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J. Organomet.Chem.,
690 (2005) 1063
Platinum nanosized:
Particles ranging 2.8 nm in diameter
Very active hydrogenation catalysts.
Mater.
Sci. Forum, 235 (1997) 929
Copper nanosized:
Particles ranging 3-4 nm in diameter
Silver nanosized:
Particles ranging 2.5-32.5 nm in diameter
Active in the oxidation of alcohols to ketones,
cysteine to cystine with molecular oxygen.
Rhodium nanosized:
Particles ranging 2.7 nm in diameter
Very active hydrogenation catalysts; it has been
proved successful in the hydrosilylation of nitriles.
Mater
Sci. Eng., 15 (2001) 207
J.
Mol. Catal., 150 (1999) 275
Gold nanosized:
Particles ranging 4.5 nm in diameter
Active in the oxidation of alcohols to ketones,
cysteine to cystine ecc. with molecular oxygen.
Active in the oxidation of cycloalkanes, thiols,cysteine
to cystine ecc. with molecular oxygen or air.
Chim.
Ind. (Milan, Italy) 83 (2001) 60
Chem. Mater., 14 (2002) 1183
An
example of the activity and selectivity of powders obtained by MVS technique:
Hydrosilylation of
acetylenic compounds with a commercial Au catalyst and with an analogous system
prepared
via Metal Vapour
Synthesis technique.
Au
Commercial sample
Au MVS
sample
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