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Catalysis at the University of Messina Research on heterogeneous catalysis is one of the main activities present at the Department of Industrial Chemistry and Engineering of Materials (DICEM) of the University of Messina, Italy. At the Department is also operative the Laboratory of Catalysis for Sustainable Production and Energy (CASPE) created by the InterUniversity Consortium on the Science and Technology of Materials (INSTM) and the University of Messina. From 2001 to 2009 it was also one of the three associated laboratories partecipating to ELCASS (European Laboratory of Catalysis and Surface Science) together with the CNRS and Univ. Louis Pasteur in France, and the the Fritz-Haber-Institute of MPG in Germany. The group of catalysis has many established international collaborations and has coordinated the EU Nework of Excellence on catalysis IDECAT. Several peoples work on catalysis or closely related areas at DICEM, for a total of 12 scientists in permanent position and about 20-30 in non- permanent positions (PhD students, post-doc and research grants, visiting scientists). Over 1000 m² of laboratory space are dedicated to catalysis, in the two main sections of DICEM at the Faculties of Science and Engineering, respectively. The research activities cover many field of herogeneous catalysis (including photo- and electro-catalysis) and related materials such as nanosensors in the areas of new processes for chemical production and energy, and environment protection. The common vision is the development of novel materials and innovative industrial processes. The activities cover aspects from the synthesis and characterization, to the testing and kinetics, to some aspects of reactor, catalyst and process engineering. This web site is dedicated to the research activities of the catalysis group directed by Gabriele CENTI and Siglinda PERATHONER, professors of Industrial Chemistry at the Faculty of Science. They are also actively involved in the European Research Institute of Catalysis (ERIC), the Durable Integrating Structure created from IDECAT. ERIC is an international non-profit organization with registered office in Bruxelles (Belgium) and a leading competence centre in Europe for innovative research on nanotech catalytic materials.