Gold and methane: A noble combination for delicate oxidation

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 3006-3012

  Mowbray, Duncan J ^a   Migani, Annapaola ^a,b   Walther, Guido ^c   Cardamone, David M ^a   Rubio, Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aun; CH4; DFT; heterogeneous catalysis; nanoparticles; O2

Indexed keywords

CH4; DFT; FACE-CENTERED CUBIC; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; METHANE OXIDATION; PARTIAL OXIDATION OF METHANE; SMALL GOLD CLUSTERS; TRANSITION-METAL DIMERS;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDS; DIMERS; GOLD COMPOUNDS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METHANE; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION;

GOLD;

EID: 84883769251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz401553p     Document Type: Article

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