title: Catalytic applications of metal nanoparticles in imidazolium ionic liquids.
abstract: Metal nanoparticles (MNPs) with a small diameter and narrow size distribution can be prepared by H(2) reduction of metal compounds or decomposition of organometallic species dissolved in ionic liquids (ILs). MNPs dispersed in ILs are catalysts for reactions under multiphase conditions. These soluble MNPs possess a pronounced surfacelike rather than single-site like catalytic properties. In other cases the MNPs are not stable and tend to aggregate or serve as reservoirs of mononuclear catalytically active species.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis, Institute of Chemistry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500 Porto Alegre 91501-970 RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Migowski
authors.forename: Jaïrton
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dupont