Metal Deposition on MgO

The calculations for Ni clusters supported on AI2O3 have been performed at the LDA level,f ° differently from the studies of metal deposition on MgO previously... 

Alkali Metals Supported on Metal Oxides. Alkali metals loaded on supports by deposition of the metal vapor have been reported as highly active catalysts for the isomerization of alkenes and the related compounds (31). For example, sodium metal deposited on alumina (Na/Al203) isomerizes 1-butene and 1-pentene at room temperature (31). Sodium metal deposited on MgO (Na/MgO) showed a high-catalytic activity for the isomerization of alkenes at 293 K and gave the basic sites stronger than = 35 (32). 

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