biostudies-literatureUnknown34(19)Karadaghi LRTransition-metal carbides are promising low-cost materials for various catalytic transformations due to their multifunctionality and noble-metal-like behavior. Nanostructuring transition-metal carbides offers advantages resulting from the large surface-area-to-volume ratios inherent in colloidal nanoparticle catalysts; however, a barrier for their utilization is removal of the long-chain aliphatic ligands on their surface to access active sites. Annealing procedures to remove these ligands require temperatures greater than the catalyst synthesis and catalytic reaction temperatures and may further result in coking or particle sintering that can reduce catalytic performance. One way to circumvent this problem is by replacing the long-chain aliphatic ligands with smaller ligands that can be eChemistry of materials : a publication of the American Chemical Society8849-8857https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9558459biostudies-literatureActivating Molybdenum Carbide Nanoparticle Catalysts under Mild Conditions Using Thermally Labile Ligands.PMC9558459Habas SERuddy DABrutchey RLKaradaghi LRBaddour FGTo ATfalseActivating Molybdenum Carbide Nanoparticle Catalysts under Mild Conditions Using Thermally Labile Ligands.Transition-metal carbides are promising low-cost materials for various catalytic transformations due to their multifunctionality and noble-metal-like behavior. Nanostructuring transition-metal carbides offers advantages resulting from the large surface-area-to-volume ratios inherent in colloidal nanoparticle catalysts; however, a barrier for their utilization is removal of the long-chain aliphatic ligands on their surface to access active sites. Annealing procedures to remove these ligands require temperatures greater than the catalyst synthesis and catalytic reaction temperatures and may further result in coking or particle sintering that can reduce catalytic performance. One way to circumvent this problem is by replacing the long-chain aliphatic ligands with smaller ligands that can be e2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 Oct2025-04-18T22:37:30.895Z2025-04-07T10:24:30.427ZS-EPMC95584593624823110.1021/acs.chemmater.2c02148