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Identifying the activity of nanocatalyst sites

There is no doubt that identifying active sites at the atomic scale for designing optimal catalysts is a great challenge. Now, by combining computational and experimental results, an advanced methodology is proposed for understanding the structure–activity relationship at the atomic level.

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Fig. 1: Identification of structural and activity site for nanocatalysts.

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Lee, W.H. Identifying the activity of nanocatalyst sites. Nat Catal 7, 761–762 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-024-01188-3

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