AI Article Synopsis
- - Recent research has focused on understanding how methane is oxidized by a special type of material called inorganic Cu-ZSM-5 biomimic.
- - The study identifies the reactive intermediates that play a role in the methane oxidation process, which is crucial for improving methane utilization.
- - This molecular insight not only aims to enhance the use of methane, a widely available resource, but also to shed light on how real copper-containing oxidation enzymes function.
Article Abstract
The present work highlights recent advances in elucidating the methane oxidation mechanism of inorganic Cu-ZSM-5 biomimic and in identifying the reactive intermediates that are involved. Such molecular understanding is important in view of upgrading abundantly available methane, but also to comprehend the working mechanism of genuine Cu-containing oxidation enzymes.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3593946 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2011.10.009 | DOI Listing |
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