Surface organometallic approach catalysis

In summary, we have described our approach towards the synthesis of novel nano-objects consisting of a metal core and a surface that may be functionalized by addition of organic ligands. TEM pictures of the metal core of these nanoparticles appear similar to those of particles commonly used in heterogeneous catalysis or to colloids prepared by well-known reduction methods. However, the organometallic approach displays several specificities which can be summarized as follows ... 

Basset, J. M., Gates, B. C., Candy, J. P., Choplin, A., Leconte, M., Quignard, E, and Santini, C. C., Surface Organometallic Chemistry Molecular Approaches to Surface Catalysis, NATO ASI Series, Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1988. 

Y. A. Ryndin, and Y. I. Yermakov, Reactions of organometallic compounds with surfaces of supported and unsupported metals. In Surface Organometallic Chemistry Molecular Approaches to Catalysis edited by J. -M. Basset, B. C. Gates, J.-P. Candy, A. ChopUn, M. Lecomte, F. Quignard, and C. Santini (Kluwer, Dordrecht 1998) pp. 127-141. 

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The preparation of unsupported metal nanoparticles was therefore achieved following an organometallic approach since this does not employ drastic reaction conditions and avoids surface contamination. In addition, the size, the shape and the surface state of the particles can be controlled using various stabilizing agents. Besides catalysis, such work can find applications in different areas such as chemical sensors [141, 142] or magnetic properties [143]. 

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The purpose of this chapter is not to make an extensive survey of the field of molecular clusters in coordination chemistry, a field which is expanding very rapidly in various directions, but to present a short introduction of the field of catalysis by clusters for the scientific community of surface catalysis. This community is not always aware of the progresses in molecular chemistry and more specifically in molecular clusters which are at the borderline between the solid state and the molecular state. The examples which will be given will be taken from reviews in the field of molecular clusters [1—5] in the field of catalysis by molecular clusters [6—7] as well as in the field of surface organometallic chemistry [8—14]. For a deeper approach of the fields considered, it is suggested to refer to those specialized review articles. 

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