Alloying has long been used as a promising methodology to improve the catalytic
performance of metallic materials. In recent years, the field of alloy catalysis has made …

Seed‐mediated growth is a powerful and versatile approach for the synthesis of colloidal
metal nanocrystals. The vast allure of this approach mainly stems from the staggering …

The surfaces of metal nanoclusters, including their interface with metal oxides, exhibit a high
reactivity that is attractive for practical purposes. This high reactivity, however, has also …

Splitting of alcohols into hydrogen and corresponding carbonyl compounds has potential
applications in hydrogen production and chemical industry. Herein, we report that a …

Oxidation is a key reaction in organic synthesis and will likely play a significant role in the
development of value-added chemicals from biomass. The application of heterogeneous …

Catalytic dehydrogenation of alcohols represents an attractive approach for future
applications as hydrogen storage systems and clean synthesis of fine chemicals. Herein, an …

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 …

We demonstrate that the reduction of p-nitrophenol to p-aminophenol by NaBH4 is catalyzed
by both monometallic and bimetallic nanoparticles (NPs). We also demonstrate a …

Basic catalysis! The basic properties of hydrotalcites (see picture) make them attractive for
numerous catalytic applications. Probing the basicity of the catalysts is crucial to understand …

Ag nanoclusters consist of several to roughly a hundred atoms and possess sizes
comparable to the Fermi wavelength of electrons; they exhibit molecule‐like properties …