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Catalysis Today
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Preface
Planar Model System and Heterogeneous Catalysis
Onbehalfofhiscolleagues,formerPhDstudents,postdoctoral andgraduatestudents,juniorandseniorscientistswhohadthe opportunityandenjoyedthescientificcollaborationandthehard workwithProfessorFrigyesSolymosiduringhisdistinguishedcar- rier,wearepleasedtodedicatethisspecialissueofCatalysisToday totheoccasionofhis80thbirthday.
ProfessorSolymosireceivedaPhDinchemistryattheUniversity ofSzeged.In1982hewaselectedasacorrespondentmemberand in1990asafullmemberofHungarianAcademyofSciences.In1992 hewaselectedasamemberofAcademiaEuropaea.Atpresenthe isprofessoremeritusattheUniversityofSzeged,researchprofes- soroftheReactionKineticsLaboratoryoftheHungarianAcademy ofSciences,whichhadbeendirectedbyhimformorethanthirty years.In1993,hereceivedaSzéchenyiAwardwhichisoneofthe highestscientificstatedecorationsinHungary.
During the period between 1962 and 1964 he worked for theCavendishLaboratoryattheUniversityofCambridgeandin 1971–1972fortheFritz-HaberInstituteinWest-Berlin.Hewasa visitingProfessorattheUniversityofLiverpool(1981–1982,1year), attheUniversityofMunich(1987–1988,1year,1998,3months) andatUniversitéPierreetMarieCurie,Paris(1991and1992two times2months).In1988–1989hewasaFulbrightFellowatthe UniversityofTexasatAustin.
He is (or was earlier) a member of the following interna- tionalCommitteesandEditoralBoards:JournalofCatalysis,Surface Science,Catalysis Letters, Topics in Catalysis, CurrentTopics in Catalysis,ReactionKineticsand CatalysisLetters, Councilofthe InternationalAssociation ofCatalysis Societies,Journal ofNatu- ralGasChemistry,CentralEuropeanScienceJournal,International CouncilofReactivityofSolids.Hewasoneoftheco-chairmenofthe 10thInternationalCongressonCatalysis(Budapest1992)andthe chairmanoftheXIVthInternationalSymposiumontheReactivity ofSolids(Budapest2000).
Prof.Solymosiistheauthorofmorethan500papers,mostof thembeingpublishedindifferentinternationaljournals.Hegave morethan290lecturesabroadatvariousinternationalconferences
andatuniversitiesorresearchinstitutes.Thenumberofindepen- dentcitationsonhisworksismorethan7000,whichisthehighest amongtheHungarianchemists.HisHirsch-indexis51.Heisthe authorofthebook:StructureandStabilityofSaltsofHalogenOxy- acidsintheSolidPhase(JohnWileyandSons,1977),andoneof theco-authorsofthebook:ContactCatalysis(ElsevierScientific PublishingCompany,1976).
Prof. Solymosi’s main research fields throughout his entire career focused on heterogeneous catalysis, the char- acterization of solid surfaces, investigation of gas-surface interactions by various spectroscopic methods and the study- ing of surface intermediates formed during the catalytic processes.
WehopethatthisspecialeditionofCatalysisTodayshowshim theappreciationforallhiseffortsovertheyearsfromthosefor whomhehasbeenahelpfulcolleague,mentor,andareallygood friend.Hisfriendsandcolleagueswishhimallthebestformany yearstocome.
AndrásBerkób AndrásErdóhelyia,b,∗
JánosKissa,b
aDepartmentofPhysicalChemistryandMaterial ScienceoftheUniversityofSzeged,Hungary
bReactionKineticsLaboratoryoftheInstituteof NanochemistryandCatalysis,ChemicalResearch CenteroftheHungarianAcademyofSciences, Hungary
∗Correspondingauthorat:DepartmentofPhysical ChemistryandMaterialScienceoftheUniversityof Szeged,Hungary.
E-mailaddress:erdohely@chem.u-szeged.hu (A.Erdóhelyi) Available online 15 December 2011
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doi:10.1016/j.cattod.2011.11.017
