RSC Publishing, 2008. - 240 p. - 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 nanopatteing of the
reaction centers. This 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 a textbook for graduate
students who plan to enter the field and as a reference work for
scientists already active in this and related areas.