Alloying has long been used as a promising methodology to improve the catalytic
performance of metallic materials. In recent years, the field of alloy catalysis has made …

Metal–organic framework (MOF) nanoparticles, also called porous coordination polymers,
are a major part of nanomaterials science, and their role in catalysis is becoming central …

Metal species with different size (single atoms, nanoclusters, and nanoparticles) show
different catalytic behavior for various heterogeneous catalytic reactions. It has been shown …

Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) is a physical phenomenon exhibited by
nanoparticles of metals including coinage metals, alkali metals, aluminum, and some …

Cross-couplings and related reactions are a class of highly efficient synthetic protocols that
are generally promoted by molecular Pd species as catalysts. However, catalysts based on …

Conspectus Loading metal nanoparticles on the surface of solid supports has emerged as
an efficient route for the preparation of heterogeneous catalysts. Notably, most of these …

The ever-increasing interest in the Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction (SMR) and its
applications, with more than 40 years of history, has increased exponentially in the last …

The applications of copper (Cu) and Cu-based nanoparticles, which are based on the earth-
abundant and inexpensive copper metal, have generated a great deal of interest in recent …

Synthetic organic chemistry experienced a significant advance in the last quarter of the 20th
century with the advent of the transition-metal catalyzed cross-coupling reactions. The utility …

Transition metal (TM) catalyzed cross-coupling reactions are the utmost versatile and
reliable methods for the production of many industrially important fine chemicals. The …