Catalytic organic reactions in water toward sustainable society

T Kitanosono, K Masuda, P Xu, S Kobayashi - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Traditional organic synthesis relies heavily on organic solvents for a multitude of tasks,
including dissolving the components and facilitating chemical reactions, because many …

Silver nanomaterials: synthesis and (electro/photo) catalytic applications

RK Sharma, S Yadav, S Dutta, HB Kale… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In view of their unique characteristics and properties, silver nanomaterials (Ag NMs) have
been used not only in the field of nanomedicine but also for diverse advanced catalytic …

Carbon-based single-atom catalysts for advanced applications

MB Gawande, P Fornasiero, R Zbořil - Acs Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
Carbon-based materials are widely employed as metal-free catalysts or supports in
catalysis, energy, and ecological applications because of their interesting properties …

Selective anaerobic oxidation of methane enables direct synthesis of methanol

VL Sushkevich, D Palagin, M Ranocchiari… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Direct functionalization of methane in natural gas remains a key challenge. We present a
direct stepwise method for converting methane into methanol with high selectivity (~ 97%) …

Applications of single-atom catalysts

Q Zhang, J Guan - Nano Research, 2022 - Springer
Owning to unsaturated coordination environment, quantum size effect and metal-support
interaction, single-or dual-atom metal sites, such as Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Mo, Ru, Rh, Pd …

Hydroxyapatite: A review of syntheses, structure and applications in heterogeneous catalysis

A Fihri, C Len, RS Varma, A Solhy - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
The synthesis of hydroxyapatite (HAP) and its applications in heterogeneous catalysis are
abridged in view of its demonstrated prowess and utility in chemical, material and industrial …

Nanosilver as a new generation of silver catalysts in organic transformations for efficient synthesis of fine chemicals

XY Dong, ZW Gao, KF Yang, WQ Zhang… - Catalysis Science & …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Catalysis of silver nanoparticles, among the metal-based nanoparticles, has been of great
interest in organic synthesis and has expanded rapidly in the past ten years because of …

Plant-based green synthesis of metallic nanoparticles: scientific curiosity or a realistic alternative to chemical synthesis?

JR Peralta-Videa, Y Huang, JG Parsons, L Zhao… - Nanotechnology for …, 2016 - Springer
Currently, thousands of tons of metallic nanoparticles (MNPs) are produced and utilized in
nano-enabled devises, personal care, medicinal, food and agricultural products. It is …

Nanostructured catalysts for organic transformations

LL Chng, N Erathodiyil, JY Ying - Accounts of chemical research, 2013 - ACS Publications
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 …

Soft and flexible hydrogel templates of different sizes and various functionalities for metal nanoparticle preparation and their use in catalysis

N Sahiner - Progress in Polymer Science, 2013 - Elsevier
Hydrogels are important functional materials with a myriad of potential applications. As the
chemically stable and interlocked polymeric network retains vast amounts of water without …