Palladium (Pd) is a key component of many catalysts. Nanoparticles (NPs) offer a larger
surface area than bulk materials, and with Pd cost increasing 5-fold in the last 10 years, Pd …

Supporting gold nanoparticles have shown to be extremely active for many industrially
important reactions, including oxidations. Two representative examples are the oxidation of …

In recent years, the progress of efficient green chemistry approaches for the fabrication of
commercially viable noble metallic nanoparticles has become a major focus of researchers …

Nature has inspired scientists to develop green and sustainable nanomaterials with
biomimetic functions. Particularly, biomimetic metallic nanostructures (biometal NPs) with …

It is a subject of exploration whether the phase pure anatase or rutile TiO2 or the band
alignment due to the heterojunctions in the two polymorphs of TiO2 plays the determining …

Au-based catalysts have established a new important field of catalysis, revealing specific
properties in terms of both high activity and selectivity for many reactions. However, the …

In the past two decades, the use of biomolecules, either from biological or biomimetic
systems (or so-called biological or biomimetic synthesis), has emerged as a promising …

Pd nanoparticles (NPs)-based catalysts were synthesized, characterized and used to
catalyze the oxidation of volatile organic compound (VOC) pollutants. A biogenic method …

Plasmonic photocatalysts composed of Au and bimetallic Au–Pd alloy nanoparticles (NPs)
on one-dimensional TiO2 nanobelts (TiO2-NBs) were used for the aerobic oxidation of …

Industrially, oxidation of alcohols is very important as they are starting materials for a variety
of ketones, aldehydes, acids, etc. required to produce plastics, detergents, paints, cosmetics …