Tunable gold catalysts for selective hydrocarbon oxidation under mild conditions

Nature

Volumn 437, Issue 7062, 2005, Pages 1132-1135

  Hughes, Mathew D ^a   Xu, Yi Jun ^a   Jenkins, Patrick ^a   McMorn, Paul ^a   Landon, Philip ^a   Enache, Dan I ^a   Carley, Albert F ^a   Attard, Gary A ^a   Hutchings, Graham J ^a   King, Frank ^b   Stitt, E Hugh ^b   Johnston, Peter ^b   Griffin, Ken ^b   Kiely, Christopher J ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNSON MATTHEY CATALYSTS   (United Kingdom)

^c LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; GOLD; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OLEFINS; OXIDATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

GOLD CATALYSIS; GOLD SURFACES; OXYGEN DONORS; REDOX ACTIVITY;

CATALYSTS;

GOLD; HYDROCARBON;

CHEMICAL PROCESS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REACTION ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 27144547980     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04190     Document Type: Article

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