Rino R. Mukti, Dr. rer.nat.

Division of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Institut Teknologi Bandung 

Education

1. S.Si., Department of Chemistry, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia, 2000
2. M.Sc., Department of Chemistry, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia, 2003
3. Dr. rer.nat., Technische Chemie II, Technische Universität München, Germany, 2007
4. Postdoctoral, Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan, 2011 

Research Interests

Porous nanostructured materials and catalysis

Our research has been focused on the development of porous nanostructured materials to be used for catalytic processes. The materials consist of zeolites and other nano-structured materials that are beneficial for producing petro- and bio-derived fuels. The strategy of having larger pore diameter with mesoscale-range in the presence or absence of hierarchical pore-architecture of the cryistalline material is crucial to enhance the catalytic performances. We are interested in designing the synthesis that results this characteristic. Achieving this type of material would lead to solving disadvantages of thermal instability and mild activity that are known to be the trade-off phenomenon between the crystalline and nanomorphous materials.

Selected Publications

1. "INTERACTION OF Zn2+ WITH EXTRAFRAMEWORK ALUMINUM IN HBEA ZEOLITE AND ITS ROLE IN ENHANCING OF N-PENTANE ISOMERIZATION"
   N. H. N. Kamarudin, A. A. Jalil, S. Triwahyono, R. R. Mukti, M. A. A., Aziz, H. D Setiabudi, M. N. M. Muhid
   Applied Catalysis A: General, 2012 in press 

2. "IR STUDY OF IRIDIUM BONDED TO PERTURBED SILANOL GROUPS OF Pt-HZSM5 FOR n-PENTANE ISOMERIZATION"
   H. D. Setiabudi, A. A. Jalil, S. Triwahyono, N. H. N. Kamarudin, R. R.Mukti
   Applied Catalysis A: General, 2012, 417-418, 190-199

3. "HYDROGEN SPILLOVER BEHAVIOR OF Zn/HZSM-5 SHOWING CATALYTICALLY ACTIVE PROTONIC ACID SITES IN THE ISOMERIZATION OF n-PENTANE"
   S. Triwahyono, A. A. Jalil, R. R. Mukti, M. Musthofa, N. A. M. Razali, M. A. Aziz
   Applied Catalysis A: General, 2011, 407, 91-99

4. “CRITICAL-NUCLEI-SIZE AND PACKING EFFECT ON THE PHASE STABILITY OF SOL-PEPTIZATION-GEL DERIVED NANOSTRUCTURED TITANIA”
   S. Winardi, R. R. Mukti, K. N. P. Kumar, J. Wang, W. Wunderlich, T. Okubo
   Langmuir, 2010, 26, 4567-4571.

5. “DIRECT HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS OF HIERARCHICALLY POROUS SILICEOUS ZEOLITE BY USING ALKOXYSILYLATED NONIONIC SURFACTANT”
   R. R. Mukti, H. Hirahara, A. Sugawara, A. Shimojima, T. Okubo
   Langmuir, 2010, 26, 2731-2735

6. “SURFACE TRANSPORT PROCESSES AND STICKING PROBABILITY OF AROMATIC MOLECULES IN HZSM-5”
   S. J. Reitmeier, R. R. Mukti, A. Jentys, J. A. Lercher
   The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2008, 112, 2538-2544.
    
7. “ORIENTATION OF ALKYL-SUBSTITUTED AROMATIC MOLECULES DURING SORPTION IN THE PORES OF MFI ZEOLITES”
   R. R. Mukti, A. Jentys, J. A. Lercher
   The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2007, 111, 3973-3980.