Nanoparticle classification, physicochemical properties, characterization, and applications: a comprehensive review for biologists

N Joudeh, D Linke - Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2022 - Springer
Interest in nanomaterials and especially nanoparticles has exploded in the past decades
primarily due to their novel or enhanced physical and chemical properties compared to bulk …

Surface and interface coordination chemistry learned from model heterogeneous metal nanocatalysts: from atomically dispersed catalysts to atomically precise …

W **g, H Shen, R Qin, Q Wu, K Liu, N Zheng - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The surface and interface coordination structures of heterogeneous metal catalysts are
crucial to their catalytic performance. However, the complicated surface and interface …

Surface coordination chemistry of atomically dispersed metal catalysts

R Qin, K Liu, Q Wu, N Zheng - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Atomically dispersed metal catalysts (ADCs), as an emerging class of heterogeneous
catalysts, have been widely investigated during the past two decades. The atomic dispersion …

Atomic origins of the high catalytic activity of nanoporous gold

T Fujita, P Guan, K McKenna, X Lang, A Hirata… - Nature materials, 2012 - nature.com
Distinct from inert bulk gold, nanoparticulate gold has been found to possess remarkable
catalytic activity towards oxidation reactions. The catalytic performance of nanoparticulate …

Nanocatalysis: size-and shape-dependent chemisorption and catalytic reactivity

BR Cuenya, F Behafarid - Surface Science Reports, 2015 - Elsevier
In recent years, the field of catalysis has experienced an astonishing transformation, driven
in part by more demanding environmental standards and critical societal and industrial …

Synthesis and catalytic properties of metal nanoparticles: Size, shape, support, composition, and oxidation state effects

BR Cuenya - Thin Solid Films, 2010 - Elsevier
Exciting new opportunities are emerging in the field of catalysis based on nanotechnology
approaches. A new understanding and mastery of catalysis could have broad societal …

The critical role of water at the gold-titania interface in catalytic CO oxidation

J Saavedra, HA Doan, CJ Pursell, LC Grabow… - Science, 2014 - science.org
We provide direct evidence of a water-mediated reaction mechanism for room-temperature
CO oxidation over Au/TiO2 catalysts. A hydrogen/deuterium kinetic isotope effect of nearly 2 …

Gold catalysis

ASK Hashmi, GJ Hutchings - … Chemie International Edition, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Catalysis by gold has rapidly become a hot topic in chemistry, with a new discovery being
made almost every week. Gold is equally effective as a heterogeneous or a homogeneous …

Increased silver activity for direct propylene epoxidation via subnanometer size effects

Y Lei, F Mehmood, S Lee, J Greeley, B Lee, S Seifert… - Science, 2010 - science.org
Production of the industrial chemical propylene oxide is energy-intensive and
environmentally unfriendly. Catalysts based on bulk silver surfaces with direct propylene …

Catalytically highly active top gold atom on palladium nanocluster

H Zhang, T Watanabe, M Okumura, M Haruta… - Nature materials, 2012 - nature.com
Catalysis using gold is emerging as an important field of research in connection with
'green'chemistry,,. Several hypotheses have been presented to explain the markedly high …