Publications

Peer-reviewed articles in computational chemistry, catalysis, and materials science. Published in JACS, ACS Catalysis, Angewandte Chemie, and more.

Towards improved activity and stability in RWGS reaction: Dispersed copper in mesoporous alumina matrix

Chemical Engineering Journal 2025

Simi, S.; Mathew, T.; Meena, R.; Li, G.; Shiju, N. R. et al.

Activity Descriptors of Mo2C-based Catalysts for C-OH Bond Activation

ChemRxiv 2025

Meena, R.; Purcell, J. M.; Kluijtmans, W.; Zuilhof, H.; Bitter, J. H.; Ouyang, R.; Li, G.

Rationalizing Catalytic Performances of Mo/W‐(Oxy)Carbides for Hydrodeoxygenation Reaction

ChemCatChem 2025 Front Cover

Meena, R.; Draijer, K. M.; van Dam, B.; Zuilhof, H.; Bitter, J. H.; Li, G.

Homolytic fracture of inorganic crystalline materials enhances the mechano-chemical degradation of polypropylene

Chemical Science 2025

Hergesell, A. H.; Popp, S.; Meena, R.; Guarin, V. M. O.; Seitzinger, C. L.; Sievers, C.; Li, G.; Vollmer, I.

Medium-dependent regioselectivity of electrochemical bromination of methyl levulinate

RSC Sustainability 2025

Pirgach, D. A.; Meena, R.; Li, G.; Miloserdov, F. M.; van Es, D. S.; Bruijnincx, P. C. A.; Bitter, J. H.

Surface-Activated Mechano-Catalysis for Ambient Conversion of Plastic Waste

Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024

Hergesell, A. H.; Baarslag, R. J.; Seitzinger, C. L.; Meena, R.; Schara, P.; Tomović, Ž.; Li, G.; Weckhuysen, B. M.; Vollmer, I.

Toward the Rational Design of More Efficient Mo2C Catalysts for Hydrodeoxygenation

ACS Catalysis 2023

Meena, R.; Bitter, J. H.; Zuilhof, H.; Li, G.

Revealing Active Sites and Reaction Pathways in Methane Non‐Oxidative Coupling over Iron‐Containing Zeolites

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2023

Zhang, H.; Bolshakov, A.; Meena, R.; Garcia, G. A.; Dugulan, A. I.; Parastaev, A.; Li, G.; Hensen, E. J. M.; Kosinov, N.

Ground-state properties of the narrowest zigzag graphene nanoribbon from quantum Monte Carlo

Journal of Chemical Physics 2022

Meena, R.; Li, G.; Casula, M.

Comparison of RNC Coupling and CO Coupling Mediated by Cr–Cr Quintuple Bond and B–B Multiple Bonds

Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2021

Ghorai, S.; Meena, R.; Joseph, A. P.; Jemmis, E. D.