• Combined experimental and theoretical study of acetylene semi-hydrogenation over Pd/Al <sub>2</sub> O <sub>3</sub> 

      Goncalves, Liliana PL; Wang, Jianguang; Vinati, Simone; Barborini, Emanuele; Wei, Xian-Kui; Heggen, Marc; Franco, Miguel; Sousa, Juliana PS; Petrovykh, Dmitri Y; Soares, Olívia Salomé Gonçalves Pinto; Kovnir, Kirill; Akola, Jaakko; Kolen'ko, Yury V (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The semi-hydrogenation of acetylene (C2H2 + H2 = C2H4, ΔH = −172 kJ mol−1) is a well-studied reaction that is important for purification of ethylene, C2H4, feed used in polyethylene production. Pd-based catalysts are most ...
    • Engineering gold-platinum core-shell nanoparticles by self-limitation in solution 

      Ledendecker, Marc; Paciok, Paul; Osowiecki, Wojciech T.; Pander, Marc; Heggen, Marc; Göhl, Daniel; Kamat, Gaurav A.; Erbe, Andreas; Mayrhofer, Karl J.J.; Alivisatos, A. Paul (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Core-shell particles with thin noble metal shells represent an attractive material class with potential for various applications ranging from catalysis to biomedical and pharmaceutical applications to optical crystals. The ...