Regensburg 2010 – wissenschaftliches Programm

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O: Fachverband Oberflächenphysik

O 61: Invited talk (Van Bokhoven, Jeroen)

O 61.1: Hauptvortrag

Donnerstag, 25. März 2010, 09:30–10:15, H36

Shining light on catalysis — •Jeroen A. van Bokhoven — ETH zurich HCI e127 8093 Zh CH

Understanding the functioning of a heterogeneous catalyst is essential to the design and control of the structure of the catalyst of the future. There is close interplay between the reactant and the catalytically active site, which determines the ultimate performance of the latter. I will discuss insights into the roles played by the structure of a catalytically active site and its immediate surroundings on the activity and selectivity of reactions. This, in turn, is the basis for understanding how a heterogeneous catalyst functions.