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 …

This review captures the synthesis, assembly, properties, and applications of copper
chalcogenide NCs, which have achieved significant research interest in the last decade due …

Ligand utilization is a necessary and powerful technique for the colloidal synthesis of
nanoparticles (NPs) with controllable sizes and regulated morphologies. For catalysis …

All nanomaterials share a common feature of large surface-to-volume ratio, making their
surfaces the dominant player in many physical and chemical processes. Surface ligands …

Photocatalytic conversion of CO2 into carbonaceous feedstock chemicals is a promising
strategy to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and simultaneously store solar energy in …

The chemical industry relies on catalytic processes, which involve mainly heterogeneous
catalysts because they offer many advantages over their homogeneous counterparts such …

The emergence of high-mobility, colloidal semiconductor quantum dot (QD) solids has
triggered fundamental studies that map the evolution from carrier hopping through localized …

Advances in nanotechnology have enabled precise design of catalytic sites for CO2
photoreduction, pushing product selectivity to near unity. However, activity of most …

Colloidal nanocrystals (NCs, ie, crystalline nanoparticles) have become an important class
of materials with great potential for applications ranging from medicine to electronic and …

Amorphous metal oxides are useful in optical,, electronic,, and electrochemical devices,. The
bonding arrangement within these glasses largely determines their properties, yet it remains …