Single‐atom catalysts hold the potential to significantly impact the chemical sector, pushing
the boundaries of catalysis in new, uncharted directions. These materials, featuring isolated …

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

The platinum-group metals (PGMs) are six neighboring elements in the periodic table of the
elements. Each PGM can efficiently promote unique reactions, and therefore, alloying PGMs …

To achieve high selectivity in enzyme catalysis, nature carefully controls both the catalyst
active site and the pocket or environment that mediates access and the geometry of a …

Among various approaches synthesizing metal nanoparticles and tiny clusters, a template
method using dendrimers has significant advantages over other chemical approaches with …

A nanoparticle with well‐defined surfaces, prepared through colloidal chemistry, enables it
to be studied as a model heterogeneous catalyst. The colloidal synthetic approach provides …

Developing efficient and simple catalysts to reveal the key scientific issues in the
epoxidation of ethylene has been a long-standing goal for chemists, whereas a …

The development of green, sustainable and economical chemical processes is one of the
major challenges in chemistry. Besides the traditional need for efficient and selective …

Light driven excitation of gold nanoparticles (GNPs) has emerged as a potential strategy to
generate hot carriers for photocatalysis through excitation of localized surface plasmon …

Porous organic polymers (POPs) containing catalytically active mononuclear metal centers
can bridge the gap between homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. These materials …