Development of new highly active nano gold catalysts for selective oxidation reactions (original) (raw)

I would like to begin with praising and thanking the god, Allah, the almighty for all his bounties upon me and for his assistance in my life and my study which without him this work would not have been achieved. I would like to thank many people for their help and support during my studies. I would like to greatly thank my supervisor, Prof. Graham Hutchings, for his invaluable support, guidance and encouragement throughout my PhD degree journey. I am also deeply grateful to Dr. Meenakshisundaram Sankar and Dr. Peter J. Miedziak for their supervision, input and support during my PhD study. I would also like to thank my cosupervisor Prof. David W. Knight for his suggestions and invaluable advice throughout this study. I would also like to extend my gratitude to Prof. Christopher Kiely and his group for STEM, Dr. David Morgan for XPS, James Pritchard for H 2 O 2 testing and Dr Jennifer Edwards for the thesis correction. I shall also thank the department technical staff in chemistry school. Moreover, I would like to thank all the members of GJH group in lab 1.88, 1.86 and 0.90 for a nice time we spent together with special mention to