A catalyst in action changes shape and size (VIDEO)
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This animation combines images of a tiny, plate-like catalyst particle as it carries out a reaction that splits water and generates oxygen gas - part of a clean, sustainable process for producing hydrogen fuel. Made with an atomic force microscope in a Stanford lab, the images reveal how the catalyst changes shape and size as it operates - part of an in-depth study that showed the chemistry of the process is much different than previously assumed.
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Tyler Mefford and Andrew Akbashev/Stanford University
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