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Process of increasing the rate of a chemical reaction
Catalysis is the increase in rate of a chemical reaction due to an added substance known as a catalyst. Catalysts are not consumed by the reaction and remain unchanged after the reaction. If the reaction is rapid and the catalyst is recycled quickly, a very small amount of catalyst often suffices; mixing, surface area, and temperature are important factors in reaction rate. Catalysts generally react with one or more reactants to form intermediates that subsequently give the final reaction product, in the process of regenerating the catalyst. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: CatalysisA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: The concept of active site in heterogeneous catalysisInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: CatalysisThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids. Solvents for Synthesis and CatalysisCited 11,699 times
- Go sideways: Heterogeneous catalysisA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Homogeneous catalysisA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The increase of the rate of a chemical reaction, induced by a catalyst.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids. Solvents for Synthesis and Catalysis
Gold Nanoparticles: Assembly, Supramolecular Chemistry, Quantum-Size-Related Properties, and Applications toward Biology, Catalysis, and Nanotechnology
Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis with Transition Metal Complexes: Applications in Organic Synthesis
Single-atom catalysis of CO oxidation using Pt1/FeOx
Organic Photoredox Catalysis
From Microporous to Mesoporous Molecular Sieve Materials and Their Use in Catalysis
A Perovskite Oxide Optimized for Oxygen Evolution Catalysis from Molecular Orbital Principles
Metal Catalysts for Heterogeneous Catalysis: From Single Atoms to Nanoclusters and Nanoparticles
🆕 Influential since 2022
The concept of active site in heterogeneous catalysis
The Progress and Outlook of Metal Single-Atom-Site Catalysis
Bimetallic Sites for Catalysis: From Binuclear Metal Sites to Bimetallic Nanoclusters and Nanoparticles
Metal Sites in Zeolites: Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalysis
Recent Applications of Homogeneous Catalysis in Electrochemical Organic Synthesis
📚 Books worth reading
CatalysisJames Spivey, Yi-Fan Han · 2013
Aspects of Homogeneous CatalysisR. Ugo · 1899
Advances in CatalysisD. D. Eley, Werner O. Haag · 1967
Advances in CatalysisChunshan Song · 2016
CatalysisJohn Robert Anderson · 2011
Catalysis in theory and practiceEric K. Rideal, Hugh S. Taylor · 1919
Advances in catalysisWerner O. Haag, Bruce C. Gates · 1999
Catalytic Asymmetric SynthesisIwao Ojima · 1995
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🔗 Related topics
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