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Catalytic sites are finally in sight

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Controlled Pt loading on TiO2 nanoparticles enables single-site catalysts. With this, the coordination environment and catalytic activity can be obtained, allowing extraction of structure-function information.

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Fig. 1: Single-site catalysts structures depend on surface pretreatment.

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Sykes, E.C.H. Catalytic sites are finally in sight. Nat. Mater. 18, 663–664 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-019-0400-x

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