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From the century of the rate equation to the century of the rate constants: a revolution in catalytic kinetics and assisted catalyst design

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In the past, rate constants were extracted from rate equations obtained by fitting kinetic data. In the future, they will be calculated by computational chemistry or measured by surface science techniques. They will be used for the start-up of a microkinetic analysis in a combinatorial iteration for the development of optimized catalysts.

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  2. University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

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Boudart, M. From the century of the rate equation to the century of the rate constants: a revolution in catalytic kinetics and assisted catalyst design. Catalysis Letters 65, 1–3 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019057002970

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