Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Chemistry

The long and winding road to catalysis

  • News & Views
  • Published:

From Nature

View current issue Submit your manuscript

In chemical catalysis, spillover is the process in which hydrogen atoms are made from hydrogen molecules at one site and then added to other atoms or molecules at another. A study reveals details of this effect. See Letter p.68

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Figure 1: Mechanism for hydrogenation reactions that involve spillover.

Notes

  1. See all news & views

References

  1. Karim, W. et al. Nature 541, 68–71 (2017).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Bond, G. C. Metal-Catalysed Reactions of Hydrocarbons (Springer, 2005).

    Google Scholar 

  3. Conner, W. C. Jr & Falconer, J. L. Chem. Rev. 95, 759–788 (1995).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Prins, R. Chem. Rev. 112, 2714–2738 (2012).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. McIntyre, B. J., Salmeron, M. & Somorjai, G. A. Science 265, 1415–1418 (1994).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Panayotov, D. A., Burrows, S. P., Yates, J. T. & Morris, J. R. J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 22400–22408 (2011).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Marcinkowski, M. D. et al. Nature Mater. 12, 523–528 (2013).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Joo, J. B. et al. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 111, 7942–7947 (2014).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Roland, U., Braunschweig, T. & Roessner, F. J. Mol. Catal. A 127, 61–84 (1997).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Francisco Zaera is in the Department of Chemistry and the UCR Center for Catalysis, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA.,

    Francisco Zaera

Authors
  1. Francisco Zaera
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Francisco Zaera.

Related links

Related links

Related links in Nature Research

Materials science: Nanoparticle structures served up on a tray

Catalysis: Tens of thousands of atoms replaced by one

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Zaera, F. The long and winding road to catalysis. Nature 541, 37–38 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/541037a

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/541037a

  • Springer Nature Limited

This article is cited by

Search

Navigation