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Nanocatalysis: Mature Science Revisited or Something Really New?
Author(s) -
Schlögl Robert,
Abd Hamid Sharifah Bee
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200301684
Subject(s) - catalysis , nanotechnology , particle (ecology) , heterogeneous catalysis , materials science , chemistry , computer science , biochemical engineering , engineering , organic chemistry , geology , oceanography
“Nanomania” has reached the area of heterogeneous catalysis. Nanosized catalyst constituents are important for functions that require structural control over several scales of dimension. Nanocatalysis may be understood as a redefinition of catalyst synthesis: multidimensional structural control is exerted by considering catalysts as inorganic polymers rather than as close‐packed crystals. Primary, secondary, and tertiary structural hierarchies translate into molecular building blocks and linkers, the defect structure of crystals, and particle morphology. High‐throughput techniques and in situ synthetic analysis are the tools required to arrive at better defined catalytic materials that can fulfil the high expectations created by the incorporation of catalysts into the “nano” research field.