Selective catalytic hydrogenation has wide applications in both petrochemical and fine
chemical industries, however, it remains challenging when two or multiple functional groups …

Colloidal nanoparticles are being intensely pursued in current nanoscience research.
Nanochemists are often frustrated by the well-known fact that no two nanoparticles are the …

Ligand utilization is a necessary and powerful technique for the colloidal synthesis of
nanoparticles (NPs) with controllable sizes and regulated morphologies. For catalysis …

Noble metal nanoclusters are in the intermediate state between discrete atoms and
plasmonic nanoparticles and are of significance due to their atomically accurate structures …

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

Finely control of product selectivity is an essential issue in organic chemical production. In
the synthesis of functionalized anilines via reduction of the corresponding nitroarenes, the …

Catalytic reactions involving molecular hydrogen are at the heart of many transformations in
the chemical industry. Classically, hydrogenations are carried out on Pd, Pt, Ru or Ni …

Activation of H–H, Si–H, and C–H bonds through σ-bond coordination has grown in the past
30 years from a scientific curiosity to an important tool in the functionalization of …

Gold nanoparticles stabilized by phosphine-decorated polymer immobilized ionic liquids
(AuNP@ PPh2-PIILP) is an extremely efficient multiproduct selective catalyst for the sodium …

The selective hydrogenation of alkynes to alkenes is an important synthetic process in the
chemical industry. It is commonly accomplished using palladium catalysts that contain …