The Role of In Situ/Operando IR Spectroscopy in Unraveling Adsorbate-Induced Structural Changes in Heterogeneous Catalysis

E Groppo, S Rojas-Buzo, S Bordiga - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous catalysts undergo thermal-and/or adsorbate-induced dynamic changes
under reaction conditions, which consequently modify their catalytic behavior. Hence, it is …

Probing zeolites by vibrational spectroscopies

S Bordiga, C Lamberti, F Bonino, A Travert… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
This review addresses the most relevant aspects of vibrational spectroscopies (IR, Raman
and INS) applied to zeolites and zeotype materials. Surface Brønsted and Lewis acidity and …

Reactivity of surface species in heterogeneous catalysts probed by in situ X-ray absorption techniques

S Bordiga, E Groppo, G Agostini… - Chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Starting from the late seventies, the progressively increased availability of synchrotron light
sources allowed the execution of experiments requiring a high X-ray flux in a continuous …

Probing the surfaces of heterogeneous catalysts by in situ IR spectroscopy

C Lamberti, A Zecchina, E Groppo… - Chemical Society …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
This critical review describes the reactivity of heterogeneous catalysts from the point of view
of four simple, but essential for Chemistry, molecules (namely dihydrogen, carbon …

Sub-micro-and nano-sized polyethylene terephthalate deconstruction with engineered protein nanopores

A Robles-Martín, R Amigot-Sánchez… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
The identification or design of biocatalysts to mitigate the accumulation of plastics, including
sub-micro-and nano-sized polyethylene terephthalate (nPET), is becoming a global …

Applications of extended X-ray absorption fine-structure spectroscopy to studies of bimetallic nanoparticle catalysts

AI Frenkel - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy has been used to study
short range order in heterometallic alloys for almost four decades. In this critical review …

Multifunctional catalysis by Pd@ MIL-101: one-step synthesis of methyl isobutyl ketone over palladium nanoparticles deposited on a metal–organic framework

Y Pan, B Yuan, Y Li, D He - Chemical communications, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Multifunctional catalysis by Pd@MIL-101: one-step synthesis of methyl isobutyl ketone over
palladium nanoparticles deposited on a metal–organic framew ... - Chemical Communications …

Understanding and controlling the aggregative growth of platinum nanoparticles in atomic layer deposition: an avenue to size selection

F Grillo, H Van Bui, JA Moulijn… - The journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We present an atomistic understanding of the evolution of the size distribution with
temperature and number of cycles in atomic layer deposition (ALD) of Pt nanoparticles …

In situ formation of hydrides and carbides in palladium catalyst: when XANES is better than EXAFS and XRD

AL Bugaev, AA Guda, A Lazzarini, KA Lomachenko… - Catalysis Today, 2017 - Elsevier
In a number of hydrogenation reactions, palladium nanoparticles may undergo a transition
to the hydride or the carbide phase, which affects the catalytic properties. In the current work …

Materials characterization by synchrotron x-ray microprobes and nanoprobes

L Mino, E Borfecchia, J Segura-Ruiz, C Giannini… - Reviews of Modern …, 2018 - APS
In recent years synchrotron x-ray microprobes and nanoprobes have emerged as key
characterization tools with a remarkable impact for different scientific fields including solid …