Catalysis by Single Metal Atoms: What is All the Fuss About?

As part of 2018 SSRL/LCLS Users' meeting, Co-ACCESS team organized a workshop titled “Catalysis by Single Metal Atoms: What is All the Fuss About.” This workshop provided a platform for discussion of the current state of our understanding of such catalysts for over 50 researchers who were attending. 

Several key points of discussion were: How do you synthesize catalysts with only single atoms? How do you prove that you have only single atoms? What is the local geometry of the binding site? How do you stabilize single atoms under catalytic conditions? Which catalytic reactions are best suited to single-atom chemistry?

To read more about how the workshop, please read the following article:

• Simon R. Bare, Adam S. Hoffman & Alexey Boubnov (2019) Catalysis by Single Metal Atoms: What is All the Fuss About?, Synchrotron Radiation News, 32:1, 22-23, DOI: 10.1080/08940886.2019.1559598.