An illustration of the experimental setup (IMAGE)

Chalmers University of Technology

An illustration of the experimental setup

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Neighbourly collaboration for catalysis. First, a number of nanoparticles of copper are isolated in a gas-filled nanotube. Researchers then use light to measure how they affect each other in the process by which oxygen and carbon monoxide become carbon dioxide. The long-term goal of the research is to find a resource-efficient "neighbourhood collaboration" where as many particles as possible are catalytically active at the same time.

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David Albinsson/Chalmers University of Technology

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