A heterogeneous catalyst is a functional material that continually creates active sites with its
reactants under reaction conditions. These sites change the rates of chemical reactions of …

Ultrathin oxide films on metals offer new opportunities for the design of supported
nanoclusters with potential use in catalysis. This requires a characterization at the atomistic …

Interactions of metal particles with oxide supports can radically enhance the performance of
supported catalysts. At the microscopic level, the details of such metal–oxide interactions …

Determining the active site in a catalyst material and elucidating the related reaction
mechanism remain intellectual challenges and are of paramount importance for the rational …

The structurally well-defined intermetallic compounds PdGa and Pd3Ga7 constitute suitable
catalysts for the selective hydrogenation of acetylene. The surface properties of PdGa and …

Recent developments in syntheses and electrocatalytic properties of mixed metal
nanoparticles will be briefly reviewed specifically for applications in fuel cells. Various …

Operando characterization of working catalysts, requiring per definitionem the simultaneous
measurement of catalytic performance, is crucial to identify the relevant catalyst structure …

Adsorption and co-adsorption of ethylene, acetylene and hydrogen on Pd-Ag particles,
supported on thin alumina films, have been studied by temperature programmed desorption …

Heterogeneous catalysts are highly complex materials with respect to both their composition
and structure. The reaction kinetics on their surfaces is known to depend sensitively on …

The arrangement of single gold and palladium atoms deposited on the surface of a 3
monolayer thin film of MgO was investigated using low-temperature scanning tunneling …