Nanostructured oxides in chemistry: characterization and properties

M Fernandez-Garcia, A Martinez-Arias… - Chemical …, 2004 - ACS Publications
Metal oxides play a very important role in many areas of chemistry, physics, and materials
science. 1-5 The metal elements are able to form a large diversity of oxide compounds. 6 …

Carbon monoxide MgO from dispersed solids to single crystals: a review and new advances

G Spoto, EN Gribov, G Ricchiardi, A Damin… - Progress in surface …, 2004 - Elsevier
In this review we describe 30 years of research on the surface properties of magnesium
oxide, considered as the model prototype oxide of cubic structure. The surface properties of …

Metal-specific reactivity in single-atom catalysts: CO oxidation on 4d and 5d transition metals atomically dispersed on MgO

BB Sarma, PN Plessow, G Agostini… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Understanding and tuning the catalytic properties of metals atomically dispersed on oxides
are major step**-stones toward a rational development of single-atom catalysts (SACs) …

[PDF][PDF] Metal oxide nanoparticles

M Fernández-Garcia, JA Rodgriguez - 2007 - scholar.archive.org
This chapter covers the fundamental science, synthesis, characterization, physicochemical
properties and applications of oxide nanomaterials. Explains fundamental aspects that …

A DFT study of the acid–base properties of anatase TiO2 and tetragonal ZrO2 by adsorption of CO and CO2 probe molecules

HYT Chen, S Tosoni, G Pacchioni - Surface Science, 2016 - Elsevier
We have performed a comparative study of the acid–base characteristics of the surfaces of
anatase TiO 2 and tetragonal ZrO 2. To this end we performed DFT+ U calculations on CO …

Revisiting acido-basicity of the MgO surface by periodic density functional theory calculations: role of surface topology and ion coordination on water dissociation

C Chizallet, G Costentin, M Che… - The Journal of …, 2006 - ACS Publications
Low-coordinated (LC) ions at the MgO surface (noted Mg2+ LC and O2-LC with L= 1− 5),
located on monatomic and diatomic steps, corners, step divacancies, and kinks, have been …

Strong and weak adsorption of CO on CeO2 surfaces from first principles calculations

Z Yang, TK Woo, K Hermansson - Chemical physics letters, 2004 - Elsevier
The adsorption of CO on (111),(110) surfaces of ceria (CeO2) was studied using projector-
augmented wave (PAW) method based density-functional theory within generalized gradient …

Structure sensitivity of the oxidative activation of methane over MgO model catalysts: II. Nature of active sites and reaction mechanism

P Schwach, N Hamilton, M Eichelbaum, L Thum… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
A series of pure, nanostructured magnesium oxides prepared by different synthesis
techniques that show different initial, but similar steady-state activity in the oxidative coupling …

Nature of Sintering‐Resistant, Single‐Atom Ru Species Dispersed on Zirconia‐Based Catalysts: A DFT and FTIR Study of CO Adsorption

HV Thang, S Tosoni, L Fang, P Bruijnincx… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Recent studies on the upgrade of cellulosic biomass to renewable chemicals and fuels
based on Ru/ZrO2 catalysts have shown that the catalyst contains atomically dispersed …

Including charge penetration effects in molecular modeling

B Wang, DG Truhlar - Journal of chemical theory and computation, 2010 - ACS Publications
Electrostatic effects are often the dominant component of intermolecular interactions, but
they are often modeled without accounting for charge penetration effects due to the finite …