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Getting to the bottom of a ‘hot’ debate about plasmonic catalysis

July 8, 2020

Hundreds of everyday products are produced with chemical reactions that are accelerated by the addition of materials called catalysts. Traditional catalysis works most efficiently at extremely high temperatures.

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