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Engineers image nanostructure of a solid acid catalyst and boost its catalytic activity


Aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and Raman, infrared and UV-visible spectroscopies pinpoint sub-nanometer clusters of tungsten oxide mixed with tiny amounts of zirconium as the active catalytic species in the catalyst. ...

Source: Lehigh University
Monday, November 9, 2009