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70	Catalytic characterization of mesoporous Ti-Silica hollow spheres M. Baca, W. J. Li, P. Du, G. Mul, J. A. Moulijn and M.-O. Coppens Catalysis Letters, 2006, 109, 207
69	Effects of heterogeneity on diffusion in nanopores— From inorganic materials to protein crystals and ion channels M.-O. Coppens and A. J. Dammers Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2006, 241, 308
68	Characterization of the void size distribution in fluidized beds using statistics of pressure fluctuations B. Bai, S. Gheorghiu, J. R. van Ommen, J. Nijenhuis and M. -O. Coppens Powder Technology, 2005, 160, 81
67	Imposing dynamic structures on fluidised beds F. Kleijn van Willigen, D. Christensen, J. R. van Ommen and M. -O. Coppens Catalysis Today, 2005, 105, 560
66	Tuning of nanostructured SBA-15 silica using phosphoric acid R. Pitchumani, W. Li and M. -O. Coppens Catalysis Today, 2005, 105, 618
65	Tuning the morphology of SBA-15 by stirring in the presence of phosphoric acid: films, cakes, fibers and bundles of threads R. Pitchumani, W. Li and M. -O. Coppens Stud. Surf. Sci. Cat., 2005, 156, 83
64	Optimal design of hierarchically structured nanoporous catalysts M.-O. Coppens, S. Gheorghiu and P. Pfeifer Stud. Surf. Sci. Cat., 2005, 156, 371
63	Diffusion of water and sodium counter-ions in nanopores of a β-lactoglobulin crystal: a molecular dynamics study K. Malek, T. Odijk and M. -O. Coppens Nanotechnology, 2005, 16, S522
62	Testing the consistency of the Maxwell-Stefan formulation when predicting self-diffusion in zeolites with strong adsorption sites M. -O. Coppens and V. Iyengar Nanotechnology, 2005, 16, S442
61	Synthesis and Characterization of Stable Hollow Ti-Silica Microspheres with a Mesoporous Shell W. Li and M. -O. Coppens Chem. Mater., 2005, 17, 2241
60	Scaling Up and Down in a Nature Inspired Way M. -O. Coppens Ind. & Engng Chem. Res., 2005, 44, 5011
59	Diffusion in Protein Crystals - A Computer Simulation K. Malek, T. Odijk and M. -O. Coppens ChemPhysChem, 2004,  5, 1596
58	Heterogeneity explains features of "anomalous" thermodynamics and statistics S. Gheorghiu and M. -O. Coppens PNAS, 2004, 101, 15852
57	La Geometrie fractale de la nature comme inspiratrice de technologies nouvelles en genie chimique", M.-O. Coppens Fractales en progres, ed. F. Begon et B. Sapoval, Paris, novembre 2004
56	Dynamic Monte-Carlo simulations of binary self diffusion in zeolites: Effect of strong and weak adsorption sites. V. Iyengar and M. -O. Coppens Chem. Engng. Sci., 2004, 59, 4747
55	Nature Inspired Chemical Engineering - Learning from The Fractal Geometry of Nature in Sustainable Chemical Engineering M.-O. Coppens Invited paper for the Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics (Mandelbrot Jubilee Special Issue), (2004)
54	Benoit Mandelbrot, Wizard of Science M. -O. Coppens Invited tribute article for the special Mandelbrot Jubilee issue of the Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics, 2004, 72, Part 2, (M. L. Lapidus and M. van Frankenhuijsen, eds.)
53	Imposing dynamic structure on fluidized beds J. R. van Ommen and M. -O. Coppens NPT Procestechnologie, 2004, 11, 16
52	Dynamic Monte-Carlo simulations of diffusion and reactions in zeolites, F. J. Keil and M.-O. Coppens in Computer Modeling of Microporous Materials, 2004, Elsevier Academic Press, 109
51	Monitoring fluidized bed hydrodynamics using power-law statistics of pressure fluctuations S. Gheorghiu, J. R. van Ommen and M. -O. Coppens Fluidization XI, 2004, eds. U. Arena, R. Chirone, M. Miccio and P. Salatino (ECI, Engineering Conferences International, NY, 2004), 403
50	Structuring fluidized bed operation in a nature inspired way. M. -O. Coppens Fluidization XI, eds. U. Arena, R. Chirone, M. Miccio  and P. Salatino (ECI, Engineering Conferences International, NY), 2004, 83
49	Learning from nature in building sustainable chemical technology. M.-O. Coppens, Design & Nature (Witpress, 2004) In press.
