Professor Chad A. Mirkin
Professor, Northwestern University
Chad Mirkin is a chemist and a world-renowned nanoscience expert, known for his invention and development of spherical nucleic acids, dip-pen nanolithography and related cantilever-free, scanning probe-based nanopatterning methodologies, and on-wire lithography, and contributions to supramolecular chemistry and nanoparticle synthesis. He has authored over 815 manuscripts and over 1,200 patent applications worldwide (over 361 issued) and founded multiple companies (e.g., AuraSense, Exicure, TERA-print, and Azul 3D). He has been recognized with over 210 awards and elected into all three US National Academies. Mirkin served on PCAST (Obama).
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DateApril 13, 2021DNA-functionalized nanoparticles (NPs), also known as “programmable atom equivalents” (PAEs), can be assembled into deliberately designed colloidal crystals with control over phase symmetry, lattice parameter, and crystal habit by leveraging the sequence-specific recognition of their oligonucleotid…Presenter
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DateApril 7, 2021Proteins are the archetypal nanoscale building block: molecularly pure, chemically addressable, and inherently selective for their evolved function…Presenter
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DateApril 12, 2021Division/Committee: [COLL] Division of Colloid & Surface ChemistryOrganizer
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DateApril 12, 2021We report a stereolithographic three-dimensional printing approach for polymeric components that uses a mobile liquid interface (a fluorinated oil) to reduce the adhesive forces between the interface and the printed object, thereby allowing for a continuous and rapid print process, regardless of po…Presenter
Professor, Northwestern University- DateApril 12, 2021Division/Committee: [COLL] Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry
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Univ Toronto Fac of Pharmacy - DateApril 13, 2021Division/Committee: [COLL] Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry
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DateApril 5, 2021Throughout history, the materials we have used and relied on have evolved over time, slowly becoming more and more complex…Presenter
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IIN Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern UniversityPhD Candidate in Chemistry, Northwestern UniversityProfessor, Northwestern University- DateAugust 24, 2021We studied a series of dynamic weak-link approach (WLA) complexes that can be shuttled between two immiscible solvents and switched between two structural states via ion exchange…
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PhD Candidate in Chemistry, Northwestern UniversityProfessor, Northwestern University - DateAugust 24, 2021We report the development of a massively parallel lithographic technique called electrochemical polymer pen lithography (ePPL)…
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- DateAugust 23, 2021Colloidal crystal engineering of complex, low symmetry architectures is challenging when isotropic building blocks are assembled…
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Benjamin E. Partridge, Ph.D.IIN Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern UniversityPhD Candidate in Chemistry, Northwestern UniversityArgonne National LaboratoryPresenter
Professor, Northwestern University - DateAugust 22, 2021The discovery of new materials has driven societal development throughout human history…
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Professor, Northwestern University - DateMarch 20, 2022Nucleic acids are perhaps the most important class of biological macromolecules that chemists have learned to synthesize and mass produce. For decades, their unique structure and properties have been studied in an effort to understand nature's chemistry-based bio-programmability…
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Professor, Northwestern University - DateAugust 21, 2022To design nanomaterial catalysts for energy purposes, one must consider many parameters, including composition, size, shape, nanostructuring, crystal structure, and support…
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Professor, Northwestern University - DateAugust 21, 2022Cancer vaccines are a form of immunotherapy that utilize adjuvants (immune system stimulators) and tumor-specific antigens (immune system targets) to stimulate a potent response that can identify and kill tumor cells…
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- DateAugust 24, 2022Switching the topology of DNA building blocks (the number, connectivity, and spatial arrangement of individual strands that comprise a given structure) is essential to controlling the nanoscale architectures that they can form…
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Benjamin E. Partridge, Ph.D.IIN Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern UniversityProfessor, Northwestern University - DateAugust 23, 2022The materials we have relied on have evolved over time. Due to the massive parameter space, approaches are needed to rapidly synthesize and screen materials for desired properties…
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Professor, Northwestern University - DateAugust 21, 2022Crystal structure engineering in metallic nanoparticles represents an important strategy in catalyst design, as the composition, shape, exposed facets, crystal structure, and atom distribution dictate activity…
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- DateAugust 24, 2022Spherical nucleic acids (SNAs) are typically comprised of nanoparticle cores and densely functionalized and radially oriented nucleic acid shells and are highly modular in nature…
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Professor, Northwestern University - DateAugust 23, 2022Aptamers are oligonucleotide sequences that can be evolved to bind to various analytes of interest. A general design strategy is presented that transduces an aptamer-target binding event into a fluorescence readout via the use of a viscosity-sensitive dye…
