Patent ID: 7011807

Claim:
A supported reactive catalyst having a controlled coordination structure, comprising: a support material; a plurality of reactive catalyst particles disposed on the support material, the reactive catalyst particles comprising a plurality of catalytically reactive atoms including at least one member selected from the group consisting of noble metals, base transition metals, rare earth metals, and solid non-metals, the catalytically reactive atoms being arranged so that at least about 50% of a top or outer surface layer of the catalytically reactive atoms have a nearest neighbor coordination number of 2; an anchoring material comprising at least one type of polymer, oligomer or organic compound that chemically binds at least a portion of the reactive catalyst particles to the support material, at least a portion of the anchoring material being disposed between a bottom layer of the catalytically reactive atoms and the support material, wherein at least about 50% of the anchoring material is straight-chained instead of branched.