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 …

The successful synthesis of noble-metal nanocrystals with controlled shapes offers many
opportunities to not only maneuver their physicochemical properties but also optimize their …

The pseudo-two-dimensional (2D) morphology of plate-like metal nanoparticles makes them
one of the most anisotropic, mechanistically understood, and tunable structures available …

Metal nanoparticles have received intense scientific attention in the field of catalysis. Precise
engineering of nanomaterials' size, shape and surface composition, including adsorbed …

Chirality is ubiquitous in nature and plays mysterious and essential roles in maintaining key
biological and physiological processes. As biological systems display high selectivity for …

Precious metals are key in various fields of research and precious metal nanomaterials are
directly relevant for optics, catalysis, pollution management, sensing, medicine, and many …

Secondary phosphine oxides present tautomeric equilibrium between the pentavalent oxide
form (SPO) and the trivalent phosphinous acid (PA). This dichotomy is the origin of the rich …

The reduction of ketones with 2-propanol as reductant was achieved using an in-situ
generated catalytic system based on manganese pentacarbonyl bromide, as metal …

Conspectus Although there has been for the past 20 years great interest in the synthesis and
use of metal nanoparticles, little attention has been paid to the complexity of the surface of …

Metal complexes of secondary phosphine oxides (SPOs) were introduced as homogeneous
catalysts in the 1980s for hydroformylation and hydrogenation with platinum as the metal. As …