Encapsulation of supported metal nanoparticles with an ultra-thin porous shell for size-selective reactions.
A novel nanostructured catalyst with an ultra-thin porous shell obtained from the thermal decomposition of an aluminium alkoxide film deposited by molecular layer deposition for size-selective reactions was developed. The molecular sieving capability of the porous metal oxide films was verified by examining the liquid-phase hydrogenation of n-hexene versus cis-cyclooctene.
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 65409, USA. liangxin@mst.edu.
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Shang
Rajankumar L
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Patel
Brian W
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Evanko
Xinhua
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Liang