Grand Challenges and Opportunities in Stimulated Dynamic and Resonant Catalysis

Traditional heterogeneous catalysis is constrained by kinetic and thermodynamic limits, such as the Sabatier principle and reaction equilibrium. Dynamic and resonant catalysts hold promise to overcome these limitations by actively oscillating a catalyst's physical or electronic structure at the time scale of the catalytic cycle, allowing programmable control over reaction pathways, and leading to improved rate and selectivity. External stimuli such as temperature swing, mechanical strain, electric charge, and light can perturb catalyst surfaces in different ways, altering adsorbate coverage, binding energies, and transition states beyond what steady-state catalysis allows. This work surveys the current state of dynamic catalysis, introduces the concept of <i>"stimulando"</i> characterization for observing transient dynamics, and outlines key modeling, mechanistic, and benchmarking strategies to advance the field toward improved chemical transformation.

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ACS Catalysis
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2026-02-11
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https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5c07014
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Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
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Traditional heterogeneous catalysis is constrained by kinetic and thermodynamic limits, such as the Sabatier principle and reaction equilibrium. Dynamic and resonant catalysts hold promise to overcome these limitations by actively oscillating a catalyst's physical or electronic structure at the time scale of the catalytic cycle, allowing programmable control over reaction pathways, and leading to improved rate and selectivity. External stimuli such as temperature swing, mechanical strain, electric charge, and light can perturb catalyst surfaces in different ways, altering adsorbate coverage, binding energies, and transition states beyond what steady-state catalysis allows. This work surveys the current state of dynamic catalysis, introduces the concept of <i>"stimulando"</i> characterization for observing transient dynamics, and outlines key modeling, mechanistic, and benchmarking strategies to advance the field toward improved chemical transformation.

ACS CatalysisVol. 16(5)
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE), University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien (AT), Leiden University (NL), University of California, Santa Barbara (US), National University of Singapore (SG), John Brown University (US), University of Potsdam (DE), Utrecht University (NL), University of Zurich (CH), Purdue University West Lafayette (US), University of Cambridge (GB), University of Minnesota System (US), Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics (NL), ETH Zurich (CH), Institute of Polymers (BG), Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry (RU), Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry (CZ), Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SK), Material (Belgium) (BE), Institute of Astronomy (RU), FZU ‒ Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (CZ), Institute for Molecular Science (JP), Institute of Energy Problems of Chemical Physics (RU), Technische Universität Berlin (DE), Donostia International Physics Center (ES), University of Turin (IT), Eindhoven University of Technology (NL), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL), University of Amsterdam (NL), University of Twente (NL), Technical University of Denmark (DK), Delft University of Technology (NL)
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