activity, compared to those of the conventional catalysts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for automotive lean-burn engine comprising platinum impregnated on a zeolite support and a process for preparing the same. In accordance with the invention, the catalyst comprising a platinum-impregnated zeolite support can be prepared by sublimation, where the zeolite support effectively eliminates hydrocarbons from automotive exhaust gases by adsorption, and platinum as an active component of the catalyst exerts its catalytic activity through the direct decomposition of nitrogen oxides contained in automotive exhaust gases. Furthermore, the catalyst of the invention provides a widened temperature window for maximum catalytic activity and improved catalytic activity, compared to those of the conventional catalysts.

Abstract: An etching gas mixture for a transition metal thin film, and an etching method using the etching gas mixture are provided. The etching gas mixture is composed of two gases. The first gas is one selected from the group consisting of halogen gas, halide gas, halogen gas mixture, halide gas mixture and gas mixture of halogen and halide. The second gas is one selected from the group consisting of carbon oxide gas, hydrocarbon gas, nitrogen oxide gas and nitrogen-containing gas. The etching gas mixture reacts with the transition metal thin film to form a highly volatile metal halide, so that a fine pattern can be formed with a high selectivity.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing a highly active metallocene catalyst by which polyolefin having improved properties can be prepared with a small amount of cocatalyst. A process for preparing a metallocene catalyst of the invention comprises the steps of: modifying the surface of a zeolite or molecular sieve inorganic carrier possessing crystalline pores of 7 to 100 .ANG. size by the addition of an organic solvent and organic aluminum compound under an environment of inert gas and reacting at a constant temperature, and drying; and, impregnating a metallocene compound into the inorganic carrier by the addition of an organic solvent and said metallocene compound, whose diameter is smaller than the diameters of said pores of the inorganic carrier, to the inorganic carrier and reacting at a constant temperature, and drying. In accordance with the present invention, a highly active metallocene catalyst can be prepared in an economical and efficient manner.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel multicomponent oxide catalyst, more specifically, a highly active and selective catalyst composition which plays a vital role to produce unsaturated nitrile compounds by reacting paraffinoid hydrocarbons with ammonia and oxygen. The formula of catalyst composition of the present invention is represented as A.sub.a B.sub.b C.sub.c D.sub.d In.sub.e Ga.sub.f Bi.sub.g Mo.sub.i O.sub.x. wherein:A is alkali metal, alkali earth metal, silver or copper;B is nickel, cobalt, iron, chromium, ruthenium, palladium or manganese;C is zinc, cadmium, cerium, tin, phosphorus, antimony, lead, tellurium, germanium or aluminum;D is titanium, zirconium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, lanthanum, neodymium, gadolinium or tungsten; and, a, b, c, d, e, f, g and i is the mole of each component, wherein, a is 0 to 10; b is 0 to 5; c is 0 to 15; d is 0 to 14; e is 0 to 2; f is 0 to 7; g is 1 to 25; i is 12 to 40; and, 12.ltoreq.a+b+c+d+e+f+g.ltoreq.40.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel oxide catalyst, more specifically, a novel modified magnesium oxide catalyst which is highly active and selective for ortho-alkylation of phenol.The catalysts for phenol alkylation of the invention are represented as Mg.sub.a Mn.sub.b L.sub.c T.sub.d Q.sub.e O.sub.x .wherein:L is vanadium or chromium;T is alkali metal, alkali earth metal, lead, bisumth, cobalt, aluminum, silicon., gallium, germanium or molybdenum;Q is antimony, cesium or iron;b/a=0 to 0.35(atomic molar ratio);c/a=0.01 to 0.35(atomic molar ratio);d/a=0 to 0.35(atomic molar ratio);e/c=0.1 to 10(atomic molar ratio); and,x is determined by oxidation state of each component.

Abstract: Olefins are hydroformylated to aldehyde in the presence of polymer immobilized rhodium catalysts. These catalysts are suit for the hydroformylation of olefins in the organic solvent or in the aqueous phase.