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Combinatorial Chemistry in Heterogeneous Catalysis: A New Scientific Approach or “the King's New Clothes”?
Author(s) -
Schlögl Robert
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19980918)37:17<2333::aid-anie2333>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - rational design , catalysis , clothing , chemistry , biochemical engineering , heterogeneous catalysis , nanotechnology , combinatorial chemistry , computer science , organic chemistry , engineering , political science , materials science , law
The spectacular success in materials science of the application of combinatorial chemistry has raised the hope that it may eventually lead to a new scientific approach to catalyst development. This method is, within the constraints of heterogeneous catalysis, merely a potentially efficient tool to be used in rational catalyst development and should not be considered an independent novel strategy towards rational catalyst design.