48	Optimal placement of probes for dynamic pressure measurements in large-scale fluidized beds J. R. van Ommen, J. van der Schaaf, J. C. Schouten, B. G. M. van Wachem, M. -O. Coppens and C.M. van den Bleek Powder Tech., 2004, 139, 264
47	Optimal bimodal pore networks for heterogeneous catalysis. S. Gheorghiu and M. -O. Coppens A.I.Ch.E. J., 2004, 50, 812
46	Festschrift for Professor Cor M. van den Bleek M. -O. Coppens, J. R. van Ommen Chem. Eng. J., 2003, 96, 1
45	Synthesis of bimodal nano-structured silicas with independently controlled small and large mesopore sizes J. H. Sun, Z. Shan, T. Maschmeyer, and M.-O. Coppens Langmuir, 2003, 19, 8395
44	Structuring chaotic fluidized beds M. -O. Coppens, J. R. van Ommen Chem. Eng. J., 2003, 96, 117
43	Synthesis of silica nanotubes from kaolin clay W. Dong, W. Li, K. Yu, K. Krishna, L. Song, X. Wang, Z. Wang, M. -O. Coppens and S. Feng Chem. Commun., 2003, 1302
42	Preparation of large pore high quality MCM-48 silica by a simple post-synthesis hydrothermal treatment.  J.-H. Sun and M.-O. Coppens Stud. Surf. Sci. and Catal., 146, 157 - 161. Nanotechnology in Mesostructured Materials: Proceedings of the 3rd International Mesostructured Materials Symposium, Jeju, Korea, (eds. S.-E. Park et al.) (2002)
41	Knudsen self- and Fickian diffusion in rough nanoporous media K. Malek and M.-O. Coppens J. Chem. Phys, 2003, 119, 2801
40	Nature Inspired Chemical Engineering -- Inaugural Lecture M.-O. Coppens Inaugural lecture as Full Professor at Delft University of Technology, 11 October 2002. Delft University Press. ISBN 90-407-2405-9, (2003)
39	Power law distribution of pressure fluctuations in multiphase flow S. Gheorghiu, J. R. van Ommen, and M.-O. Coppens Phys. Rev. E, 2003, 67, 041305
38	Multiperiodic Multifractal Martingale Measures J. Barral, M.-O. Coppens and B.B. Mandelbrot Journal des Mathematiques Pures et Appliquees, 2003, 82, 1555
37	Dynamic Monte-Carlo simulations of diffusion limited reactions in rough nanopores M. -O. Coppens and K. Malek Chem. Eng. Sci., 2003, 58, 4787
36	Application of chaos analysis to multiphase reactors Cor M. van den Bleek, M. -O. Coppens and J. C. Schouten Chem. Eng. Sci., 2002, 57, 4763
35	A hydrothermal post-synthesis route for the preparation of high quality MCM-48 silica with a tailored pore size J. H. Sun and M.-O. Coppens J. of Mater. Chem., 2002, 12, 3016
34	Pulsation Induced Transition From Chaos to Periodically Ordered Patterns in Fluidized Beds M. -O. Coppens, M. A. Regelink, and Cor M. van den Bleek The 4th World Conference on Particle Technology, Sydney, Australia, July 2002
33	Pore roughness effects on self- and transport diffusion in nanoporous materials K. Malek and Marc-Olivier Coppens Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2002,  206, 335
32	Alcothermal synthesis of large pore, high quality MCM-48 silica J.-H. Sun and M.-O. Coppens Stud. Surf. Sci. and Catal., 2002, 141, 85
31	Synthesis of tailored bimodal mesoporous materials with independent control of the dual pore size distribution J. Sun, Z. Shan, T. Maschmeyer, J. A. Moulijn and M. -O. Coppens Chem. Commun., 2001, 24, 2670
30	Synthesis of hierarchical porous silicas with a controlled pore size distribution at various length scales M.-O. Coppens, J. H. Sun and T. Maschmeyer Catalysis Today, 2001, 69, 331
29	Effects of surface roughness on self- and transport diffusion in porous media in the Knudsen regime K. Malek and M.-O. Coppens Phys. Rev. Letters, 2001, 87, 12, art. no. 125505
28	Characterization of fractal surface roughness and its influence on diffusion and reaction M. -O. Coppens Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2001, 187-188, 257
27	Nature inspired process technology M.-O. Coppens NPT Process Technology, 2002, 16
26	Fractalen in de chemische technologie. M.-O. Coppens Leren van de natuur. Natuur & Techniek, 2001, 69, 60
