“…The aluminas are widely used as adsorbents, catalysts, and catalysts supports, due to their large specific surface areas, well-defined pore size distributions, stability within a wide temperature range, ability to stabilize and disperse the active phases as well as moderate acidities. There are several reports representing key roles of alumina polymorphs as catalysts supports [14][15][16][17][18][19]. Laurenti et al [20] reported that different polymorphs of alumina in alumina-supported CoMo catalysts resulted in different turnover frequencies (TOF) in HDS of 4,6-DMDBT.…”