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Professor, Northwestern University - DateAugust 21, 2022Switching the topology of macromolecules enables stimuli-responsive materials with dynamic properties. However, a generalizable and versatile strategy to switch the oligomerization state and spatial arrangement of macromolecules is elusive…
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Benjamin E. Partridge, Ph.D.IIN Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern UniversityProfessor, Northwestern University - Although tremendous advances have been made in preparing porous crystals from molecular precursors1,2, there are no general ways of designing and making topologically diverse porous colloidal crystals over the 10-1000 nm length scale…
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Professor, Northwestern University - Reconfigurable, mechanically responsive crystalline materials are central components in many sensing, soft robotic, and energy conversion and storage devices1-4…
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Professor, Northwestern University - Although examples of colloidal crystal analogues to metal alloys have been reported, general routes for preparing 3D analogues to random substitutional alloys do not exist…
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PhD Candidate, Northwestern UniversitySpeakers
Professor, Northwestern University - Colloidal crystal engineering with DNA has advanced beyond controlling the lattice symmetry and parameters of ordered crystals to now tuning crystal habit and size…
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Professor, Northwestern University - Polyelemental nanomaterials that form as heterostructures have applications in catalysis, plasmonics, and electronics. To design such material, one must consider many parameters such as composition, shape, size, thermodynamic phases, and crystal structure…
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Professor, Northwestern University - The Weak-Link Approach (WLA) to supramolecular chemistry uses coordination chemistry to design stimuli-responsive and switchable nanoscale architectures (_e.g.,_ molecular tweezers, macrocycles, tri-layer structures) that mimic allostery found in proteins…
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Ph.D. Candidate, Marshall UniversitySpeakers
Professor, Northwestern University - Although tremendous advances have been made in preparing porous crystals from molecular precursors1,2, there are no general ways of designing and making topologically diverse porous colloidal crystals over the 10-1000 nm length scale…
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University of TorontoThe Pennsylvania State UniversityThe Pennsylvania State University - University Park CampusProfessor, Northwestern University - Reconfigurable, mechanically responsive crystalline materials are central components in many sensing, soft robotic, and energy conversion and storage devices1-4…
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Sandia National LaboratoriesSandia National LaboratoriesProfessor, Northwestern UniversityUniversity of MichiganGraduate Student, University of PennsylvaniaProfessor, University of PennsylvaniaBrookhaven National LaboratoryUniversity of Notre Dame - Although examples of colloidal crystal analogues to metal alloys have been reported, general routes for preparing 3D analogues to random substitutional alloys do not exist…
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PhD Candidate, Northwestern UniversityProfessor, Northwestern University - : [COLL] Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry
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Sandia National LaboratoriesSandia National LaboratoriesLos Alamos National LaboratoryPurdueUniversity of Illinois SystemPurdue UniversityPhD Candidate, Northwestern UniversityProfessor, Northwestern UniversityNathan G. Brady, PhDPostdoctoral Appointee, Sandia National LaboratoriesUniversity of MichiganAssociate Professor of Chemistry, Furman University - Colloidal crystal engineering with DNA has advanced beyond controlling the lattice symmetry and parameters of ordered crystals to now tuning crystal habit and size…
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Professor, Northwestern University - Polyelemental nanomaterials that form as heterostructures have applications in catalysis, plasmonics, and electronics. To design such material, one must consider many parameters such as composition, shape, size, thermodynamic phases, and crystal structure…
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Professor, Northwestern University - : [COLL] Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry
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Dartmouth CollegeDuke UniversityProfessor, Northwestern UniversityUniversity of IllinoisProf., University of WashingtomErnest Micek Distinguished Chair, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Although tremendous advances have been made in preparing porous crystals from molecular precursors1,2, there are no general ways of designing and making topologically diverse porous colloidal crystals over the 10-1000 nm length scale…
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Professor, Northwestern University - : [COLL] Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry
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University of TorontoThe Pennsylvania State UniversityThe Pennsylvania State University - University Park CampusProfessor, Northwestern University - Reconfigurable, mechanically responsive crystalline materials are central components in many sensing, soft robotic, and energy conversion and storage devices1-4…
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Professor, Northwestern University - : [COLL] Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry
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Sandia National LaboratoriesSandia National LaboratoriesProfessor, Northwestern UniversityUniversity of MichiganGraduate Student, University of PennsylvaniaProfessor, University of PennsylvaniaBrookhaven National LaboratoryUniversity of Notre Dame - Although examples of colloidal crystal analogues to metal alloys have been reported, general routes for preparing 3D analogues to random substitutional alloys do not exist…
