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Reactions at Surfaces: From Atoms to Complexity (Nobel Lecture)†
Gerhard Ertl Prof. Dr.,
Gerhard Ertl Prof. Dr.
Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, 14195 Berlin, Germany, Fax: (+49) 30-8413-5106
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Graphical Abstract
The spatio–temporal formation of patterns on the surface during a chemical reaction is one phenomenon that can now be understood and modeled thanks to the Nobel Prize winning research on the course of heterogeneous catalysis. The picture shows a pattern formed by a feedback mechanism during the oxidation of CO. Reactions that have been illuminated by this work include the synthesis of ammonia and the purification of waste gases.
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