Self-Assembly of Single-Metal Oxide Clusters on an Oxide Surface
A simple method produces a complex, atomically precise model catalyst
![Image of depositing molecules atop an electron microscope image of the actual hierarchical oxide structure](/sites/default/files/styles/hero_1600x1200/public/media/image/PCSD0254_nanoOxoArrays_1600x1200_0.jpg?h=08b866d1&itok=87d8FMRP)
The atomically precise nature of the catalyst created in this study provides a single active site where researchers can study how reactions proceed in detail.
(Composite image by Nathan Johnson | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Published: January 22, 2021
Doudin, N.; Collinge, G.; Gurunathan, P. K.; Lee, M.-S.; Glezakou, V.-A.; Rousseau, R.; Dohnálek, Z. “Creating Self-assembled Arrays of Mono-oxo (MoO3)1 Species on TiO2(101) via Deposition and Decomposition of (MoO3)n Oligomers” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., (2020), DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2017703118