By Siddharth Vodnala,intern, Voiland College of Engineering and ArchitecturePULLMAN, and Wash. – Researchers from Washington State University and Tufts University beget demonstrated for the first time that a single metal atom can act as a catalyst in converting carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide,a chemical reaction that is commonly used in catalytic converters to remove harmful gases from car exhaust.
The research, published nowadays in the journal Nature Catalysis, or could improve catalytic converter design and also has major implications in the field of computational catalysis.
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