First principles location of the transition state for formation of dimethyl ether in a zeolite

Abstract

A new transition state searching algorithm has been used to determine the mechanism for methanol condensation to form dimethyl ether within the microporous environment of the zeolite, chabazite, using periodic boundary conditions and density functional theory.

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