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PhD Candidate, Northwestern UniversityProfessor, Northwestern University - : [COLL] Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry
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Sandia National LaboratoriesSandia National LaboratoriesLos Alamos National LaboratoryPurdueUniversity of Illinois SystemPurdue UniversityPhD Candidate, Northwestern UniversityProfessor, Northwestern UniversityNathan G. Brady, PhDPostdoctoral Appointee, Sandia National LaboratoriesUniversity of MichiganAssociate Professor of Chemistry, Furman University - Colloidal crystal engineering with DNA has advanced beyond controlling the lattice symmetry and parameters of ordered crystals to now tuning crystal habit and size…
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Professor, Northwestern University - Polyelemental nanomaterials that form as heterostructures have applications in catalysis, plasmonics, and electronics. To design such material, one must consider many parameters such as composition, shape, size, thermodynamic phases, and crystal structure…
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Professor, Northwestern University - : [COLL] Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry
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Dartmouth CollegeDuke UniversityProfessor, Northwestern UniversityUniversity of IllinoisProf., University of WashingtomErnest Micek Distinguished Chair, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Although tremendous advances have been made in preparing porous crystals from molecular precursors1,2, there are no general ways of designing and making topologically diverse porous colloidal crystals over the 10-1000 nm length scale…
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Professor, Northwestern University - : [COLL] Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry
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University of TorontoThe Pennsylvania State UniversityThe Pennsylvania State University - University Park CampusProfessor, Northwestern University - Reconfigurable, mechanically responsive crystalline materials are central components in many sensing, soft robotic, and energy conversion and storage devices1-4…
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Professor, Northwestern University - : [COLL] Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry
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Sandia National LaboratoriesSandia National LaboratoriesProfessor, Northwestern UniversityUniversity of MichiganGraduate Student, University of PennsylvaniaProfessor, University of PennsylvaniaBrookhaven National LaboratoryUniversity of Notre Dame - Although examples of colloidal crystal analogues to metal alloys have been reported, general routes for preparing 3D analogues to random substitutional alloys do not exist…
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PhD Candidate, Northwestern UniversityProfessor, Northwestern University - : [COLL] Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry
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Sandia National LaboratoriesSandia National LaboratoriesLos Alamos National LaboratoryPurdueUniversity of Illinois SystemPurdue UniversityPhD Candidate, Northwestern UniversityProfessor, Northwestern UniversityNathan G. Brady, PhDPostdoctoral Appointee, Sandia National LaboratoriesUniversity of MichiganAssociate Professor of Chemistry, Furman University - Colloidal crystal engineering with DNA has advanced beyond controlling the lattice symmetry and parameters of ordered crystals to now tuning crystal habit and size…
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Professor, Northwestern University - Polyelemental nanomaterials that form as heterostructures have applications in catalysis, plasmonics, and electronics. To design such material, one must consider many parameters such as composition, shape, size, thermodynamic phases, and crystal structure…
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Professor, Northwestern University - : [COLL] Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry
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Dartmouth CollegeDuke UniversityProfessor, Northwestern UniversityUniversity of IllinoisProf., University of WashingtomErnest Micek Distinguished Chair, University of Wisconsin - Madison - DateMarch 26, 2023Although tremendous advances have been made in preparing porous crystals from molecular precursors1,2, there are no general ways of designing and making topologically diverse porous colloidal crystals over the 10-1000 nm length scale…
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Professor, Northwestern University - DateMarch 26, 2023Reconfigurable, mechanically responsive crystalline materials are central components in many sensing, soft robotic, and energy conversion and storage devices1-4…
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Professor, Northwestern University - DateMarch 29, 2023Although examples of colloidal crystal analogues to metal alloys have been reported, general routes for preparing 3D analogues to random substitutional alloys do not exist…
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Professor, Northwestern University - DateMarch 29, 2023Colloidal crystal engineering with DNA has advanced beyond controlling the lattice symmetry and parameters of ordered crystals to now tuning crystal habit and size…
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Professor, Northwestern University - DateMarch 27, 2023Polyelemental nanomaterials that form as heterostructures have applications in catalysis, plasmonics, and electronics. To design such material, one must consider many parameters such as composition, shape, size, thermodynamic phases, and crystal structure…
