Principles and Concepts of Nanocatalysis

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Catalysis is one of the fundamental principles of the twelve principles of

“Green Chemistry”. Over the past few years, nanocatalysis has emerged as a growing

field of catalysis in the construction, food, medical, pharmaceutical, energy, and water

treatment sectors due to its high activity, selectivity, and productivity. Nanoparticles

are different from their bulk counterparts and exhibit unique properties as compared to

traditional catalysts, for example, simple and cheap approaches of production, good

selectivity, high surface to volume ratio, high catalytic activity, ease of recovery, the

possibility of being reused, enhanced mixing with reactants, easy separation, and

presence of a large number of active sites. The nanoscale size (1nm = 10-9 m), shape,

and remarkably large surface area to volume ratio impart inimitable properties to

nanoparticles. This chapter presents the principles and concepts of nanocatalysis and

discusses the inimitable structure and catalytic properties of monometallic

nanoparticles and bimetallic nanomaterials, magnetic nanoparticles, nanocomposites,

carbon-based nanomaterials, and nanophotocatalysts in various organic

transformations.

Keywords: Bimetallic NPs, Carbon-based nanomaterials, Green chemistry, Magnetic NPs, Monometallic NPs, Nanocatalysis, Nanocomposites, Nanophotocatalysts.

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