Surfaces are special states of matter. New experiments show that the non-ideal behaviour of nanoclusters on the surface of a catalyst strongly affects their tendency to form larger clusters, and therefore the catalyst's performance.
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Bowker, M. The going rate for catalysts. Nature Mater 1, 205–206 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat774
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