25	A monitoring method for fluidized beds to observe changes in particle size distribution: Application to early agglomeration detection. J. R. van Ommen, J. C. Schouten, M.-O. Coppens, C.M. van den Bleek, NPT Procestechnologie, 2001, 1, 23
24	Timely detection of agglomeration in biomass fired fluidized beds. J. R. van Ommen, J. C. Schouten, M.-O. Coppens, W. Lin, K. Dam-Johansen and C. M. van den Bleek Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Fluidized Bed Combustion, ed. D.W. Geiling (ASME, NY, 2001). (ASME Best paper award)
23	Monitoring fluidized bed hydrodynamics to detect changes in particle size distribution. J. R. van Ommen, J. C. Schouten, M.-O. Coppens and C. M. van den Bleek Fluidization X, eds. M. Kwauk, J. Li and W.-C. Yang (United Engineering Foundation, NY), 2001, 787
22	Hydrodynamics of gas-solid fluidized beds using a fractal injector Y. Cheng, C.M. van den Bleek and M.-O. Coppens Fluidization X, eds. M. Kwauk, J. Li and W.-C. Yang (United Engineering Foundation, NY), 373-380, (2001)
21	Alcothermal synthesis under basic conditions of an SBA-15 with increased long-range order and stability J.-H. Sun, J.A. Moulijn, J.C. Jansen, Th. Maschmeyer and M.-O. Coppens Adv. Mat. 2001, 13, 327
20	Robust learning of chaotic attractors. R. Bakker, J.C. Schouten, M.-O. Coppens, F. Takens, C.L. Giles and C.M. van den Bleek Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 12, eds. S.A. Solla, T.K. Leen and K.-R. Muller (MIT Press), 879-885, (2000)
19	Modeling of diffusion in zeolites F.J. Keil, R. Krishna and M.-O. Coppens Rev. Chem. Engng, 2000, 16, 71
18	Architectuur van molecuul tot chemische fabriek. M.-O. Coppens Wiskunde, symmetrie en chemie. Chemisch Weekblad 12 februari 2000.
17	Early Warning of Agglomeration in Fluidized Beds by Attractor Comparison J. Ruud van Ommen, Marc-Olivier Coppens, Cor M. van den Bleek and Jaap C. Schouten AIChE Journal, 2000, 46, 2183
16	Easy and natural generation of multifractals: Multiplying harmonics of periodic functions M.-O. Coppens and B. B. Mandelbrot In: Fractals: Theory and Applications in Engineering, eds. M. Dekking, J. Levy-Vehel, E. Lutton and C. Tricot (Springer Verlag, Berlin), pages 115-124, (1999)
15	Influence of occupancy and pore network topology on tracer and transport diffusion in zeolites. M.-O. Coppens, A. T. Bell and A. K. Chakraborty Scientific Computing in Chemical Engineering, eds. F. Keil, W. Mackens, H. Voss and J. Werther (Springer Verlag, Berlin), 200-207. Click here for paper (Copyright Springer Verlag, 1999)
14	The effect of fractal surface roughness on diffusion and reaction in porous catalysts - from fundamentals to practical application Marc-Olivier Coppens Catalysis Today, 1999, 53, 225
13	Monitoring fluidization by dynamic pressure analysis J. R. van Ommen, J. C. Schouten, M.-O. Coppens and C. M. van den Bleek Chem. Eng. Technol., 1999, 22, 773
12	Dynamic Monte-Carlo and mean-field study of the effect of strong adsorption sites on self-diffusion in zeolites Marc-Olivier Coppens, Alexis T. Bell and Arup K. Chakraborty Chem. Eng. Sci., 1999, 54, 3455
11	Effect of topology and molecular occupancy on self-diffusion in lattice models of zeolites - Monte-Carlo simulations Marc-Olivier Coppens, Alexis T. Bell and Arup K. Chakraborty Chem. Eng. Sci., 1998, 53, 2053
10	Determination of the surface fractal dimension for porous media by mercury porosimetry and capillary condensation (in Chinese). X.-Y. Guo, Y.-W. Li, S.-Y. Chen and H.-P. Yang (=M.-O. Coppens),  Progress in Chemistry (China), 1998, 10, 97
9	A comparison of reaction rates in mass fractal and nonfractal catalysts M.-O. Coppens and G. F. Froment, Fractals and Chaos in Chemical Engineering, eds. M. Giona and G. Biardi (World Scientific, Singapore), 15-26 (1997)
8	Accessibility of a catalyst's fractal surface to diffusing and reacting molecules. M.-O. Coppens Fractals in Engineering, eds. J. Levy-Vehel, E. Lutton and C. Tricot (Springer Verlag, Berlin), 336-349 (1997)
