Heterogeneous gold catalysts and catalysis / edited by Zhen Ma, , Fudan University, Shanghai, PR China, Sheng Dai, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, USA.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Stabilizing gold nanoparticles by solid supports / Zhen Ma and Sheng Dai -- Well-defined gold nanoclusters for catalytic applications / Gao Li and Rongchao Jin -- Nanocrystal superlattices : novel model materials for study of catalysis / Yijin Kang, Vojislav R. Stamenkovic and Christopher B. Murray -- Preferential oxidation of carbon monoxide in hydrogen stream over gold catalysts / Yu-Wen Chen and Natarajan Sasirekha -- Twenty years of golden guture in the water gas shift reaction / T. Ramírez Reina, M. González Castaño, S. Palma, S. Ivanova and J.A. Odriozola -- Gold catalysis in the complete oxidation or decomposition of small molecule pollutants / Chunyan Ma and Zhengping Hao -- Superficial modification of semiconductors with gold nanoparticles for photocatalytic applications / Juan Carlos Durán-Álvarez, Rodolfo Zanella and Socorro Oros-Ruíz -- Advances in catalytic reactions by gold-based catalysts through the radical chain mechanism / Xue-Jing Yang, Like Ouyang, Jing Xu and Yi-Fan Han -- Heterogeneous gold catalysts for selective oxidation reactions / Poernomo Gunawan, Rong Xu and Ziyi Zhong -- Selective oxidation of biomass-derived secondary alcohols / Olga A. Simakova and Dmitry Yu. Murzin -- Harnessing the selective catalytic action of supported gold in hydrogenation applications /