Solvents and nanoparticles form complexes that improve performance and reduce impact of chemical manufacturing. (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Solvents and nanoparticles form complexes that improve performance and reduce impact of chemical manufacturing.

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Illinois researchers are part of multi-institutional team that found that solvents spontaneously react with metal nanoparticles to form reactive complexes that can improve catalyst performance and simultaneously reduce the environmental impact of chemical manufacturing. Reprinted with permission from D. Flaherty et al., Science 371:6529 (2021).

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Graphic courtesy Alex Jerez, Imaging Technology Group - Beckman Institute.

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