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Professor, Northwestern University - DateMarch 29, 2023The Weak-Link Approach (WLA) to supramolecular chemistry uses coordination chemistry to design stimuli-responsive and switchable nanoscale architectures (_e.g.,_ molecular tweezers, macrocycles, tri-layer structures) that mimic allostery found in proteins…
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DateAugust 13, 2023The Weak-Link Approach (WLA) is a versatile platform to prepare stimuli-responsive metallo-supramolecular constructs that mimic allostery found in proteins…Presenter
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Ph.D. Candidate, Marshall UniversityProfessor, Northwestern University- DateAugust 15, 2023Identifying new materials that exhibit desired properties is central to everything we do as a civilization. When one considers all the metal elements in the periodic table, and all combinations of them, an infinite number of possible materials exist…
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Professor, Northwestern University - DateAugust 16, 2023Metal-phenolic coordination complexes, which have tunable physicochemical and biological properties, are an emerging coating material useful on various substrates…
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Professor, Northwestern University - DateAugust 13, 2023Assembly of nanoscale building blocks into superstructures, where the emergent properties are determined not only by the properties of the building blocks but also by the symmetry, orientation, phase, and dimension of the resulting superstructures, are fundamental in expanding the understanding of…
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Professor, Northwestern University - DateMarch 17, 2024Liposomal spherical nucleic acids (LSNAs) are useful structures for oligonucleotide-based cell modulation because of their biocompatibility and ability to readily enter cells without transfection agents…
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- DateMarch 19, 2024The nanomaterial landscape is so vast that a high-throughput combinatorial approach is required to understand structure-function relationships. To address this challenge, an approach for synthesizing and screening of nanomaterial with tailorable location, size, and composition is needed…
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Professor, Northwestern University - DateMarch 19, 2024The ability to precisely control nanoparticle shape, size, and composition is useful in many fields, including catalysis and plasmonics…
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Professor, Northwestern University - DateMarch 17, 2024Nanomedicine is a highly interdisciplinary field that has emerged as a powerful platform to address the challenges of maximizing therapeutic delivery and bioactivity of drugs in modern medicine…
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Professor, Northwestern University - DateMarch 17, 2024Although tremendous advances have been made in preparing porous crystals from molecular precursors1,2, there are no general ways of designing and making topologically diverse porous colloidal crystals over the 10-1000 nm length scale…
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Professor, Northwestern University - DateMarch 18, 2024The tools, techniques, and materials we use in our everyday lives have evolved over time. For instance, the progression from the stone materials used by early humans to the complex, polyelemental materials used today has enabled us to live safer, healthier, and more engaging lives…
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Professor, Northwestern University - DateAugust 22, 2024Over the past few decades, multiple research groups have reported diverse supercrystal structures, employing various building blocks…
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- DateAugust 19, 2024Creating new materials with specific properties is essential for societal advancement…
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Professor, Northwestern University - DateAugust 18, 2024Coupling plasmonic and functional materials provides a promising way to generate multi-functional structures suitable for applications spanning chemical sensing and energy conversion…
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Northwestern UniversityProfessor, Northwestern University - DateMarch 23, 2025We introduce a laboratory experiment for upper-division undergraduate students that provides a hands-on experience geared toward teaching key concepts in nanoscience by taking students through each step of an experiment involving colloidal crystal engineering with DNA…
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Professor, Northwestern University - DateMarch 25, 2025The development of synthetic materials, from the earliest stone tools to today’s advanced technologies, has been a slow and complex process…
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Professor, Northwestern University - DateMarch 26, 2025In principle, it is possible to design and synthesize almost any class of colloidal crystal using one of nature’s most ubiquitous biopolymers – DNA – and the rich programmable chemistry of this molecule…
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Professor, Northwestern University - DateMarch 23, 2025Data-driven approaches are revolutionizing the discovery and optimization of materials by enabling rapid and systematic exploration of complex systems and reducing reliance on laborious trial-and-error experimentation…
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Professor, Northwestern University - DateMarch 24, 2025Spherical nucleic acids (SNAs) are nanostructures defined by a densely packed, radially oriented arrangement of nucleic acids on the surface of a nanoparticle core…
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Professor, Northwestern University - DateMarch 25, 2025Renewable energy resources must be developed to address energy and climate challenges. Catalysts are essential in efficiently and selectively facilitating reactions that lead to renewable fuels; however, current state-of-the-art catalysts are limited by either their activity, high cost (e.g…
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