Confinement Effect on Chemical Reaction Yield: The Nitric Oxide Dimer Reaction

摘要

It is well established that confinement within a nano-porous material, such as an activated carbon, carbon nanotube, or porous oxide can affect reaction yield, reaction rate and even the mechanism of the reaction.1,2,3,4 These effects arise from the strong intermolecular forces between the various reacting species, including the activated state, and the pore walls, but are poorly understood. Understanding from experiment alone is difficult to achieve due to many competing effects, but complementary experimental and molecular simulation studies may help.