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3. Catalytic properties of gold nanoparticles
3.1 Gold acquires "catalyst" status
Although gold has long been neglected by chemists because of its inert nature, some experimental results published in 1973 showed that in highly divided form – the term nanometric was not used, 35 years ago – gold appeared to have catalytic properties. . But the scientific community's interest in gold's chemical activity was sparked by Masatake Haruta's (Japan) 1987 demonstration of the ability of small gold nanoparticles to catalyze the oxidation of carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide, even...
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Or-Nano, CNRS Research Group
World Gold Council, official website
Gold Bulletin, the Journal of Gold Science, Technology and Applications (free access)
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