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 …

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 …

Gold Nanoparticles for Physics, Chemistry and Biology offers an overview of recent research
into gold nanoparticles, covering their discovery, usage and contemporary practical …

Carbon dioxide chemistry has attracted significant interest in recent years. Although the field
is diverse, a current and more comprehensive review of the surface science literature may …

Morphology, electronic structure, and CO adsorption of gold supported on well-ordered
CeO2 (111) thin films and CeO x nanoparticles were studied by scanning tunneling …

Temperature desorption spectroscopy (TDS) and infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy
(IRAS) were used to study CO adsorption on the terrace and step sites of Pt nanoparticles …

Small gold nanoclusters in a very narrow size distribution (1.1±0.5 nm) have been stabilized
onto multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT). Theoretical studies supported by XPS and …

Thiol monolayer-protected Au clusters (MPCs) were prepared using dendrimer templates,
deposited onto a high-surface-area titania, and then the thiol stabilizers were removed …

The influence of surface hydroxylation on nucleation and sintering of gold nanoparticles was
studied by comparison of Au deposition and thermal sintering on ideally terminated MgO …

The synthesis of architecturally designed catalytic nanostructures and their in situ
characterization under reaction conditions enable the development of catalysts with …