Reactivity and Spectroscopy of Gas Phase Metal Oxide Cluster Ions: Structure-Reactivity Correlations and Fundamental Insights into Heterogeneous Catalysis

该项目将利用世界一流的ARC资助仪器进行突破性科学研究。这项研究将有助于深入了解与工业催化过程相关的化学键激活，这些过程对国家制造业非常重要。这些见解将提高催化过程的效率和选择性，并导致增加盈利和/或减少有害副产品和污染。该项目将在重要的实验和理论化学技术方面培训年轻科学家，并将提高和促进澳大利亚的国际研究形象。

This project will make use of world class ARC funded instrumentation to carry out breakthrough science. The research will contribute fundamental insights into chemical bond activation relevant to industrial catalytic processes important to national manufacturing industries. These insights will improve the efficiency and selectivity of catalytic processes and lead to increased profitability and/or a reduction in unwanted side products and pollution. The project will train young scientists in important experimental and theoretical chemical techniques, and will enhance and contribute to Australia's international research profile.