Tantalum-containing SiBEA zeolite with isolated framework mononuclear Ta(V) doped with Ag, Cu and Zn were prepared and characterized by XRD, XPS, DR UV-VIS and FTIR (with 2 of additional dehydrogenation sites. Such modification allows accelerating ethanol dehydrogenation to acetaldehyde and subsequent steps of the ethanol-to-butadiene process.Ethanol conversion and butadiene selectivity over the catalysts increase in the order: TaSiBEA < ZnTaSiBEA < AgTaSiBEA < CuTaSiBEA. Higher selectivity to butadiene (73 %) was achieved over CuTaSiBEA (at 88% ethanol conversion, T = 598 К, WHSV = 0.5 h -1 ). 22ASSOCIATED CONTENT Supporting Information. The details of the calculations of the amount of recycled CO 2 in 1,3-butadiene production from biomass, XP spectra, TEM images and diffraction patterns, additional catalytic results. This material is available free of charge via the Internet at http://pubs.acs.org. AUTHOR INFORMATION Corresponding Authors* E-mails: pavlo_kyriienko@ukr.net (P.K.) and stanislaw.dzwigaj@upmc.fr (S.D.).

We have examined the aging behavior of spin-cast thin polymer films as a function of their processing history. Films prepared from solutions close to the Θ temperature were aged for varying times at room temperature, followed by a dewetting experiment above the glass transition temperature of the polymer. The characteristic aging time varied strongly with the quality of the solvent, which is attributed to distorted chain conformations in the as-cast films. This is an indication for the nonequilibrium nature of thin polymer films, possibly causing some of their unexplained properties.

Classical antibacterial surfaces usually involve antiadhesive and/or biocidal strategies. Glycosylated surfaces are usually used to prevent biofilm formation via antiadhesive mechanisms. We report here the first example of a glycosylated surface with biocidal properties created by the covalent grafting of sophorolipids (a sophorose unit linked by a glycosidic bond to an oleic acid) through a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of short aminothiols on gold (111) surfaces. The biocidal effect of such surfaces on Gram+ bacteria was assessed by a wide combination of techniques including microscopy observations, fluorescent staining and bacterial growth tests. About 50% of the bacteria are killed via alteration of the cell envelope. In addition, the role of the sophorose unit and aliphatic chain configuration are highlighted by the lack of activity of substrates modified respectively with sophorose-free oleic acid and sophorolipid-derivative having a saturated aliphatic chain. This system 2 demonstrates thus the direct implication of a carbohydrate in the destabilization and disruption of the bacterial cell envelope.3