Surface-Mediated Design and Catalytic Properties of Active Metal Complexes for Advanced Catalysis Creation

Molecular-scale design of catalytically active structures at oxide surfaces is highlighted, focusing on our recent challenges for selective heterogeneous catalysis. We found novel structural transformations of supported metal complexes on oxide surfaces and achieved unique selective catalysis for various chemical syntheses. In this account, the advanced design of supported metal-complex catalysts on oxide surfaces and the in situ characterization of their structural kinetics, which means kinetics of structural changes of catalysts themselves, under catalyst-working conditions are reviewed.