Table 1.

Comparison between the Ru/M ratios measured by ICP and XPS before and after thermal activation for clusters 3 to 8 on CNFs and MWNTs.

Cluster	Support	Ru/M calc.	Ru/M from ICP (mol)	Ru/M from XPS
				Before activation	After activation
3	CNF–PPh2	6 (Pt)	4.99	3.25	2.50
	MWNT–PPh2		5.05	2.25	1.46
4	CNF–PPh2	5 (Pt)	4.37	3.16	2.43
	MWNT–PPh2		4.52	3.34	2.02
5	CNF–PPh2	3 (Au)	2.12	1.86	2.89
	MWNT–PPh2		2.61	1.32	2.08
6	CNF–PPh2	2.5 (Au)	2.01	1.36	4.72
	MWNT–PPh2		2.15	1.08	1.89
7	CNF–PPh2	2 (Au)	1.60	0.80	4.00
	MWNT–PPh2		1.91	0.72	1.56
8	CNF–PPh2	5 (Pt)	4.59	2.98	3.03
		2.5 (Au)	1.60	1.01	3.90
	MWNT–PPh2	5 (Pt)	4.40	0.78	0.41
		2.5 (Au)	1.54	0.45	0.75