Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- The Structure and Reactivity of Single and Multiple Sites on Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Catalysts: Analogies, Differences, and Challenges for Characterization Methods / Adriano Zecchina, Silvia Bordiga, Elena Groppo -- Supported Nanoparticles and Selective Catalysis: A Surface Science Approach / Wangqing Zhang, Da Wang, Rui Yan -- When Does Catalysis with Transition Metal Complexes Turn into Catalysis by Nanoparticles? / Johannes G de Vries -- Capsules and Cavitands: Synthetic Catalysts of Nanometric Dimension / Giuseppe Borsato, Julius Rebek, Alessandro Scarso -- Photocatalysts: Nanostructured Photocatalytic Materials for Solar Energy Conversion / Kazunari Domen -- Chiral Catalysts / Još M Fraile, Još I Garc̕a, Još A Mayoral -- Selective Catalysts for Petrochemical Industry / Stian Svelle, Morten Bj̜rgen -- Crystal Engineering of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Heterogeneous Catalysis / Chuan-De Wu -- Mechanism of Stereospecific Propene Polymerization Promoted by Metallocene and Nonmetallocene Catalysts / Andrea Correa, Luigi Cavallo -- Index.

A selective catalyst can be considered as a nanomachine designed to perform the synthesis of molecules with high reaction activity and high selectivity. The unique focus on both nanostructured heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysts makes this book an indispensable source for everyone who is interested in nanocatalysis. Gives an excellent overview about hot topics like nanoparticles, dendrimers, Metal-Organic Frameworks and many more. A very prominent list of international authors guarantees high quality contributions.

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