Description
With the increasing demand for optimization of energy storage, maintenance of the environment, and effective production, control on nanostructures of catalysts and optimization of their organization have become key to achieving high efficiency and specificity in energy and material conversion systems. This book emphasizes and summarizes the novel design of soft matters (molecules, polymers, assembled motifs, etc.) for nanocatalysts and nanocatalyst supports. The diversity or specialty of soft matters offers a new perspective and great promise for the development of new nanocatalytic systems for future requirements. Soft matters can provide a simple and well-defined space for the discovery of new catalysts.
This book covers nonmetallic organocatalysts, organometallic compounds, dendrimers, ionic liquids, enzymes, polymers, various organized nanoarchitectures for supporting catalysts, and molecular dynamics in catalytic surface reactions. It gives readers a complete picture of the catalysis systems based on soft matters and is a useful reference for advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level students and researchers in chemistry, biology, materials science, nanoscience, polymer science, and catalysis.
Table of Contents
Introduction of Catalysts
Qingmin Ji and Katsuhiko Ariga
Structural Design for Molecular Catalysts
Qingmin Ji, Qin Tang, Jonathan P. Hill, and Katsuhiko Ariga
Supermolecular Catalysts
Shangbin Jin, Jiang He, Qingmin Ji, Jonathan P. Hill, and Katsuhiko Ariga
Organic Polymers, Oligomers, and Catalysis
Gaulthier Rydzek and Amir Pakdel
Carbons as Supports for Catalysts
Shenmin Zhu, Chengling Zhu, Yao Li, and Hui Pan
Porous Inorganic Nanoarchiectures for Catalysts
Qingmin Ji, Jiao Sun, Shenmin Zhu, and Jia Liu
Catalytic Reactions on Solid Surfaces
Huihui Kong, Xinyan Huang, Muqiu Wu, and Harald Fuchs
Perspective on Soft Matters for Future Catalysts
Qingmin Ji, Harald Fuchs, and Katsuhiko Ariga
