Catalysis with Sub-Nanometer Metal Clusters

Antonio Leyva-Pérez earned his Chemistry degree from the Universitat de València (UV) Spain, then completed a Ph.D. in heterogeneous catalysis under Prof. Hermenegildo García at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), Spain. He briefly worked in organometallics at M.I.T. with Prof. Steven L. Buchwald, followed by postdoctoral research at Cambridge under Prof. Steven Ley. In 2008, he joined ITQ to work with Prof. Avelino Corma, later earning a Ramón y Cajal contract (2014), a Distinguished Research position (2016), and tenure (2019). He then founded his own group, "Catalysis For Sustainable Organic Reactions," at CSIC, becoming Research Scientist in 2023. He holds several national research grants and leads industry-funded contracts with international companies. Belén Lerma-Berlanga graduated in Chemistry in 2016 at the University of Valencia (UV), obtaining the Extraordinary Degree Award. In 2017, she started her Ph.D. studies at Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol) under the supervision of Dr. Carlos Martí Gastaldo and Dr. Natalia Muñoz Padial with a FPU grant from the Spanish government. During this period her work was focused on the design and synthesis of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) based on group IV metals, and the study of their applications in photocatalysis and gas separation. In 2022, Belén completed her Ph.D. with CUM LAUDE qualification and international mention, along with the Best Thesis in Chemistry award from the UV. Later, she joined the Antonio Leyva Pérez´s group at the Institute of Chemical Technology (ITQ-CSIC) as a postdoctoral researcher with a Juan de la Cierva grant from Spanish government. Her role is to study catalytic processes in industrial valued reactions.

• Introduction: Historical background and general features of catalytic metal clusters from nanoparticlesMetal clusters—Hidden key players in dynamic catalytic systemsSupported ligand free sub-nanometer metal particles for hydrogenation productionBridging Molecular and Supported Catalysts: Electronic Control and Reactivity of Group 6 Ternary Sulfide ClustersInfluence of Metal-Support Interactions on the Catalytic Properties of Subnanometric Copper ClustersMorphology Effects of Plasmonic Nanoparticles on Photo-Activated Dehydrogenation: An Experimental and Theoretical StudyDFT-Guided Mechanistic Insights into Disulfide Metathesis Catalyzed by Gold ClustersNovel Applications of Sub-Nanometer Metal Clusters in Zeolites for Organic Synthesis and Petroleum ChemistryApplications of Silver Single Atoms, Sub-Nanometer Clusters, and Nanoparticles in Organic SynthesisSingle-Atoms vs Metal-Clusters on Reducible and Non-Reducible SupportsSub-nanometric Gold Clusters as Catalysts for Alkyne Hydration with near Enzyme-Catalytic Activity: From Soluble Organometallic Complexes to E-wasteConclusions and Outlooks