Heterogeneous catalysts represent the backbone of many industrial processes and thus
have a considerable societal impact. The active sites of these heterogeneous catalysts are …

N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have become one of the most widely studied class of
ligands in molecular chemistry and have found applications in fields as varied as catalysis …

N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) represent one of the most important organic ligands in
coordination chemistry, and have been recently attracting increasing attention in …

Controlling the size and surface functionalization of nanoparticles (NPs) can lead to
improved properties and applicability. Herein, we demonstrate the efficiency of the metal …

The formation of transient hybrid nanoscale metal species from homogeneous molecular
precatalysts has been demonstrated by in situ NMR studies of catalytic reactions involving …

Tuning the surface-embellishing ligands of metal nanoparticles (NPs) is a powerful strategy
to modulate their morphology and surface electronic and functional features, impacting their …

Conspectus Although there has been for the past 20 years great interest in the synthesis and
use of metal nanoparticles, little attention has been paid to the complexity of the surface of …

Abstract Gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) functionalized with N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)
ligands immobilized onto graphene are obtained via spontaneous decomposition of well …

We report a surface organometallic route that generates copper nanoparticles (NPs) on a
silica support while simultaneously passivating the silica surface with trimethylsiloxy groups …

Metal‐nanoparticles (M‐NPs) have been widely applied in catalysis, imaging, sensing and
medicine. One particularly active area of this research is the modification of the surface of …