This volume contains the texts of the conferences presented at the First Francqui Colloquium, held in Brussels on 19 and 20 February 1996 and organised by Professor Eric G. Derouane, 1994 Francqui Prize, Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Innovative Catalysis at the University of Liverpool. These conferences cover broadly the field of molecular heterogeneous catalysis, including catalyst preparation, theory, modelling, new concepts, reactivity, and vistas.
