Clusters that contain only a small number of atoms can exhibit unique and often unexpected
properties. The clusters are of particular interest in catalysis because they can act as …

Isolated transition metal clusters have been established as useful models for extended metal
surfaces or deposited metal particles, to improve the understanding of their surface …

The catalytic activity of gold depends on particle size, with the reactivity increasing as the
particle diameter decreases. However, investigations into behaviour in the subnanometre …

Since the advent of intense cluster sources, physical and chemical properties of isolated
metal clusters are an active field of research. In particular, gas phase metal clusters …

To probe metal particle/reducible oxide interactions density functional theory based ab initio
molecular dynamics studies were performed on a prototypical metal cluster (Au20) …

Gold can be deposited as nanoparticles (NPs) with diameters of 2–5 nm and clusters with
diameters less than 2 nm on a variety of materials such as oxides, carbides, and sulfides of …

Building metal materials with well-defined components and the monomer-genetic property is
one of the foremost challenges in chemistry and materials science. In recent years, metal …

Although gold in bulk is poorly active as a catalyst, it exhibits surprisingly high catalytic
activity when deposited as nanoparticles (NPs) on base metal oxides. The catalytic …

Isolating Pd atoms has been shown to be crucial for the design of a Pd-based electrocatalyst
toward 2e–oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). However, there are limited studies focusing on …

To determine whether the catalytic roles of extracrystalline and intracrystalline gold
nanoparticles supported on titanosilicate-1 (TS-1) for direct propylene epoxidation are …