Strong Metal-Support Interactions for Palladium Supported on TiO2 Catalysts in Heterogeneous Hydrogenation with Parahydrogen

The front cover artwork for Issue 17/2015 is a collaboration between the International Tomography Center (Russia) and the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis (Russia). The image shows that palladium catalysts supported on titania and reduced in H2 flow at 500 °C exhibit a SMSI (strong metal–support interaction) effect, which dramatically reduces the pairwise hydrogen addition activity. See the Communication itself at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201500618. “Metals supported on titania generally exhibit higher levels of parahydrogen‐induced polarization effects.” This and more about the story behind the research featured on the front cover can be found in this issue’s Cover Profile. Read the full text of the corresponding research at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201500618.