Nanoparticles and Catalysis

Didier Astruc is a full professor at the University Bordeaux 1, a member of the Institut Universitaire de France and the Academies Leopoldina, Europaea and European Academy of Science, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He studied in Rennes and carried out his post-doc at MIT with Nobel prize winner R. R. Schrock. His research fields span from inorganic materials to nanoreactors in catalysis and drug nanovectors. Professor Astruc is the author of "Electron Transfer and Radical Processes in Transition Metal Chemistry" (prefaced by Henry Taube, 1995), of the standard textbook "Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis" (2007) and of more than 300 research publications. He was awarded several prizes including the Humboldt, Iberdrola and Le Bel Prizes.

• Transition-metal Nanoparticles in Catalysis: From Historical Background to the State of the ArtSurfactant-stabilized Nanoparticles as Catalyst Precursors -Scientific Basis, Recent Developments and an OutlookNanoparticle-catalysts Based on Nanostructured PolymersPAMAM-dendrimer Templated CatalystsAerogel-supported Nanoparticles in CatalysisTransition-metal Catalysis in Imidazolium Ionic LiquidsCarbon and Silicon Nanotubes-containing CatalysisSize-selective Synthesis of Nanostructured Metal- and Metal-oxide Colloids and their Use as CatalystsMultimetallic Nanoparticles Prepared by Redox Processes Applied in CatalysisThe Role of Palladium Nanoparticles as Catalysts for Carbon-carbon Coupling ReactionsRhodium and Ruthenium Nanoparticles in CatalysisSupported Gold Nanoparticle as Oxidation CatalystsGold Nanoparticle Catalyzed Oxidation in Organic ChemistryAuNP-catalyzed Propene Epoxidation by Dioxygen and DihydrogenGold Nanoparticles: Recent Advances in CO OxidationNO Heterogeneous Catalysis Viewed from the Angle of NanoparticlesHydrocarbon Catalytic Reactivity of Supported Nanometallic ParticlesSurface Organometallic Chemistry on Metallic NPs: Synthesis, Characterization and Application in Catalysis

"I strongly recommend this book to any researcher entering the interdisciplinary world of catalytic metal NP's.  There are many fine books on the subjects of nanotechnology and catalysis, but none addresses metal NP's and catalysis as directly, comprehensively, and usefully as Astruc's book." (Angewandte Chemie, September 28, 2008)