Nanocatalysis

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Heiz, Ulrich (Editor), Landman, Uzi (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Nanoscience and Technology,
• Subjects: Materials science.; Physical chemistry.; Catalysis.; Engineering.; Nanotechnology.; Materials > Surfaces.; Thin films.; Materials Science.; Physical Chemistry.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.; Engineering, general.

Nanocatalysis is one of the most exciting subfields to have emerged from nanoscience. Its central aim is the control of chemical reactions by changing the size, dimensionality, chemical composition and morphology of the reaction center and by changing the kinetics using nanopatterning of the reactio...

Table of Contents:

• Chemical and Catalytic Properties of Size-Selected Free and Supported Clusters
• Theory of Metal Clusters on the MgO Surface: The Role of Point Defects
• Catalysis by Nanoparticles
• Lithographic Techniques in Nanocatalysis
• Nanometer and Subnanometer Thin Oxide Films at Surfaces of Late Transition Metals
• Catalytic Applications for Gold Nanotechnology.