Synthesis of gold catalysts supported on mesoporous silica materials: Recent developments

Catalysts

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-154

  Gutiérrez, Luis Felipe ^a   Hamoudi, Safia ^a   Belkacemi, Khaled ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catalyst synthesis; FDU 12; Gold catalyst; Gold nanoparticles; HMS; MCM 41; MCM 48; Mesoporous silicas; Oxidation catalysts; SBA 15; SBA 16

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870947373     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/catal1010097     Document Type: Review

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