Bimetallic sites for catalysis: from binuclear metal sites to bimetallic nanoclusters and nanoparticles

L Liu, A Corma - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous bimetallic catalysts have broad applications in industrial processes, but
achieving a fundamental understanding on the nature of the active sites in bimetallic …

Greenificated molecularly imprinted materials for advanced applications

A Ostovan, M Arabi, Y Wang, J Li, B Li… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular imprinting technology (MIT) produces artificial binding sites with precise
complementarity to substrates and thereby is capable of exquisite molecular recognition …

Mesoporous multimetallic nanospheres with exposed highly entropic alloy sites

Y Kang, O Cretu, J Kikkawa, K Kimoto, H Nara… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Multimetallic alloys (MMAs) with various compositions enrich the materials library with
increasing diversity and have received much attention in catalysis applications. However …

Chiral molecular imprinting-based SERS detection strategy for absolute enantiomeric discrimination

M Arabi, A Ostovan, Y Wang, R Mei, L Fu, J Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Chiral discrimination is critical in environmental and life sciences. However, an ideal chiral
discrimination strategy has not yet been developed because of the inevitable nonspecific …

Porous nanoarchitectures of nonprecious metal borides: from controlled synthesis to heterogeneous catalyst applications

Y Kang, Y Tang, L Zhu, B Jiang, X Xu… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Porous nonprecious metal-based nanomaterials have gained considerable attention in
heterogeneous catalysis owing to their low price, high specific surface area, efficient …

A tutorial on asymmetric electrocatalysis

J Rein, SB Zacate, K Mao, S Lin - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrochemistry has emerged as a powerful means to enable redox transformations in
modern chemical synthesis. This tutorial review delves into the unique advantages of …

Functional catalytic nanoparticles (nanozymes) for sensing

Y Ouyang, MP O'Hagan, I Willner - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles exhibiting diverse shapes, high porosity and chemical stability reveal, upon
appropriate chemical engineering, enzyme-like catalytic activities,“nanozymes”, providing a …

New Conceptual Catalyst on Spatial High‐Entropy Alloy Heterostructures for High‐Performance Li‐O2 Batteries

P Zhang, X Hui, Y Nie, R Wang, C Wang, Z Zhang… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
High‐entropy alloys (HEAs) are attracting increased attention as an alternative to noble
metals for various catalytic reactions. However, it is of great challenge and fundamental …

Chiral materials: progress, applications, and prospects

X Niu, R Zhao, S Yan, Z Pang, H Li, X Yang, K Wang - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Chirality is a universal phenomenon in molecular and biological systems, denoting an
asymmetric configurational property where an object cannot be superimposed onto its mirror …

Synthesis of chiral Au nanocrystals with precise homochiral facets for enantioselective surface chemistry

F Wu, Y Tian, X Luan, X Lv, F Li, G Xu, W Niu - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Metal surfaces with intrinsic chirality play an irreplaceable role in many significant
enantioselective chemical processes such as enantioselective catalysis, sensing, and …