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The Reactivity of Gas-Phase Metal Oxide Clusters: Systems for Understanding the Mechanisms of Heterogeneous Catalysts

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Gas phase cluster studies can be employed to investigate the reactions occurring on a catalyst surface, thereby providing a complementary method to model the reaction mechanisms of condensed phase catalysis. Utilizing a guided ion beam mass spectrometer, studies are directed toward unraveling the influence of factors such as size, stoichiometry, oxidation and ionic charge state, elemental composition, and structure on the reactivity of metal oxide clusters. Particular emphasis is on identifying individual species that play an important role in effecting oxidation reactions and aid in elucidating the molecular level mechanisms of oxygen transfer processes.

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The authors thank the Department of Energy, Grant Number DE-FG02-92ER14258 for financial support of the work described herein. We also acknowledge valuable research collaborations with the theoretical chemistry and physics groups of Professor Vlasta Bonačić -Koutecký at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, and Professor Shiv N. Khanna at the Virginia Commonwealth University. We thank Eric Tyo for helpful discussions and for proofreading the manuscript.

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Reilly, N.M., Johnson, G.E., Castleman, A.W. (2010). The Reactivity of Gas-Phase Metal Oxide Clusters: Systems for Understanding the Mechanisms of Heterogeneous Catalysts. In: Rioux, R. (eds) Model Systems in Catalysis. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-98049-2_14

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