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Fig. 5

From: Comparison of atomic scale dynamics for the middle and late transition metal nanocatalysts

Fig. 5

Comparison of 14 transition metals. The level of catalytic activity observed for metal nanoclusters by ChemTEM imaging at 80 keV (series 2 in text) plotted against the rate of defect formation in nanotubes promoted by metal nanoclusters (series 1 in text, linked to nanocluster-carbon bonding) under the same conditions, providing a qualitative link between the two trends. A clear volcano-shape correlation is observed reflecting the Sabatier principle of heterogeneous catalysis for all metals, except those of group 10 (Ni, Pd and Pt)

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