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Surface science of heterogeneous reactions

J M White

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |October 29, 1982
    PubMed
    Summary

    Surface science is an interdisciplinary field with many future directions. Research focuses on surface reaction chemistry and heterogeneous catalysis for detailed molecular-level studies.

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