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Oxide materials typically used as supports for the active metal nanoparticles of heterogeneous catalysts are known to influence catalytic activity through strong metal–support interactions. Researchers have now revealed electronic interactions between platinum and ceria that go well beyond known effects and lead to excellent catalytic activity.

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Figure 1: Calculated reaction path for the dissociation of adsorbed H2O on a ceria-supported Pt cluster.

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The author acknowledges the Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, for support of this work.

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Campbell, C. Electronic perturbations. Nature Chem 4, 597–598 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1412

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