title: Advanced Catalytic Technologies for Improved Global Security
abstract: The abatement of toxic chemical warfare agents (CWA) is conventionally achieved via stoichiometric reactions using strong oxidants with high environmental impact and/or via thermal degradation. The international Project NanoContraChem, in the framework of NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme, aims at obtaining innovative nanostructured inorganic materials for the catalytic decontamination of CWA. In the first year of activity, a class of heterogeneous catalysts has been designed to tran