Chapter 32:Selective Oxidation Using Gold and Gold–Palladium Nanoparticles

It is a pleasure to provide an article for this publication in honour of the 75th birthday of Sir John Meurig Thomas. The paper is based on a Francois Gault lecture given by the author on behalf of EFCATS during 2007; this is considered appropriate as Sir John was elected as the first EFCATS Francoi...