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The chemical industry would be transformed if selective oxidation of hydrocarbons could be achieved efficiently using cheap and clean oxygen from the air. Doing that with gold as a catalyst is a method gaining in allure.

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  1. Materials Chemistry Course, Faculty of Urban Environmental Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan
    Masatake Haruta

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Haruta, M. Gold rush.Nature 437, 1098–1099 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/4371098a

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