Small Clusters of Gold Atoms Are Efficient Catalysts (2 of 2) (VIDEO)

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Small gold clusters formed in solution give reaction turnover numbers of 10⁷ at room temperature. This video relates to a paper that appeared in the Dec. 14, 2012, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Judit Oliver-Meseguer at Universidad Politécnica de Valencia in Valencia, Spain, and colleagues was titled, “Small Gold Clusters Formed in Solution Give Reaction Turnover Numbers of 10⁷ at Room Temperature.”

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[Video courtesy of Yesu Jeon, Ph.D.]

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