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The surface science of nanoparticles for catalysis: electronic and steric effects of organic ligands

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Recent studies demonstrate the important roles of surface ligands in creating metal-organic interfaces that can significantly improve both catalytic activity as well as selectivity of chemically synthetized nanoparticle (NP) catalysts. Both steric and electronic effects can be efficiently used to tune catalytic properties of the NPs. Here, we overview the recent advancements in the field of the surface science of NPs for their catalytic applications and discuss the steric and electronic effects of ligands immobilized at the NP surface on the activity and selectivity of catalytically active NPs in different catalytic reactions.

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Work at the Center for Nanoscale Materials was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Energy Sciences under Contract no. DE-AC02-06CH11357. The work of Dr. Wenting Wu was financially supported by NSFC (51672309 and 21302224), and by the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities (18CX07009A).

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Wu, W., Shevchenko, E.V. The surface science of nanoparticles for catalysis: electronic and steric effects of organic ligands. J Nanopart Res 20, 255 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-018-4319-y

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