Processes for direct conversion of crude oil to light olefins and light aromatics through steam enhanced catalytic cracking over a core shell cracking catalyst

A process for converting a hydrocarbon feed, the process comprising contacting a hydrocarbon feed with steam in the presence of a cracking catalyst under steam enhanced catalytic cracking conditions, where:

• the cracking catalyst comprises a nanoparticle, wherein the nanoparticle comprises:
• a core comprising at least one zeolite particle, where the at least one zeolite particle comprises ZSM-5 zeolites, Beta zeolites, Y-zeolites, or combinations of these zeolites;
• and
• a shell that is mesoporous and comprises silica (SiO2), alumina (Al2O3), or silica and alumina, where the shell comprises less than 5 wt. % of a zeolitic phase;
• and
• the contacting the hydrocarbon feed with the steam in the presence of the cracking catalyst causes at least a portion of the hydrocarbon feed to undergo steam catalytic cracking reactions to produce a cracked effluent comprising C2 to C4 olefins, C6 to C10 aromatic compounds, or both.