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Much more work has been carried out on supported gold catalysts (also called “real” catalysts) than on gold single crystal surfaces. However, for fundamental understanding of catalysis by gold, well-defined gold surfaces and controlled conditions using the surface science approach may provide useful information concerning reaction mechanisms and the nature of active centers. This paper presents a brief overview on the work carried out regarding adsorption of several small molecules on gold surfaces from 2004, date of the last review on gold surface science [R. Meyer, C. Lemire, S.K. Shaikhutdinov and H. Freund,Gold Bull., 2004, 37, 72], until recently. Both experimental and theoretical results are discussed. A large difference between the flat Au(111), by far the most studied surface, and stepped/kinked surfaces, is found, demonstrating the importance of low-coordinated Au atoms for high catalytic activity.
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Dr. Sónia A.C. Carabineiro obtained her Ph.D. in Catalysis at the New University of Lisbon, Portugal. She was a post doc at Leiden University, The Netherlands, working with Ben Nieuwenhuys, where she met David Thompson. She had just written a paper for the Dutch magazine “Chemisch Weekblad” on “The golden future of gold catalysts”. David was an enthusiastic promoter of catalysis by gold, and they became good friends. She returned to Portugal and after another post-doc position at the Technical University of Lisbon, she moved to the University of Porto as an assistant researcher. In the meantime, Sónia was a co-author of two book chapters with David and is currently working in the field of gold catalysed oxidation reactions.
Prof. Bernard E. Nieuwenhuys received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Leiden University, the Netherlands, under the tutelage of W.M.H. Sachtler. Between 1975 and 1976 he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, where he worked under the supervision of G.A. Somorjai. In 1977 he joined the Faculty of Chemistry at the Leiden University. He is a professor in heterogeneous catalysis and surface chemistry, also part-time at the Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands.
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Carabineiro, S.A.C., Nieuwenhuys, B.E. Adsorption of small molecules on gold single crystal surfaces. Gold Bull 42, 288–301 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03214951
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