ABSTRACT
Nanocatalysis is one of the most stimulating elds to have emerged from current science and technology as sustainable alternatives to conventional materials. The main objectives of nanocatalysis research are to produce catalysts with 100% selectivity, extremely high activity, low energy consumption, and long lifetime by changing the size, dimensionality, chemical composition, and morphology of the reaction center [1-3]. This approach initiates the new avenues for an atom-by-atom catalyst design. The development of nanoparticle (NP) catalysis actually began in the 1950s when research labs, in an attempt to reduce the cost for large commercial applications, developed supported metal catalysts with particle size of less than 100 nm.
