Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, 117576 Singapore, Singapore.
Dalton Trans. 2013 Oct 7;42(37):13294-304. doi: 10.1039/c3dt51180d. Epub 2013 Jun 14.
Nanoparticle (NP) catalysis is traditionally viewed as a sub-section of heterogeneous catalysis. However, certain properties of NP catalysts, especially NPs dispersed in solvents, indicate that there could be benefits from viewing them from the perspective of homogeneous catalysis. By applying the fundamental approaches and concepts routinely used in homogeneous catalysis to NP catalysts it should be possible to rationally design new nanocatalysts with superior properties to those currently in use.
纳米粒子（NP）催化传统上被视为多相催化的一个分支。然而，NP 催化剂的某些特性，特别是分散在溶剂中的 NPs，表明从均相催化的角度来看可能会有一些好处。通过将均相催化中常用的基本方法和概念应用于 NP 催化剂，应该有可能合理设计具有比目前使用的催化剂更优越性能的新型纳米催化剂。
