Morphological, Compositional, and Shape Control of Materials for Catalysis

Matteo Cargnello is Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and Terman Faculty Fellow at Stanford University, Stanford, CA. His group research interests are in the preparation and use of uniform and tailored materials for heterogeneous catalysis and photocatalysis and the technological exploitation of nanoparticles and nanocrystals. Reactions of interest are related to sustainable energy generation and use, control of emissions of greenhouse gases, and better utilization of abundant building blocks (methane, biomass). Dr. Cargnello received his PhD in Nanotechnology in 2012 at the University of Trieste (Italy) and he was then a post-doctoral scholar in the Chemistry Department at the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) before joining the Faculty at Stanford. He is the recipient of the ENI Award Debut in Research 2013 and the European Federation of Catalysis Societies Award as best European PhD thesis in catalysis in 2013.

1. Opportunities and challenges in the synthesis, characterization, and catalytic properties of controlled nanostructures
Michele Melchionna, Paolo Fornasiero, Matteo Cargnello
2. Tuning product selectivity by changing the size of catalytically-active metallic nanoparticles
Elad Gross
3. Achievements, present status, and grand challenges of controlled model nano-catalysts
Selim Alayoglu
4. Well-defined metal nanoparticles for electrocatalysis
Liheng Wu, Zheng Xi, and Shouheng Sun
5. Characterization of model nanocatalysts by x-ray absorption spectroscopy
Qi Wang and Anatoly I. Frenkel
6. Controlling the number of atoms on catalytic metallic clusters
Alejandra Londoño-Calderon, Arturo Ponce, Ulises Santiago, Sergio Mejia, and Miguel José-Yacamán
7. Spectroscopic methods in catalysis and their applications in well-defined nanocatalysts
Elisa Borfecchia, Lorenzo Mino, Elena Groppo, Silvia Bordiga, Aram L. Bugaev, Andriy Budnyk, Kirill A. Lomachenko, Alexander A. Guda, Mikhail A. Soldatov, Alexander V. Soldatov, and Carlo Lamberti
8. Nanoscale control of metal clusters on templating supports
Erik Vesselli and Maria Peressi
9. 0, 1, 2, and 3-D soft and hard templates for catalysis
Sultan Butuna, Sahin Demircia, Alper O. Yasara, Selin Sagbasa, Nahit Aktasc, Nurettin Sahinera
10. Atomically precise gold and bimetal nanoclusters as new model catalysts
Chenjie Zeng, Yuxiang Chen, Shuo Zhao, and Rongchao Jin
11. Fundamental studies on photocatalytic structures with well-defined crystal facets
Don Jiang and Wenzhong Wang
12. Nanocrystal catalysts of high energy surface and high activity
Shi-Gang Sun
13. Synthesis and characterization of morphology controlled TiO2 nanocrystals: Opportunities and challenges for their application in photocatalytic materials
Massimiliano D'Arienzo, Roberto Scotti, Barbara Di Credico, and Matteo Redaelli
14. Uncertainties in theoretical description of well defined heterogeneous catalysts
Zhi-Jian Zhao and Jinlong Gong