Zeolites provide a highly regular network of pores and internal cavities where reactions important to biofuel refining and the petrochemical industry occur.
The researchers show that the micropores of
the zeolite provide a perfect confined environment for the highly selective stabilization of an intermediate copper - containing trimer molecule.
Highly selective The researchers show that the micropores of
the zeolite provide a perfect confined environment for the highly selective stabilization of an intermediate copper - containing trimer molecule.
Not exact matches
Shiflett hired one of his colleagues from DuPont, David Corbin, a world expert in porous materials called
zeolites, to
provide guidance on the selection of materials the researchers are testing.
The copper atoms
provide the
zeolite with a bluish color.
In their actual publication in Nature Communications the researchers
provide an unprecedented and detailed molecular insight in the way the
zeolite mimics the active site of the enzyme methane monooxygenase (MMO).
«Understanding coke molecules in
zeolites will
provide broad benefits across the refinery and renewable energy industries, and
zeolite is one of the most highly utilized catalysts,» said Karthikeyan Ramasamy, a chemical engineer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).
Here, we show that the aforementioned 2D -
zeolite models can trap individual Ar atoms in the nano - cages that make the surface,
providing a new playground for the fundamental study of isolated noble gas atoms in confinement with surface science methods.