Metal Nanoclusters in Catalysis and Materials Science: The Issue of Size Control Book

General Aspects
General Features of Metal Nanoparticles Physics and Chemistry   Gunter Schmid     3
Metal Nanoclusters: Synthesis and Strategies for their Size Control   Helmut Bonnemann   Kyatanahalli S. Nagabhushana     21
Recent Progress in Bimetallic Nanoparticles: Their Preparation, Structures and Functions   Naoki Toshima   Hu Yan   Yukihide Shiraishi     49
Metal Nanoclusters: Electronic Aspects and Physico-Chemical Characterization   Laszlo Guczi   Zoltan Paszti   Gabor Peto     77
Applications of Metal Nanoclusters in Nanoelectronics   Eva Koplin   Ulrich Simon     107
Nanoscale Characterization of Metal Nanoclusters by Means of X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Techniques   Patrizia Canton   Pier Francesco Fazzini   Carlo Meneghini   Alvise Benedetti   Giulio Pozzi     129
Platinum Nanoclusters' Size and Surface Structure Sensitivity of Catalytic Reactions   Robert M. Rioux   Hyunjoon Song   Peidong Yang   Gabor A. Somorjai     149
Metal Nanoclusters in Catalysis: Effects of Nanoparticle Size, Shape, and Structure   F. Klasovsky   P. Claus     167
Relevance of Metal Nanoclusters Size Control inGold(0) Catalytic Chemistry   Masatake Haruta     183
Metal Nanoclusters Supported on Cross-Linked Functional Polymers: A Class of Emerging Metal Catalysts   Marco Zecca   Paolo Centomo   Benedetto Corain     201
Digestive Ripening, or "Nanomachining," to Achieve Nanocrystal Size Control   Kenneth J. Klabunde   Christopher M. Sorensen   Savka I. Stoeva   Bagavatula L. V. Prasad   Alexander B. Smetana   Xiao-Min Lin     233
Methodologies
Gold Nanoparticles: From Preparation to Catalytic Evaluation   Michele Rossi   Cristina Della Pina   Ermelinda Falletta   Roberto Matarrese     253
Photocatalytic Deposition and Plasmon-Induced Dissolution of Metal Nanoparticles on TiO[subscript 2]   Tetsu Tatsuma   Kazuki Matsubara     263
Synthesis of Metal Nanoclusters upon Using Ion Implantation   P. Mazzoldi   G. Mattei     269
Size Controlled Pd Nanoparticles Anchored to Carbon Fiber Fabrics: Novel Structured Catalyst Effective for Selective Hydrogenation   Lioubov Kiwi-Minsker   Natalia Semagina   Albert Renken     293
Synthesis of Morphologically Controlled Pt Nanoparticles and Their Application in Catalytic Reactions   Akane Miyazaki   Ioan Balint      301
Multipods and Dendritic Nanoparticles of Platinum: Colloidal Synthesis and Electrocatalytic Property   Hong Yang   Xiaowei Teng   Sean Maksimuk     307
Spreader-Bar Structures as Molecular Templates for Electrochemical Synthesis of Nanoparticles   Vladimir M. Mirsky     321
Solvent and Simple Ion-Stabilized Metal Nanoclusters: Chemical Synthesis and Application   Yuan Wang   Xiaodong Wang     327
Microgels as Exotemplates in the Synthesis of Size Controlled Metal Nanoclusters   Andrea Biffis     341
Magnetron Sputtering to Prepare Supported Metal Catalysts   Gabriel M. Veith   Andrew R. Lupini   Nancy J. Dudney     347
Gold Colloidal Nanoparticles Sized to be Suitable Precursors for Heterogeneous Catalysts   F. Porta   L. Prati     355
Liquid Phase Structural Control of Mono- and Bimetallic Nanoparticles   Toshiharu Teranishi   Masafumi Nakaya   Masayuki Kanehara     361
Solvent-Free Controlled Thermolysis for Facile Size-Regulated Synthesis of Metal and Alloy Nanoparticles   Masami Nakamoto   Mari Yamamoto   Yukiyasu Kashiwagi     367
Systematic Synthesis of Monolayer-Protected Gold Clusters with Well-Defined Chemical Compositions   Tatsuya Tsukuda   Hironori Tsunoyama   Yuich Negishi     373
Template Synthesis and Catalysis of Metal Nanoclusters in Ordered Mesoporous Silicas   Paresh L. Dhepe   Atsushi Fukuoka     383
Liquid-Phase Reductive Deposition of Metal Nanoclusters Selective onto Oxide Surfaces   Atsushi Muramatsu   Hideyuki Takahashi   Katsutoshi Yamamoto     391
Production of Metal Nanoparticles by Plants and Plant-Derived Materials   Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey   Jose R. Peralta-Videa   Jason G. Parsons   Ntebogeng S. Mokgalaka   Guadalupe de la Rosa     401
Gel-Type Cross-Linked Functional Polymers as Template in the Synthesis of Size Controlled Metal Nanoclusters   B. Corain   P. Centomo   C. Burato   P. Canton     413
Size and Shape Selective Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles by Seed-Mediated Method and the Catalytic Activity of Growing Microelectrodes (GME) and Fully Grown Microelectrodes (FGME)   Tarasankar Pal   Snigdhamayee Praharaj     419
Metal Nanoparticles Dispersed in Solution: Tests to Identify the Catalyst Nature   Monteserrat Gomez   Isabelle Favier     427
Metal Vapor-Derived Nanostructured Catalysts in Fine Chemistry: The Role Played by Particle Size in the Catalytic Activity and Selectivity   Giovanni Vitulli   Claudio Evangelisti   Anna Maria Caporusso   Paolo Pertici   Nicoletta Panziera   Sergio Bertozzi   Piero Salvadori     437
Wet Preparation of Metal Nanoparticles and Their Immobilization on Silicon Substrates   Tetsu Yonezawa   Yoshinori Yamanoi   Hiroshi Nishihara     453