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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828031003321

Autore

Bond G. C (Geoffrey Colin)

Titolo

Catalysis by gold [[electronic resource] /] / Geoffrey C. Bond, Catherine Louis, David T. Thompson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Imperial College Press

Singapore, : distributed by World Scientific, c2006

ISBN

1-281-86740-3

9786611867409

1-86094-895-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (383 p.)

Collana

Catalytic science series ; ; v. 6

Altri autori (Persone)

LouisCatherine

ThompsonDavid T

Disciplina

541.395

Soggetti

Gold

Catalysis

Metal catalysts

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents               ; Acknowledgements                       ; Preface              ; Chapter 1 Introduction to Catalysis                                          ; 1.1 The Phenomenon of Catalysis                                      ; 1.2 The Activation Energy of Catalysed Reactions                                                       ; 1.3 Ways of Using Heterogeneous Catalysts                                                ; 1.4 Understanding Catalysed Reactions

1.5 The Catalytic Activities of Metals                                             1.6 Catalysis in Bimetallic Systems                                          ; References                 ; Chapter 2 The Physical and Chemical Properties of Gold                                                             ; 2.1 Introduction                       ; 2.2 The Origin of Relativistic Effects 4-14

2.3 Comparisons of the Chemistry of Gold with that of the Adjacent Elements                                                                                  2.4 The Aurophilic Bond                              ; 2.5 Physical Properties of Gold and Adjacent Elements                                                            ; 2.5.1 Bulk properties                            ; 2.5.2 The structure of single-crystal surfaces                                                     ; 2.6 Bimetallic Systems



Containing Gold                                             ; References

Chapter 3 Physical Properties and Characterisation of Small Gold Particles                                                                                 3.1 Overview                   ; 3.2 Ways of Preparing Small Particles of Gold                                                    ; 3.2.1 Introduction                         ; 3.2.2 Gaseous clusters                             ; 3.2.3 Colloidal gold                           ; 3.2.4 Other methods                          ; 3.3 Techniques for the Study of Small Particles of Gold

3.3.1 Determination of size and structure                                                3.3.2 Investigation of optoelectronic parameters                                                       ; 3.3.3 Other methods                          ; 3.4 Variation of Physical Properties with Size                                                     ; 3.4.1 Introduction                         ; 3.4.2 Structure of gaseous and ligand-stabilised clusters

3.4.3 Structure of small supported gold particles

Sommario/riassunto

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 activity in many chemical reactions. Gold is active as a heterogeneous catalyst in both gas and liquid phases, and complexes catalyse reactions homogeneously in solution. Many of the reactions being studied will lead to new application areas for catalysis by gold in pollution control, chemical processing, sensors and fuel cell technology. This book describes the properties of gold, the methods for preparing g