Support of human capital in area of innovation activity in Slovakia on the basis of European strategy 2020

Development of innovation is a key factor of competitive position individual companies regions and economies. The role of innovation was underline in Strategy 2020. This document is the EU's growth strategy for the coming decade. In a changing world EU can become a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy. The issue of the article is to show support of Slovakia in area of innovation activity. Authors concentrate on the human capital as a main source in creating inventions and innovations

Review on hierarchically microstructured monolithic reactors for high yield continuous production of fine chemicals

Preparation and properties of hierarchically structured porous silica monoliths have been discussed from the viewpoint of their application as continuous microreactors for liquid-phase synthesis of fine chemical in multi kilogram scales. The results of recent topical papers published by two research teams of Institute of Chemical Engineering Polish Academy of Sciences (ICE) and Department of Chemical Engineering and Process Design, Chemical Faculty, Silesian University of Technology (SUT) have been analyzed to specify the governing traits of microreactors. It was concluded that even enhancement factor of 100 in activity, seen in enzyme catalyzed reactions, can be explained by a proportional reduction of its physical constraints, i.e. huge enhancement of external mass transfer and micromixing. It is induced by very chaotic flows of liquid in tens of thousands of waving connected channels of ca. 25–50 mm in diameter, present in the skeleton. The scale of enhancement in the caseof less active catalysts was smaller, but still large enough to consider the most practical applications