Metal Clusters in Catalysis

Abstract

Part 1. Molecular Metal Clusters. Chapter 1. Synthesis of Mono- and Multimetallic Metal Clusters (G.L. Geoffroy). 2. Structures of Metal Clusters (G.L. Geoffroy). 3. Thermochemical Properties and Bond Energies of Transition Metal Clusters (J.A. Connor). 4. Reactivities of Metal Clusters (E. Lavigne, H.D. Kaesz). 5. Homogeneous Catalysis by Metal Clusters (L. Marko, A. Vizi-Orosz). Part II. Metal Clusters in and on Supports. 6. Characterization by Physical Methods (H. Knozinger, L. Guczi, R.F. Pettifer). 7. Dispersed Metal Clusters from Metal Vapor Chemistry (G.A. Ozin, M.P. Andrews). 8. Metal Clusters and Zeolites (P.A. Jacobs). 9. Supported Metal Catalysts Prepared from Molecular Metal Clusters: Organometallic Surface Chemistry (B.C. Gates, R. Psaro, R. Ugo, G. Maire, H. Knozinger). 10. Supported Bimetallic Catalysts Derived from Molecular Metal Clusters (L. Guczi). Part III. Relations Between Molecular Clusters and Metal Surfaces. 11. Relations between Metal Clusters and Metal Surfaces (G. Ertl). Part IV. Summary and Evaluation (B.C. Gates, L. Guczi and H. Knozinger). Cluster Index. Subject Index. ``The editors are to be congratulated for this thorough and critical assessment of molecular metal clusters in catalysis. The strength of this book is the critical coverage of each topic making it very valuable within the field. Close to 2000 carefully selected literature references provide the reader with key information to metal clusters. Without any doubt this is the most authoritative work written today on this subject.''