Heterogeneous catalysis: Catch me if you can!

Abstract

Chemists are like detectives: they like to know 'whodunit' during a catalytic reaction. Combining advanced electron microscopy with intelligent molecular design has now provided strong evidence for the presence of a highly active site within a complex catalytic solid.

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Citation

Weckhuysen, B M 2009, 'Heterogeneous catalysis: Catch me if you can!', Nature Chemistry, vol. 1, no. 9, pp. 690-692.