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AuCu Nanoparticles Applied on Heterogeneous Catalysis: Studies About the Stability of Nanoparticles Under Redox Pre-treatments and Application in CO Oxidation Reaction

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Catalysis is an important area of great scientific and economic interest and in order to better understand the processes involved became essential the use of model catalysts with well defined properties. This Chapter presents AuCu nanoparticles with well defined size and composition supported and applied in the CO oxidation reaction. The results have proved the fundamental effect of the support as a driving force that leads to the formation of different types of metal-oxide interface, aspects that may be extremely relevant for catalysis and other areas where a well-defined interface is required.

* The content of this chapter is adapted with permission from the articles entitled “AuCu alloy nanoparticles supported on SiO2: Impact of redox pretreatments in the catalyst performance in CO oxidation”* and “The Crucial Role of the Support in the Transformations of Bimetallic Nanoparticles and Catalytic Performance”**.

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Destro, P.; Marras, S.; Manna, L.; Colombo, M.; and Zanchet, D. Cat.Tod.,2017, 282, 105-110. Copyright (2018) by Elsevier. Reproduced with permission.

**Destro, P.; Kokumai, T.M.; Scarpellini, A.; Pasquale, L.; Manna, L.; Colombo, M. and Zanchet, D. ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 1031-1037. Copyright (2018) by American Chemical Society. Reproduced with permission.

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Destro, P. (2019). AuCu Nanoparticles Applied on Heterogeneous Catalysis: Studies About the Stability of Nanoparticles Under Redox Pre-treatments and Application in CO Oxidation Reaction. In: Colloidal Nanoparticles for Heterogeneous Catalysis. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03550-1_3

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