Product Details
ISBN: 9783540745518
Category: Nanotechnology
Format: Paperback
Publication Date: 2007-09-27
Series: Nanoscience and Technology
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin And Heidelberg Gmbh & Co. K
Editor: Heiz, Ulrich Landman, Uzi
Illustrations: 223 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations, 14 blac
Country of origin: GBR
Pages: 503
Pagination: 519 pages, 223 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustratio
Dimensions (mm): 235 x 155 x 19
Weight: 735g
Nanocatalysis
Nanocatalysis is one of the most exciting subfields to have emerged from nanoscience. Its central aim is the control of chemical reactions by changing the size, dimensionality, chemical composition and morphology of the reaction center and by changing the kinetics using nanopatterning of the reaction centers. This approach opens up new avenues for atom-by-atom design of nanocatalysts with distinct and tunable chemical activity, specificity, and selectivity. This book is intended to give a pedagogical and methodological overview of this exciting and growing field and to highlight specific examples of current research. In this way, it serves both as an instructive introduction for graduate students who plan to enter the field and as a reference work for scientists already active in this and related areas.