This book presents state-of-the-art coverage on synthesis, characterization, and properties of catalytic materials including nanomaterials, and recent advances in catalytic materials and their applications. The contents include chapters on fundamentals of catalytic materials, metal-chalcogen complexes, impact of ultrasonic frequencies on materials synthesis, activation of alkanes and CO2, metal-metal oxide interfacial catalysis, enzyme catalysis, among others. The contents of this book are useful for researchers and professionals working in the areas of materials science, especially catalytic materials.

Table of Contents:
Basic Concept of Catalytic materials and Summary of all Chapters.- Frustrated Lewis Pairs (FLP): Concept, Synthesis and Their Implications in Catalysis.- Free and Supported Clusters: Unique Materials Influencing Chemistry at Sub-nanoscale.- Synthesis Techniques of Nanostructured Rare Earth Metal Oxides and Mixed Metal Oxides for Catalytic and Related Applications.- Metal-organic Frameworks (MOFs) Materials: Synthesis and Application as Catalyst in Recent Organic Transformation.- Nano-structured Materials for Visible-light-driven Organic Synthesis: A New Catalytic Solution for a Sustainable World.- Enzyme catalysis: A green chemistry perspective.- Nanostructures of Transition Metal Oxides/Hydroxides: Their Synthesis and Use in Catalysis.- Semiconductor and Plasmonic Nanomaterials Immobilized Over 2D GO/r-GO/g-C3N4 Photocatalyst for Enhanced Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants.- Ionic Liquid as an Efficient Catalytic Material for the Organic Synthesis.- Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) as Catalysts for Nitroarenes Heterogeneous Electrophilic Catalysis.- A Review of Dimethyl Ether Synthesis Routes and Recent Technological Advancements.- A Heterogeneous Catalysts’–Driven C-H Bond Aactivation.- Metal Metal-oxide Interfaces in Catalysis.- Group 10 Molecular Materials as Efficient Catalysts for Advanced Coupling Reaction.- Layered Double Hydroxide (LDH) Derived Versatile Electrocatalysts Towards Water Splitting.- Perspective on Catalytic Oxidation of CO on Supported Metal Catalysts.- An Overview on MOF-based Nanocatalysts for Dehydrogenation of Chemical Hydrogen Storage Sources.