title: Reactions over catalysts confined in carbon nanotubes.
abstract: We review a new concept for modifying the redox properties of transition metals via confinement within the channels of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), and thus tuning their catalytic performance. Attention is also devoted to novel techniques for homogeneous dispersion of metal nanoparticles inside CNTs since these are essential for optimization of the catalytic activity.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian, 116023, China. panxl@dicp.ac.cn
authors.forename: Xiulian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Xinhe
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Bao