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Platinum Group Metal Clusters: From Gas‐Phase Structures and Reactivities towards Model Catalysts |
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| Authors: | Dan J Harding André Fielicke |
| Institution: | 1. Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Georg‐August Universit?t, Tammannstr. 6, 37077 G?ttingen (Germany);2. Department of Dynamics at Surfaces, Max‐Planck‐Institut für biophysikalische Chemie, Am Fa?berg 11, 37077 G?ttingen (Germany);3. Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universit?t Berlin, Hardenbergstr. 36, 10623 Berlin (Germany) |
| Abstract: | Transition‐metal clusters have long been proposed as model systems to study heterogeneous catalysts. In this Concept article we show how advanced spectroscopic techniques can be used to determine the structures of gas‐phase transition‐metal clusters and their complexes with small molecules. Combined with computational studies, this can help to develop an understanding of the reactivity of these catalytic models. |
| Keywords: | clusters gas‐phase chemistry heterogeneous catalysis mass spectrometry reactivity |