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Metal-oxide interfaces

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Heterogeneous catalyst systems comprising metals supported on oxides are widespread. Evidence now suggests that it is the interfacial regions that are most catalytically active, and this has been exploited to create a tandem nanocatalyst system.

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Figure 1: A single metal particle with two interfaces.

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  1. Peter C. Stair is in the Department of Chemistry at Northwestern University, and the Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division at Argonne National Laboratory, 2145 Sheridon Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, USA, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439 USA,

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