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Supported heterogeneous gold catalysts (also called “real” catalysts) have been far more studied than gold single crystal surfaces. However, the surface science approach — fundamental studies of chemistry on well defined gold surfaces under controlled conditions — is extremely important, as it contributes to the understanding of the reaction mechanisms and of the nature of active centers, which allows a better knowledge of the “real” systems. This paper presents a brief overview concerning the work carried out on gold single crystal surfaces from 2004 until recently. Results on the reactions of several molecules on gold surfaces, experimental and computational (DFT) are discussed.
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Sónia A.C. Carabineiro obtained her Ph.D. in Catalysis at the New University of Lisbon, Portugal under the supervision of Isabel F. Fonseca. She was a post doc in Leiden University, The Netherlands, working with Bernard E. Nieuwenhuys. She returned to Portugal and after another post doc position at the Technical University of Lisbon, where she worked with Pedro T. Gomes, she moved to the University of Porto as an assistant researcher in the group of José L. Figueiredo. Sónia is currently working in the field of gold catalysed oxidation reactions.
Bernard E. Nieuwenhuys received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Leiden University, the Netherlands, under the tutelage of W.M.H. Sachtler. Between 1975 and 1976 he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, where he worked under the supervision of G.A. Somorjai. In 1977 he joined the Faculty of Chemistry at the Leiden University. He is a professor in heterogeneous catalysis and surface chemistry, also part-time at the Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands.
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Carabineiro, S.A.C., Nieuwenhuys, B.E. Reactions of small molecules on gold single crystal surfaces. Gold Bull 43, 252–266 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03214995
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