Building Block Approaches to Nanostructured, Single Site, Heterogeneous Catalysts

Building Block Approaches to Nanostructured, Single Site, Heterogeneous Catalysts 

The contributions that catalysts make to almost every facet of our daily lives cannot be overstated. Virtually every natural resource (cmde oil, coal, biomass, minerals) and every source of energy (petrochemical fuels, nuclear, natural gas, solar) require the use of many catalysts before finished products (fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals, polymers, composites) arrive in our homes, offices and industries [1]. Catalysts also play increasingly important roles in solving some of the most challenging environmental problems that we currently face (global warming, the greenhouse effect, limited natural resources and polluhon) [2]. 

Modem Surface OrganometalUc Chemistry. Edited by Jean-Marie Basset, Rinaldo Psaro, Dominique Roberto, and Renato Ugo 

Copyright 2009 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH Co. KGaA, Weinheim ISBN 978-3-527-31972-5 

The science of catalysis may be divided into two major parts catalysts that function in the same phase as reactants and products (homogeneous) and those that function in a different phase (heterogeneous). Both share many of the same goals and challenges identify the components that make up the actual catalyst, understand mechanisms and optimize activity with respect to rate and selectivity. 

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I 4 Building Block Approaches to Nanostructured, Single Site, Heterogeneous Catalysts Table 4.1 Gravimetric analysis of average crosslinking for embedded Al catalyst". 

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