The 4th molecular materials meeting (M3) @ Singapore

Abstract

The 4th Molecular Materials Meeting (M3) @ Singapore was held at Singapore where a number of peer-review papers were presented discussing the latest progress in molecular materials research. Rutkowska and other researchers from University of Warsaw, Poland reported on electrocatalytic metal oxidesupported noble metal nanoparticles on nanoporous platinum electrodes for electrooxidation of ethanol in which synergistic effects were observed. The authors proposed that the electrocatalytic activities were enhanced by the large population of hydroxyl groups on the surfaces of the nanostructured TiO2 and WO3, where the -OH groups induced oxidation of CO passivating intermediates and increased the activity of the Ru component.