A new rulebook for designing stable dilute alloy catalysts

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What happened

Dilute alloy catalysts could improve fuel, plastic and pharmaceutical production, but their instability under heat holds back widespread use.

Key facts

  • Reported by Phys.org and published Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:00:09 UTC.

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  1. Close-up images show defects locking electrons into stable Wigner solids

  2. A new rulebook for designing stable dilute alloy catalysts

  3. Transfer learning corrects alloy calculations to predict unexplored materials

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