Understanding ligand-protected noble metal nanoclusters at work

MF Matus, H Häkkinen - Nature Reviews Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Ligand-protected noble metal nanoclusters, commonly termed 'monolayer-protected metal
clusters'(MPCs), comprise a common set of structures with an inorganic core stabilized by an …

O2 Activation by Metal Surfaces: Implications for Bonding and Reactivity on Heterogeneous Catalysts

MM Montemore, MA Van Spronsen, RJ Madix… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The activation of O2 on metal surfaces is a critical process for heterogeneous catalysis and
materials oxidation. Fundamental studies of well-defined metal surfaces using a variety of …

Reactivity of metal clusters

Z Luo, AW Castleman Jr, SN Khanna - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
We summarize here the research advances on the reactivity of metal clusters. After a simple
introduction of apparatuses used for gas-phase cluster reactions, we focus on the reactivity …

Probing the binding and activation of small molecules by gas-phase transition metal clusters via IR spectroscopy

A Fielicke - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Isolated transition metal clusters have been established as useful models for extended metal
surfaces or deposited metal particles, to improve the understanding of their surface …

CO oxidation as a prototypical reaction for heterogeneous processes

HJ Freund, G Meijer, M Scheffler… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
CO oxidation, although seemingly a simple chemical reaction, provides us with a panacea
that reveals the richness and beauty of heterogeneous catalysis. The Fritz Haber Institute is …

A Ti-anchored Ti 2 CO 2 monolayer (MXene) as a single-atom catalyst for CO oxidation

X Zhang, J Lei, D Wu, X Zhao, Y **g… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
First-principles computations were performed to investigate the catalytic oxidation of CO on
a Ti-anchored Ti2CO2 monolayer, a typical MXene. The Ti2CO2 monolayer could prevent …

Charging Effects on Bonding and Catalyzed Oxidation of CO on Au8 Clusters on MgO

B Yoon, H Hakkinen, U Landman, AS Worz… - Science, 2005 - science.org
Gold octamers (Au8) bound to oxygen-vacancy F-center defects on Mg (001) are the
smallest clusters to catalyze the low-temperature oxidation of CO to CO2, whereas clusters …

Unraveling charge state of supported Au single-atoms during CO oxidation

X Zhou, Q Shen, K Yuan, W Yang, Q Chen… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Thermally stable Au single-atoms supported by monolayered CuO grown at Cu (110) have
been successfully prepared. The charge transfer from the CuO support to single Au atoms is …

Effect of Electronic Structures of Au Clusters Stabilized by Poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) on Aerobic Oxidation Catalysis

H Tsunoyama, N Ichikuni, H Sakurai… - Journal of the American …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Au clusters smaller than 1.5 nm and stabilized by poly (N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone)(PVP) showed
higher activity for aerobic oxidation of alcohol than those of larger size or stabilized by poly …

Size-specific catalytic activity of polymer-stabilized gold nanoclusters for aerobic alcohol oxidation in water

H Tsunoyama, H Sakurai, Y Negishi… - Journal of the American …, 2005 - ACS Publications
Gold nanoclusters (ϕ= 1.3 nm) stabilized by poly (N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone)(Au: PVP NCs)
readily oxidize benzylic alcohols to the corresponding aldehydes and/or carboxylic acids …