<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mondal, Sourik</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Samanta, Anupam</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dhar, Basab B.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Devi, R. Nandini</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Encapsulation of ultra small metal clusters in silica: evolution of the concept of nanoreactors and the case of Ag-Pd@SiO2 alloy catalyst</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Catalysis Today</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ag-Pd alloy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Encapsulation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sinter resistant</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sintering</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ultra small nanoclusters</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2015</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">AUG</style></date></pub-dates></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">251</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">114-120</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;The concept of encapsulation of ultra small clusters within silica evolved as a means to address the sintering of active metal nanoparticles and subsequent deactivation observed in supported noble metal catalysts. It is hypothesised that sintering, which mainly occurs due to mobility of metal species on the support surfaces, can be minimised if the growth and movement of metal nanoparticles are constrained. First, nanoparticles are isolated inside 1D channels in 2D mesoporous compounds and the idea develops to complete encapsulation of thiol protected ultra small nanoclusters in silica spheres. Sintering is better controlled in the latter due to the confined space for growth of nanoparticles. Access of reactant molecules to the active metal surfaces also is ensured by porosity created in the silica matrix forming the basis of the concept of nanoreactors. In this paper, we elaborate on the evolution of this concept from our earlier work on highly sinter resistant silica encapsulated Au, Pd and Au-Pd alloys to the present system of Ag-Pd alloy encapsulated in silica. Silver, with the lowest Tammann temperature among noble metals, is highly prone to sintering which is adequately controlled by alloying with Pd as well as encapsulation in silica. Its enhanced activity in paranitrophenol reduction in comparison with pure metals indicates the advantageous effect of alloying. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">7th Tokyo Conference on Advanced Catalytic Science and Technology (TOCAT), Kyoto, JAPAN, JUN 01-06, 2014</style></notes><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Foreign&lt;/p&gt;</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4.312</style></custom4></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mondal, Sourik</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rajesh, Thattarathody</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dhar, Basab B.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Snellman, Markus</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Li, Junjie</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Deepak, Francis Leonard</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Devi, R. Nandini</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Understanding alloy structure and composition in sinter-resistant AgPd@SiO2 encapsulated catalysts and their effect on catalytic properties</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">New Journal of Chemistry</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DEC</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">41</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">14652-14658</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The extent of alloying and the alloy composition, which are crucial in determining the activity and selectivity of bimetallic catalysts, were studied in porous silica encapsulated AgPd catalysts using XRD, HRTEM and HAADF-STEM. Water-dispersible ligand protected Pd ultra-small clusters and Ag nanoparticles of three different sizes were used as the precursors. The high reactivity of Pd ultra-small clusters enhanced the alloying of larger Ag nanoparticles to some extent. Encapsulation appeared to have minimised the sintering of the resultant nanoparticles. The earlier suggestions of the role of d-band positions with respect to adsorption energies holds good for the AgPd system and alloying enhances the activity. Alloy with the composition of Ag50Pd50 was found to be the most active with the reaction rate enhanced two fold compared to that in other compositions. Other factors like particle size and sinter-resistance also played important roles in enhancing the activity of these catalysts.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">23</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Article</style></work-type><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foreign</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3.277</style></custom4></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mondal, Sourik</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rajesh, Thattarathody</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dhar, Basab B.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Snellman, Markus</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Li, Junjie</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Deepak, Francis Leonard</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Devi, R. 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