Room-Temperature Methane Activation Mediated by Free Tantalum Cluster Cations: Size-by-Size Reactivity
Jan Eckhard, Tsugunosuke Masubuchi, Martin Tschurl, R. N. Barnett, Uzi Landman, Ueli Heiz
Abstract
product, exhibiting C-C coupled groups. Underlying mechanisms, including reaction-enhancing couplings between potential energy surfaces of different spin-multiplicities, are uncovered.
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MethaneDehydrogenationChemistryTantalumDensity functional theoryReactivity (psychology)Cluster (spacecraft)AdsorptionCationic polymerizationMoleculeIonCluster sizeInorganic chemistryPhysical chemistryComputational chemistryOrganic chemistryElectronic structureCatalysisPathologyMedicineAlternative medicineComputer scienceProgramming languageCatalysis and Oxidation ReactionsAdvanced Chemical Physics StudiesCatalytic Processes in Materials Science