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ReviewNature nanotechnology2021

Nanoscale engineering of catalytic materials for sustainable technologies.

Sharon Mitchell, Ruixuan Qin, Nanfeng Zheng, Javier Pérez-Ramírez

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Review in Nature nanotechnology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

63 citing papers in PubMed.

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  19. Engineering active intermetallic Pt-Zn sitesSustainable energy & fuels · 2025
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  20. Surface-Controlled TiOJournal of the American Chemical Society · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Sharon MitchellDepartment of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Ruixuan QinState Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1901
Nanfeng ZhengState Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China. nfzheng@xmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9879-4790
Javier Pérez-RamírezDepartment of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. jpr@chem.ethz.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5805-7355

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanostructured materials of diverse architecture are ubiquitous in industrial catalysis. They offer exciting prospects to tackle various sustainability challenges faced by society. Since the introduction of the concept a century ago, researchers aspire to control the chemical identity, local environment and electronic properties of active sites on catalytic surfaces to optimize their reactivity in given applications. Nowadays, numerous strategies exist to tailor these characteristics with varying levels of atomic precision. Making headway relies upon the existence of analytical approaches able to resolve relevant structural features and remains challenging due to the inherent complexity even of the simplest heterogeneous catalysts, and to dynamic effects often occurring under reaction conditions. Computational methods play a complementary and ever-increasing role in pushing forward the design. Here, we examine how nanoscale engineering can enhance the selectivity and stability of catalysts. We highlight breakthroughs towards their commercialization and identify directions to guide future research and innovation.

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