Antenna-Reactor Plasmonic Catalysts (IMAGE)

Rice University

Antenna-Reactor Plasmonic Catalysts

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Rice University's antenna-reactor plasmonic catalysts combine light-harvesting nanomaterials with highly efficient metal catalysts. In this image, "islands" of reactive palladium dot the aluminum oxide surface of an underlying aluminum crystal, which serves as a photonic antenna to capture light and activate the catalytic islands.

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D. Swearer/Rice University

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