Reaction mechanisms articles within Nature Materials

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• Article | 14 September 2020

  Insight into the effects of confined hydrocarbon species on the lifetime of methanol conversion catalysts

  The methanol-to-hydrocarbons reaction on zeolites produces olefins from many sources, but catalyst stability is a major challenge. Here, by combining operando measurements and simulations, the formation and identification of deactivating carbonaceous species throughout the reaction are achieved.

  • I. Lezcano-Gonzalez
  • , E. Campbell
  •  & A. M. Beale

• News & Views | 16 September 2019

  Making weak dopants strong

  Lewis acids are shown to react with water, forming a complex with Brønsted acidity able to effectively dope semiconducting polymers through backbone protonation and internal charge transfer.

  • Han Yan
  •  & Wei Ma