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The Structure and Catalytic Reactivity of Supported Homogeneous Cluster Compounds

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Tunneling Spectroscopy

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Although tunneling spectroscopy has been applied heretofore to only a limited extent in the investigation of homogeneous cluster compounds supported on oxide surfaces, it is quite possible that it will prove to be one of the more valuable techniques that can be used to elucidate the structure and catalytic reactivity of this important class of catalysts. The principles of tunneling spectroscopy have been described in Chapter 1 of this book as well as in the previous review articles.(1–5) Examples of the use of tunneling spectroscopy to investigate the catalytic properties of metal crystallites supported on oxide surfaces have been described in previous review articles,(1–5) and, in particular, in Chapter 13 of this text. This application is closely related to the study of supported homogeneous cluster compounds. In the former case, one is concerned with aggregates of reduced metallic atoms attached to an oxide “support,” while in the latter case, the topic of this chapter, one is concerned with the attachment and catalytic reactivity of cluster compounds (which may or may not have lost one or more of their ligands) “supported” on an oxide surface.

Work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant No. CPE-8024597.

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Weinberg, W.H. (1982). The Structure and Catalytic Reactivity of Supported Homogeneous Cluster Compounds. In: Hansma, P.K. (eds) Tunneling Spectroscopy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1152-2_12

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