The atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique allows the synthesis of materials at the atomic
scale to be controlled. ALD has been adapted to design and prepare single-atom catalysts …

Atomic clusters, consisting of a few to a few thousand atoms, have emerged over the past 40
years as the ultimate nanoparticles, whose structure and properties can be controlled one …

The recent explosive growth in research on catalysis by supported single metal atoms
proves the scientific interest in this new frontier of heterogeneous catalysis. A supported …

Single atoms of select transition metals supported on carbon substrates have emerged as a
unique system for electrocatalysis because of maximal atom utilization (≈ 100%) and high …

Conspectus Metal alloys exhibit functionalities unlike those of single metals. Such alloying
has drawn considerable research interest, particularly for nanoscale particles (metal …

Supported metal nanostructures are the most widely used type of heterogeneous catalyst in
industrial processes. The size of metal particles is a key factor in determining the …

We summarize here the research advances on the reactivity of metal clusters. After a simple
introduction of apparatuses used for gas-phase cluster reactions, we focus on the reactivity …

Proudly serving the scientific community for over a century, this 97th edition of the CRC
Handbook of Chemistry and Physics is an update of a classic reference, mirroring the growth …

Boron is carbon's neighbour in the periodic table and has similar valence orbitals. However,
boron cannot form graphene-like structures with a honeycomb hexagonal framework …

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 …