7	The effectiveness of mass fractal catalysts M.-O. Coppens and G. F. Froment Fractals, 1997, 5, 493
6	Catalyst design accounting for the fractal surface morphology M.-O. Coppens and G. F. Froment Chem. Engng J., 1996, 64, 69
5	Fractal aspects in the catalytic reforming of naphtha. M.-O. Coppens and G. F. Froment, Chem. Eng. Sci., 1996, 51, 2283
4	Knudsen diffusion in porous catalysts with a fractal internal surface. M.-O. Coppens and G.F. Froment, Fractals 3, 807-820. Also in: Fractal Geometry and Analysis. The Mandelbrot Festschrift, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, 2-4 February 1995, eds. C.J.G. Evertsz, H.-O. Peitgen and R.F. Voss (World Scientific, Singapore, 1996), 503-516
3	Diffusion and reaction in a fractal catalyst pore - III. Application to the simulation of vinyl acetate production from ethylene. M.-O. Coppens and G.F. Froment Chem. Eng. Sci., 1994, 49, 4897-4907
2	Diffusion and reaction in a fractal catalyst pore - I. Geometrical aspects M.-O. Coppens and G.F. Froment Chem. Eng. Sci., 1995, 50, 1013
1	Diffusion and reaction in a fractal catalyst pore - II M.-O. Coppens and G.F. Froment, Diffusion and first-order reaction Chem. Eng. Sci., 1995, 50, 1027

Presentation Records AIChE Annual Meeting

10	K. Malek and M-O. Coppens, 2001, Dynamic Monte-Carlo simulations of self- and transport diffusion in rough nanoporous materials in the Knudsen regime. A.I.Ch.E. Presentation Record, Annual Meeting 2001. Topical Conference on Nanotechnology.
9	M.A. Regelink, C.M. van den Bleek and M.-O. Coppens, 2001, Regular pattern formation by pulsed gas injection in fluidized beds. A.I.Ch.E. Presentation Record, Annual Meeting 2001. Particle Technology Forum. 198f.
8	M.-O. Coppens and J.H. Sun, 2001, Synthesis of hierarchically structured nanoporous materials with a controlled bimodal pore size distribution. A.I.Ch.E. Presentation Record, Annual Meeting 2001. Topical Conference on Nanotechnology. T7015i
7	J. R. van Ommen, J. C. Schouten, M.-O. Coppens, W. Lin, K. Dam-Johansen and C. M. van den Bleek, 2000, Extending the fluidized bed monitoring method by using multiple references and multiple signals. A.I.Ch.E. Presentation Record, Annual Meeting 2000. Fundamentals of Fluidization and Fluid-Particle Systems 2.
6	Y. Cheng, C.M. van den Bleek and M.-O. Coppens, 2000, Scale-up and hydrodynamics of gas-solid fluidized beds with fractal-like injectors. A.I.Ch.E. Presentation Record, Annual Meeting 2000. Session T1b04.
5	M.-O. Coppens, Y. Cheng and C.M. van den Bleek, 1999, Controlling fluidized bed operation using a novel hierarchical gas injection system. A.I.Ch.E. Presentation Record, Annual Meeting 1999. Paper 304d. Click here for abstract
4	M.-O. Coppens, 1999, Geometrical control of multiphase processes using a new fluid injection system. A.I.Ch.E. Presentation Record, Annual Meeting 1999. Paper 288c. Click here for abstract
3	Y. Cheng, S. Kaart, C.M. van den Bleek and M.-O. Coppens, 1999, Control of chaotic dynamics in a 2-D fluidized bed by periodic gas injection. A.I.Ch.E. Presentation Record, Annual Meeting 1999. Paper 141g. Click here for abstract
2	J. R. van Ommen, J. C. Schouten, M.-O. Coppens and C. M. van den Bleek, 1999, Detecting agglomeration in a gas-solids fluidized bed without disturbance from gas velocity fluctuations and bed mass variations. A.I.Ch.E. Presentation Record, Annual Meeting 1999. Paper 143e. Click here for abstract
1	M.-O. Coppens, 1998, Increasing the efficiency of catalysts by a fractal design. A.I.Ch.E. Presentation Record, Annual Meeting 1998.

Patent:

M.-O. Coppens, 2001, Method for operating a chemical and/or physical process by means of a hierarchical fluid injection system. U.S. Patent 6,333,019 (First filing 29 April 1999. Issued 25 December 2001).

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