Meet the editors

Mohammed Muzibur Rahman received his BSc and MSc from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh, in 1999 and 2001, respectively. He received his PhD from the Chonbuk National University, South Korea, in 2007. After his PhD, he worked as postdoctoral fellowship and assistant professor in pioneering research centers and universities located in South Korea, Japan, and Saudi Arabia (2007–2011). Since 2011

he has been working as associate professor in the Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research and the Chemistry Department at King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. He has published more than 320 international and domestic conferences, several book chapters, and 10 books as an editor. His research work has been largely in the area of nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes, nanotechnology, sensors, ionic liquid, surface chemistry, electrochemistry, instrumental science, nanomaterials, self-assembled monolayers, photochemistry, m-chips and devices, etc.

Abdullah Mohamed Asiri received his PhD from the University of Wales, College of Cardiff, UK, in 1995. He has been the Head of the Chemistry Department at King Abdul Aziz University since October 2009 and is the founder and Director of the Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research. He is a professor of organic photochemistry. His research interest covers color chemistry, synthesis of novel photochromic and thermochro-

mic systems, synthesis of novel coloring matters and dyeing of textiles, materials chemistry, nanochemistry, nanotechnology, polymers, and plastics. He is the Editor-in-Chief of King Abdul Aziz University Journal of Science. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of Pigments & Resin Technology (UK), Organic Chemistry Insights (New Zealand), and Recent Patents on Materials Science (USA). He is Vice-President of the Saudi Chemical Society (Western Province Branch).

**Preface III**

State-of-Art Gold Nanoparticles **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 13**

**Chapter 3 27**

**Chapter 4 53**

State-of-the-Art Catalysis **73**

**Chapter 5 75**

**Chapter 6 101**

**Chapter 7 125**

Tailoring the Kinetic Behavior of Hydride Forming Materials for Hydrogen

Introductory Chapter: Basic Concept of Gold Nanoparticles *by Mohammed Muzibur Rahman and Abdullah Mohamed Asiri*

Red or Blue? Gold Nanoparticles in Colorimetric Sensing

Silica-Supported Gold Nanocatalyst for CO Oxidation

Evolution of Gold Nanoparticles in Radiation Environments

Detoxification of Carcinogenic Dyes by Noble Metal (Ag, Au, Pt)

Selective Mono-Hydrogenation of Polyunsaturated Hydrocarbons:

*by Ziyauddin S. Qureshi and EA Jaseer*

*by Samuel A. Briggs and Khalid Hattar*

Impregnated Titania Photocatalysts

Traditional and Nanoscale Catalysis *by Ting-An Chen and Young-Seok Shon*

*by Sivakumar Thiripuranthagan and Valentine Rupa*

*by Pablo Gaviña, Margarita Parra, Salvador Gil and Ana M. Costero*

**Section 1**

Contents

**Section 2**

Storage

*by Julián Atilio Puszkiel*
