‘Hot’ Oxygen Atoms On Titanium Dioxide Motivated By More Than Just Temperature
Like two ballroom dancers waltzing together, the two atoms of an oxygen molecule severed by a metal catalyst usually behave identically. But new research reveals that on a particular catalyst, split oxygen atoms act like a couple dancing the tango: one oxygen atom plants itself while the other shimmies away, probably with energy partially stolen from the stationary one.
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Filed under: Biology on February 11th, 2008