Metal nanoparticles stabilized on a support material catalyse many major industrial
reactions. Metal-support interactions in these nanomaterials can have a substantial …

Au is usually viewed as an inert metal, but surprisingly it has been found that Au
nanoparticles less than 3–5 nm in diameter are catalytically active for several chemical …

Strong metal–support interactions (SMSIs) are crucial for the preparation of supported metal
catalysts. A prevailing view is that the redox feature of the metal oxide support is the driving …

Reducibility is an essential characteristic of oxide catalysts in oxidation reactions following
the Mars–van Krevelen mechanism. A typical descriptor of the reducibility of an oxide is the …

A simple and robust route is described to the synthesis of single‐crystal Au nanospheres
with diameters controlled in the range of 5 nm to 150 nm. The success of this synthesis relies …

Titanium dioxide is one of the most intensely studied oxides due to its interesting
electrochemical and photocatalytic properties and it is widely applied, for example in …

Gold (Au) catalysts exhibit a significant size effect, but its origin has been puzzling for a long
time. It is generally believed that supported Au clusters are more or less rigid in working …

Due to increasing concern about environmental impact, there has been tremendous recent
interest in developing new processes that both reduce energy consumption and minimize …

Gold has traditionally been regarded as inactive as a catalytic metal. However, the advent of
nanoparticulate gold on high surface area oxide supports has demonstrated its high catalytic …

Gold is an element whose unique properties are strongly influenced by relativistic effects. A
large body of appropriate calculations now exists and its main conclusions are summarized …