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The bigger the better

The effects of particle size on the activity and selectivity of cobalt nanoparticles in the catalytic Fischer–Tropsch reaction have been studied

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  1. den Breejen, J. P. et al. On the origin of the cobalt particle size effects in Fischer–Tropsch catalysis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 10.1021/ja901006x (2009).

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Armstrong, G. The bigger the better. Nature Chem (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.252

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