The catalytic properties of graphene-supported ruthenium nanoparticles (Ru@rGO) have been finely tuned by modifying their metal surface with pyrene-tagged N-heterocyclic-carbene ligands (pyr-IMes). The nature and interaction modes of the pyr-IMes...

The search of new ligands capable of modifying the metal nanoparticle (MNP) catalytic behavior is of increasing interest. Herein we present the first example of RuNPs stabilized with non-planar heptagon-containing...

The pursuit of new catalysts for the aqueous transformation of biomass-derived compounds under mild conditions is an active area of research. In the present work, the selective hydrogenation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural...