Supported-nanoparticle heterogeneous catalyst formation in contact with solution: Kinetics and proposed mechanism for the conversion of Ir(1,5-COD)Cl/γ-Al2O3 to Ir(0)∼900/ γ-Al2O3

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 7744-7756

  Mondloch, Joseph E ^a   Finke, Richard G ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUTOCATALYTIC; FORMATION MECHANISM; FORMATION SYSTEMS; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST; IR(ETCP)(1 ,5-COD); KINETIC DATA; MECHANISTIC STUDIES; NANOPARTICLE FORMATION; NANOPARTICLE GROWTHS; NANOPARTICLE SCIENCE; NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; PRECATALYSTS; QUANTITATIVE KINETICS; RATE CONSTANT K; SHAPE-CONTROLLED; STABILIZATION SYSTEMS; SURFACE GROWTH; TWO-STEP MECHANISMS;

ACETONE; ALUMINUM; CATALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRIDIUM; KINETICS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MECHANICS; NANOPARTICLES; NIOBIUM; NUCLEATION; POLYMER BLENDS; RATE CONSTANTS; SOLVENTS;

CATALYST SUPPORTS;

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; ANION; HYDROGEN; IRIDIUM; NANOPARTICLE; NIOBIUM; PHOSPHORUS; SOLVENT; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; DISSOCIATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KINETICS; LIQUID; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 79957745767     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja110550h     Document Type: Article

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