Single rhodium atom alloy catalyzes propane to propene reaction (IMAGE)

Tufts University

Single rhodium atom alloy catalyzes propane to propene reaction

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Artistic rendering of the propane dehydrogenation process taking place on the novel single atom alloy catalyst, as predicted by theory. The picture shows the transition state obtained from a quantum chemistry calculation on a supercomputer, i.e. the molecular configuration of maximum energy along the reaction path.

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Charles Sykes & Michail Stamatakis

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