Understanding the fundamentals of a catalytic process remains an intellectual challenge. Now, a method has been developed that can discriminate mass transport phenomena from reaction kinetics at the single-molecule and single-particle levels.
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Weckhuysen, B.M. Solid catalysts under the spotlight. Nat Catal 1, 101–102 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-018-0024-6
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