Chemical Physics Letters, Vol.544, 70-72, 2012
Identifying rims along nano-sized clusters as catalytically active sites - The case of CuOx/silica model catalysts nanofabricated by electron beam lithography
Using electron beam lithography (EBL) to nanofabricate model catalysts, we can prove that a standard probe molecule solely adsorbs along the rim of supported CuO cluster samples. Therefore, taking advantage of EBL, the active sites on the catalyst surface were identified using a simple kinetics technique. (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.