Designing sites in heterogeneous catalysis: are we reaching selectivities competitive with those of homogeneous catalysts?

F Zaera - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
A critical review of different prominent nanotechnologies adapted to catalysis is provided,
with focus on how they contribute to the improvement of selectivity in heterogeneous …

Colloidal self-assembly approaches to smart nanostructured materials

Z Li, Q Fan, Y Yin - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Colloidal self-assembly refers to a solution-processed assembly of nanometer-/micrometer-
sized, well-dispersed particles into secondary structures, whose collective properties are …

Silver nanoparticle enhanced metal-organic matrix with interface-engineering for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Y Liu, CH Liu, T Debnath, Y Wang, D Pohl… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Integrating plasmonic nanoparticles into the photoactive metal-organic matrix is highly
desirable due to the plasmonic near field enhancement, complementary light absorption …

Toward active-site tailoring in heterogeneous catalysis by atomically precise metal nanoclusters with crystallographic structures

R **, G Li, S Sharma, Y Li, X Du - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous catalysis involves solid-state catalysts, among which metal nanoparticles
occupy an important position. Unfortunately, no two nanoparticles from conventional …

High-entropy alloys as a platform for catalysis: progress, challenges, and opportunities

Y **n, S Li, Y Qian, W Zhu, H Yuan, P Jiang, R Guo… - Acs …, 2020 - ACS Publications
High-entropy alloys (HEAs), which are defined as near-equimolar alloys of five or more
elements, are attracting ever increasing attention because of the unique properties in a …

Noble-metal nanocrystals with controlled shapes for catalytic and electrocatalytic applications

Y Shi, Z Lyu, M Zhao, R Chen, QN Nguyen… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The successful synthesis of noble-metal nanocrystals with controlled shapes offers many
opportunities to not only maneuver their physicochemical properties but also optimize their …

Colloidal synthesis of metal nanocrystals: from asymmetrical growth to symmetry breaking

QN Nguyen, C Wang, Y Shang, A Janssen… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanocrystals offer a unique platform for tailoring the physicochemical properties of solid
materials to enhance their performances in various applications. While most work on …

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 …

Galvanic replacement reaction involving core–shell magnetic chains and orientation‐tunable microwave absorption properties

B Zhao, Y Li, Q Zeng, L Wang, J Ding, R Zhang, R Che - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Electromagnetic (EM) wave absorption materials have attracted considerable attention
because of EM wave pollution caused by the proliferation of electronic communication …

Plate-like colloidal metal nanoparticles

L Scarabelli, M Sun, X Zhuo, S Yoo, JE Millstone… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The pseudo-two-dimensional (2D) morphology of plate-like metal nanoparticles makes them
one of the most anisotropic, mechanistically understood, and tunable structures available …