Heterogeneous catalysis involves solid-state catalysts, among which metal nanoparticles
occupy an important position. Unfortunately, no two nanoparticles from conventional …

Composition (metal or metal oxide core and organic coating), size, shape and structure are
the main parameters governing the properties of nano-objects. Driven by their huge …

The palladium-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction is one of the most versatile and
powerful tools for constructing synthetically useful unsymmetrical aryl–aryl bonds. In …

Ru and Rh nanoparticles catalyze the selective H/D exchange in phosphines using D2 as
the deuterium source. The position of the deuterium incorporation is determined by the …

The reactivity of benzimidazol‐2‐ylidenes with respect to gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) has
been investigated using a combined experimental and computational approach. First, the …

We analyze and compare the UV–visible absorption profiles, computed at the TD-DFT level,
of several thiolate, chloride, and phosphine ligand protected gold clusters with Au13, Au25 …

Atomically precise nanoclusters are promising model catalysts to understand the
relationship between structure and catalytic activity. However, designing efficient active sites …

Selective conversion of biomass-derived substrates in heterogeneous catalysis can be
achieved through the functionalization of nanoparticles with surface modifiers (ligands) …

Alkanethiolate-capped palladium nanoparticles (PdNPs) have previously been synthesized
by using a modified Brust–Schiffrin synthesis (using alkanethiosulfate instead of …

The role that protecting molecules have on the way that palladium atoms arrange
themselves in nanoparticles prepared at room temperature was studied by the analysis of …