Issue 18, 2013

Magnetic manipulation of molecules on a non-magnetic catalytic surface

Abstract

Non-magnetic Pt catalysts, supported on carbon coated magnetic Co nanoparticles, changed catalytic performance in the presence of an external magnetic field. This behavior relates to an electronic change of Pt induced by a localized magnetic field, which modifies the CO adsorption geometry. In situ resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) experiments and theory reveal the change of atop CO adsorption geometry on the Pt catalyst to bridged geometry under an external magnetic field. This observation opens the possibility of catalytic control by means of an external magnetic field.

Graphical abstract: Magnetic manipulation of molecules on a non-magnetic catalytic surface

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
02 May 2013
Accepted
27 May 2013
First published
29 May 2013

Nanoscale, 2013,5, 8462-8465

Magnetic manipulation of molecules on a non-magnetic catalytic surface

J. Sá, J. Szlachetko, M. Sikora, M. Kavčič, O. V. Safonova and M. Nachtegaal, Nanoscale, 2013, 5, 8462 DOI: 10.1039/C3NR02237D

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