Selective molecular recognition by nanoscale environments in a supported iridium cluster catalyst

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 459-465

  Okrut, Alexander ^a   Runnebaum, Ron C ^a   Ouyang, Xiaoying ^a   Lu, Jing ^b   Aydin, Ceren ^b   Hwang, Son Jong ^c   Zhang, Shengjie ^d   Olatunji Ojo, Olayinka A ^a   Durkin, Kathleen A ^a   Dixon, David A ^d   Gates, Bruce C ^b   Katz, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California Davis   (United States)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; ETHYLENE; IRIDIUM; MOLECULES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

DECARBONYLATIONS; IRIDIUM CLUSTERS; PHOSPHINE LIGANDS; SYNTHETIC SURFACES; SYNTHETIC SYSTEMS; TETRAIRIDIUM CLUSTERS; THERMAL DISSOCIATION; TRIMETHYLAMINE N OXIDES;

LIGANDS;

CALIXARENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; ETHYLENE; IRIDIUM; NANOMATERIAL; PHOSPHINE; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBONYLATION; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; DISSOCIATION; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROGENATION; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84902196816     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2014.72     Document Type: Article

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