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University of California - Santa Cruz

Elemental Analysis

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Elemental mapping analysis of the nanostructured composite material showed individual ruthenium atoms within the carbon matrix (red arrows). Researchers found that the main sites of catalytic activity were single ruthenium atoms rather than ruthenium nanoparticles.

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Lu <em>et al</em>., <em>Nature Communications</em>

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