Metal Nanoparticles for Catalysis
Advances and Applications
RSC Catalysis Series
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1: Carbons and Carbon Supported Catalysts in Hydroprocessing
2: Chiral Sulfur Ligands: Asymmetric Catalysis
3: Recent Developments in Asymmetric Organocatalysis
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5: Organocatalytic Enantioselective Conjugate Addition Reactions: A Powerful Tool for the Stereocontrolled Synthesis of Complex Molecules
6: N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: From Laboratory Curiosities to Efficient Synthetic Tools
7: P-Stereogenic Ligands in Enantioselective Catalysis
8: Chemistry of the Morita–Baylis–Hillman Reaction
9: Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer: A Carrefour of Chemical Reactivity Traditions
10: Asymmetric Domino Reactions
11: C–H and C–X Bond Functionalization: Transition Metal Mediation
12: Metal Organic Frameworks as Heterogeneous Catalysts
13: Environmental Catalysis Over Gold-Based Materials
14: Computational Catalysis
15: Catalysis in Ionic Liquids: From Catalyst Synthesis to Application
16: Economic Synthesis of Heterocycles: Zinc, Iron, Copper, Cobalt, Manganese and Nickel Catalysts
17: Metal Nanoparticles for Catalysis: Advances and Applications
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Metal Nanoparticles for Catalysis
Advances and Applications
Franklin Tao
University of Notre Dame, USA
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RSC Catalysis Series No. 17
Print ISBN: 978-1-78262-033-4
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ISSN: 1757-6725
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